About
In order to optimize organismal viability in diverse challenging situations, cells must constantly sample their nutrient, metabolic, and hormonal environment and adjust their behavior accordingly. Using a variety of model systems and experimental approaches, the Rutter laboratory aims to define the molecules and their interactions that enable robust and responsive cellular metabolic control.
On the web
Website: http://rutter.biochem.utah.edu/
People
Jared Rutter, PhD
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dee Glen and Ida Smith Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
Bio
Jared Rutter, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah and a member of the Nuclear Control of Cell Growth and Differentiation Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Rutter studies how cells sense and detect energy needs for growth. Understanding the energy-sensing pathways in cells is important in cancer research because these pathways are often overactive in cancer and a good target for new chemotherapy treatments.
Rutter received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, Utah, and a PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
On The Web
Jared at his lab: https://rutter.biochem.utah.edu/lab-members