I went to school in the small market town of Abingdon, just south of Oxford.
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
I went to school in the small market town of Abingdon, just south of Oxford.
The griffin is the coat of arms of Abingdon School. Abingdon is a public school, which in England means it is private (cricket also is confusing).
I read for my degree in Biochemistry at Barking College, which was later to become NE London Polytec and later still the University of East London.
I became a Member of the Institute of Biology (MIBiol), London, by examination and later a Chartered Biologist (CBiol).
I read for my PhD in Biochemistry at Sheffield University, Department of Biochemistry, with Brian Taylor (Thesis: Studies on the relationships between concentration of hepatic metabolites and induction of glycolytic enzymes in vivo).
Although there was no department of Biochemistry in his day, this was, de facto, Sir Hans Krebs' old department. Krebs, while a lecturer in Pharmacology, carried out his work on the TCA cycle here. While I was a graduate student he was still a frequent visitor to the Department as an external examiner of the honors undergraduates!
Just before Thanksgiving 1972 I moved to Richard Hanson's lab, then at Temple University in Philadelphia, for post-doctoral research on the regulation of PEP-carboxykinase.
In June of 1976 I moved to Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
I was promoted to Associate Professor in 1981 and to Professor in 1985.
With the formal organization of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition in 1989, I became Professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition. I was elected Chair of the Faculty of Nutrition in 1996 and served for 3-years. In addition I served as Chair of the Texas Human Nutrition Conference Committee for 5-years until 2001.
I have held various administrative posts including Associate Head of Department (1983-87) and Interim Head of Department (1990-91 and 1992-94).
Currently I am the Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics.
My research interests are in hormone action and the regulation of metabolism. Learn more about my research here.
I am a member of several learned societies including the Biochemical Society (access the Biochemical Journal on the net) , the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (access the Journal of Biological Chemistry on the net), the American Society for Cell Biology (access Molecular Biology of the Cell on the net), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , AAAS.. The ASBMB also may be reached through the FASEB web page.
I have developed courses and taught widely in Biochemistry. In May 1997 and again in May 2000 I attended the Wakonse Conference on College Teaching. This is really professor camp and it is a blast! With other TAMU Wakonse Fellows I help organize Wakonse South, a conference on college teaching held every April in the Hill Country. Another blast! Look here or here for your favorite TAMU professor striving to become a Fellow at one of the Wakonse Conferences!
Learn more about my teaching here.
Currently I am teaching the introductory course for freshmen, Horizons in Biochemistry BICH 107, and a 2-semester sequence of undergraduate biochemistry for honors students and majors in biochemistry and genetics, BICH 440 and 441.
In Fall 2000 I started the Life Sciences Learning Community, LSLC, with a group of 19 freshmen. This has continued in 2001 and 2002 with each class of freshmen. We meet weekly for wide ranging discussions and take field trips to art galleries, museums, OPAS and other places. For Spring Break we go on what is now our traditional annual trip to London!
I'm the founding member of the bcbp Mentors, a member of the ATMentors program, and the advisor to our premedical chapter of the American Medical Student Association, AMSA.
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http://www.tamu.edu/classes/bich/gunn/mgunn_bio.html updated 08/27/02.