Joe Angleson
Associate Professor; Chair, Biological Sciences
303-871-3463 (Office)
Seeley G. Mudd Building, 2101 E. Wesley Ave. Denver, CO 80208
What I do
I am chair of the Department of Biological Science. I conduct research in the cell biology and physiology of endocrine cells. I teach cell biology courses at different levels across our curricula.Professional Biography
- 1990 B.S., Biology / Chemistry - Union College - Schenectady, NY
- 1995 Ph.D., Biochemistry - Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX
- 1995-1998 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics - Univ of Colo School of Medicine - Denver, CO
- 1999 Instructor, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics and Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Denver CO
- 1995 Ph.D., Biochemistry - Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX
- 1995-1998 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics - Univ of Colo School of Medicine - Denver, CO
- 1999 Instructor, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics and Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Denver CO
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, 1995
- BS, Biology/Chemistry, Union College, 1990
Professional Affiliations
- American Diabetes Association
- American Physiological Society
- Biophysical Society
Key Projects
- Control of glucagon secretion by MC4R
Featured Publications
(2012). Identification of an MRAP-independent melanocortin-2 receptor: functional expression of the cartilaginous fish, Callorhinchus milii, melanocortin-2 receptor in CHO cells. . Endocrinology, 153, 4757-4765.
. (2015). Structure/function studies on the activation of the rainbow trout melanocortin-2 receptor. General and Comparative Endocrinology. No.
. (2013). Using the human melanocortin-2 receptor as a model for analyzing hormone/receptor interactions between a mammalian MC2 receptor and ACTH(1-24). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 181, 203-210.
. Presentations
(2017). Melanocortin-4 receptor regulates alpha-cell function and counter regulatory response to insulin induced hypoglycemia. International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology. Banff Candada.
. (2014). Role of Melanocortin receptor-4 in alpha cell function. Emerging Targets in Islet Biology -Keystone Symposia. Keystone Symposia.
. (2014). Calcium and cAMP Dynamics in Pituitary Lactotrophs. Biophysical Society Meeting. San Francisco CA: Biophysical Society.
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