Nukhet Aykin-Burns
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Biography
Nukhet Aykin-Burns has received her PhD degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla focusing on antioxidant-based therapies in lead poisoning and completed her Post-doctoral training in the Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program at the University of Iowa. She is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Member of the College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health. Her research focuses on reactive oxygen species (ROS), radiation induced (IR and UV) normal tissue damage and wound healing as well as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) induced oxidative stress.
Abstract
Abstract : 4-OH-PCB11 alters fatty acid and glucose metabolism in the absence of functional sirtuin3