Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Addresses
- CNRC (Office)
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Children's Nutrition Research Center
Room: CNRC-11074
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7044
mgrusak@bcm.edu
/departments/pediatrics/sections-divisions-centers/childrens-nutrition-research-center
Education
- BS from Bates College, 1979
- Lewiston, Maine, United States
- Department of Biology
- MS from University Of California, 1982
- Davis, California, United States
- Department of Botany
- PhD from University Of California, 1985
- Davis, CA, United States
- Department of Botany
Honors & Awards
- Fellow
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015
- Diversity and Equal Opportunity Award
- USDA-ARS Outreach, 2007
- Technology Transfer Award
- USDA-ARS Southern Plains Area, 2006
- Senior Research Scientist of the Year
- USDA-ARS Southern Plains Area, 2002
- Chairman
- 10th International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants, 2000
- USDA Superior Performance Award (1995, 1997, 2006)
- USDA Outstanding Performance Award (1994, 1996, 1998-2005, 2007-2013)
- USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Research Associate Award (1992, 1996)
Professional Interests
- Homeostasis of iron and other micronutrient metals in plants
- Mechanisms and regulation of iron and zinc transport to edible sinks
- Mechanisms of long-distance phloem transport, phloem loading, and phloem unloading
- Calcium transport and nutrition of crop plants, as these relate to enhancing nutritional quality
- Biosynthesis of carotenoids and other nutritionally relevant phytochemicals
- Production of plant-derived biomolecules for use in human and animal nutrition studies
- Bioavailability of essential nutrients and phytochemicals in humans
- Impact of climate change processes on crop nutritional quality
Websites
Selected Publications
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Rodriguez-Celma J, Ceballos-Laita L, Grusak MA, AbadÃa J, López-Millán AF. " " Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 Aug ; 1864 (8) : 991-1002.
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Grusak MA. " " 2016 Mar 2;
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Murgia I, De Gara L, Grusak MA. " " Front Plant Sci. 2013 Nov 6; 4 : 429.
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Grusak MA. " " 2016 Apr 5; CSA News 61 (4) : 17-19.
Memberships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Society for Nutritional Sciences
- American Society of Agronomy
- Bean Improvement Cooperative
- Botanical Society of America
- Crop Science Society of America
- Texas Academy of Science
- North American Pulse Improvement Association
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