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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.

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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 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 Texas Southwestern Medical Center

DIRECTOR: Craig Malloy, M.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: craig.malloy@utsouthwestern.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: shawn.burgess@utsouthwestern.edu

Provides isotopic measurement of metabolic pathway fluxes such as TCA cycle and gluconeogenesis using NMR.
See a complete list of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center MMPC tests.

University of Washington, Seattle

DIRECTOR: Renee LeBoeuf, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR EMAIL: leboeuf@u.washington.edu
GENERAL CONTACT EMAIL: geronimo@u.washington.edu

Tests for diabetic complications (micro and macrovasculature, heart, eye, kidney) and measures energy balance, eating behavior and activity.
See a complete list of University of Washington, Seattle 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 balance, heart and kidney function.
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.

Medical College of Georgia - Coordinating and Bioinformatics Unit

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