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Michael Gamcsik
Associate Professor, Primary Core Faculty


Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill


NC State University Office
1217-C College of Textiles
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
Phone: 919-513-0786


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Primary Research Area:

Biomedical Engineering including Biomedical Imaging, Functional Tissue Engineering, Metabolomics, Pharmacy

Research Interests:

Metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Spectroscopy; Cancer; Drug Resistance; High Density Cell Culture; Neurodegeneration; Aging; Oxidative Stress

Education:

BS in Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
PhD in Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh, UK

Recent Publications:

  1. Gamcsik, M.P.; Forder, J.R.; Millis, K.K.; McGovern, K.A. "A Versatile Oxygenator and Perfusion System for Magnetic Resonance Studies," Biotechnol. Bioeng. (1996) 49, 348-354.
  2. Constantinidis, I.; Mukundan, N.E.; Gamcsik, M.P.; Sambanis, A. “Towards the Development of a Bioartificial Pancreas: A 13C NMR Study on the Effects of alginate/poly-L-lysine/alginate Entrapment on Glucose Metabolism by bTC3 Mouse Insulinoma Cells,” Cell. Mol. Biol. (1997) 43, 721-729.
  3. Gamcsik, M.P.; Dubay, G.R; Cox, B.R. “Increased Rate of Glutathione Synthesis from Cystine in Drug-Resistant MCF-7 Cells,” Biochem. Pharmacol. (2002) 63, 843-851.
  4. Gamcsik, M.P.; Bierbryer, R.G.; Millis, K.K., “NMR Monitoring of Glutathione Synthesis and Depletion in Drug-Sensitive and Resistant MCF-7 Cells,” Free Radic. Biol. Med. (2004) 37, 961-968.
  5. Thelwall, P.E.; Yemin, A.Y.; Gillian, T.L; Simpson, N.E.; Kasibhatla, M.S.; Rabbani, Z.N.; Macdonald, J.M.; Blackband, S.J.; Gamcsik, M.P. “Noninvasive In vivo Detection of Glutathione Metabolism in Tumors,” Cancer Res. (2005) 65, 10149-10153.

Date of Last Modification: 9/10/2007

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