Ken Blemings

Assistant Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry
and of Genetics and Developmental Biology
West Virginia University
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

1026 Agricultural Sciences Building
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Phone: (304)293-2631 x 4315
FAX: (304)293-2232
kbleming@wvu.edu

Education:

University of Wisconsin - Post-Doctoral training. 1994-1999, Nutritional Science
University of Wisconsin - Ph.D. 1994, Animal Science and Nutritional Science
University of Wisconsin - M.S. 1990, Meat and Animal Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - B.S. 1987, Animal Science and Biochemistry

Research/Creative Activity:

Improving the efficiency of nutrient utilization by understanding and modulating important steps in nutrient metabolism.

Teaching Activity:

Agricultural Biochemistry 310 - General Biochemistry
Agricultural Biochemistry 210/211 - Introductory Biochemistry/Laboratory

Recent Publications:

Blemings, K.P., Crenshaw, T.D., and Benevenga, N.J. (1998) Mitochondrial Lysine Uptake Limits Hepatic Lysine Oxidation in Rats Fed Diets Containing 5, 20, or 60% Casein. J. Nutr. 128:2427-2434.
Eisenstein, R.S., and Blemings, K.P. (1998) Iron Regulatory Proteins, Iron Responsive Elements and Iron Homeostasis. J. Nutr. 128:2295-2298.
Chen, O.S., Blemings, K.P., Schalinske, K.S., and Eisenstein, R.S. (1998) Dietary Iron Intake Rapidly Influences Iron Regulatory Proteins, Ferritin Subunits and Mitochondrial Aconitase in Rat Liver. J. Nutr. 128:525-535.
Schalinske, K.S., Blemings, K.P., Steffen, D.W., Chen, O.S., and Eisenstein, R.S. (1998) Iron Regulatory Protein 1 is Not Required for the Modulation of Ferritin and Transferrin Receptor Expression by Iron in a Murine Pro-B Lymphocyte Cell Line. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:10681-10686.
Blemings, K.P., Cahl, M.J., Crenshaw, T.D., and Benevenga, N.J. (1996) Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Decreases Hepatic Amino Acid Catabolism in Female Rats. J. Nutr. 126:1657-1661.
Crenshaw, T.D., Gahl, M.J., Blemings, K.P., and Benevenga, N.J. (1995) Cost of Additional Dietary Lysine Must Be TAken Into Account. Feedstuffs 67:13-16.
Blemings, K.P., Crenshaw, T.D., and Benevenga, N.J. (1994) Lysine alpha-ketoglutarate Reductase and Saccharopine Dehyfrogenase are Located Only in the Mitochondrial Matrix in Rat Liver. J. Nutr. 124:1215-1221.
Benevenga, N.J., Gahl, M.J., and Blemings, K.P. (1993) Role of Protein Synthesis in Amino Acid Ctabolism. J. Nutr. 123:332-336.

Abstracts:

Klandorf, H., Rathore, D.S., Iqbal, M., Shi, X., Blemings, K.P., and VanDyke, K. (2000) Accelerated Tissue Aging and Increased Oxydative Stress in Broiler Chickens Fed Allopurinol. FASEB J. 14:A215.
Enns, C.A., Roy, C.N., Blemings, K.P., Deck, K.M., and Eisenstein, R.S. (2000) Stimulation of IRPI activity in HFE expressing HeLa Cells. FASEB J. 14:A482.

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