Wayne Riekhof
Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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BEAD E141
Lincoln NE 68588-0666 - Phone
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402-472-8895 On-campus 2-8895
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wriekhof2@unl.edu
Research in my lab focuses on using microbial eukaryotic model organisms as systems to study various aspects of lipid metabolism, including membrane lipid and fatty acid trafficking between organelles, the regulation of membrane lipid and triglyceride synthesis, and the regulation of lipid droplet assembly and morphology.
Research Strengths
Applied research/biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical research, Lipids/Membrane biology, Molecular Signaling, Omics, Plant biochemistry, Redox biology