MMPC :: Welcome

Welcome to the National Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers

The MMPC is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health as a resource to provide services to the community of scientists who use mice to study diabetes, obesity, diabetic complications, and other metabolic diseases.

Case Western Reserve University

DIRECTOR: Henri Brunengraber, M.D., Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: henri.brunengraber@case.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: mmpc@case.edu

Provides isotopic measurement of metabolic pathway fluxes such as lipid and protein turnover using mass spec.
See a complete list of Case Western Reserve University MMPC tests.

University of California Davis

DIRECTOR: K.C. Kent Lloyd, DVM, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: kclloyd@ucdavis.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: mmpc@ucdavis.edu

Provides tests for metabolism, insulin resistance, glucose balance, energy balance, eating behavior and cardiovascular phenotyping,
See a complete list of University of California Davis MMPC tests.

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

DIRECTOR: Patrick Tso, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: patrick.tso@uc.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: dana.lee@uc.edu

Tests for lipid metabolism, energy balance and eating behavior, myocardial and macrovascular disease.
See a complete list of University of Cincinnati Medical Center MMPC tests.

University of Massachusetts Medical School

DIRECTOR: Jason Kim, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: Jason.Kim@umassmed.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: elana.hastings@umassmed.edu

Tests for insulin resistance, glucose metabolism, insulin secretion, energy balance, obesity, and serum/tissue factors of diabetes.
See a complete list of University of Massachusetts Medical School MMPC tests.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

DIRECTOR: David Wasserman, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: david.wasserman@vanderbilt.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: mmpc@vanderbilt.edu

Tests for insulin resistance and glucose metabolism, heart and kidney function as well as energy balance and feeding studies.
See a complete list of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine MMPC tests.

Yale University School of Medicine

DIRECTOR: Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: gerald.shulman@yale.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: mmpc@yale.edu

Tests for insulin resistance and glucose balance, as well as energy balance, eating behavior and activity.
See a complete list of Yale University School of Medicine MMPC tests.

Georgia Health Sciences University - Coordinating and Bioinformatics Unit

DIRECTOR: Richard McIndoe, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: rmcindoe@georgiahealth.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: jhigdon@georgiahealth.edu

The CBU coordinates the MMPC consortium activities and houses website and database. The CBU is shared with the NIH-sponsored Animal
Models of Diabetes Complications Consortium.