Center Welcomes Affiliated Faculty

SABRİ ÜLKER METABOLIC RESEARCH CENTER WELCOMES NEW FACULTY

NORA KORY, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Metabolism Sabri Ülker Center Dr. Kory’s laboratory combines functional genomics, metabolite profiling, imaging, cell biology, and biochemistry approaches to address these questions at the molecular and physiological levels and determine how mitochondrial transport is altered in disease. The goal of Dr. Kory’s laboratory is to use mitochondrial transport proteins as tools to interrogate metabolic and signaling pathways to understand how mitochondria perform their roles in maintaining metabolic homeostasis.

Nora was born in Heidelberg, Germany. She received her BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. During her PhD at Yale University, she focused on mechanisms determining lipid droplet protein composition. Her postdoctoral studies with David Sabatini at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology led her to use functional genomics to identify and investigate the role of mitochondrial metabolite transporters in metabolism. Dr. Kory is the recipient of a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Hui’s research focuses on understanding metabolism with a quantitative and systems approach. Specifically, he integrates isotope tracing, mass spectrometry, and quantitative modeling to determine metabolic fluxes in important animal models. Fluxes are the most fundamental functional property of metabolism. Their systematic quantification holds the potential to understand important metabolic diseases. With this approach, Dr. Hui will focus on diseases with altered energy metabolism, including obesity and cachexia, with the longterm goal of revealing the mechanisms of body weight control and developing treatment strategies for these diseases.

Dr. Hui received a BSc and an MPhil in Physics, both from Hong Kong Baptist University, and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of California, San Diego. He completed postdoctoral work in the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. Dr. Hui is the recipient of a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health.

TONY HUI, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular Metabolism Sabri Ülker Center