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Jeffrey S. Elmendorf

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1994
Metabolism, Diabetes, and CancerPancreatic function and diabetesCellular transport and secretionProtein Kinase Regulation and GTPase SignalingAdipose Tissue and Metabolism

Publications

77

Citations

3,055

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

32

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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Jeffrey S. Elmendorf studies how the body's cells take up and process glucose (blood sugar) and how this goes wrong in insulin resistance, a key feature of type 2 diabetes. His work focuses especially on skeletal muscle, examining how factors like cholesterol buildup in cell membranes, actin (the cell's structural scaffolding), and signaling proteins such as PAK1 affect glucose uptake. He also investigates how diet, exercise, and medications influence these metabolic processes.

Insulin resistance and glucose metabolismSkeletal muscle cell biologyMembrane cholesterol and diabetesCellular signaling and glucose transportDiet and exercise effects on metabolism

Publication activity was highest around 2017 and has slowed to roughly one paper per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through May 2030 — about 4 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH P30DK097512through May 2030 · $435k awarded

    Pilot & Feasibility Program

3 earlier awards
  • NIH R01DK114222Aug 2018 – Jun 2021 · $394k awarded

    Cholesterol Toxicity as a Promising Target for Diabetes Prevention

  • NIH R01DK082773Mar 2009 – Jan 2014 · $328k awarded

    Mechanisms of Membrane-Based Insulin Resistance & Therapeutic Reversal Strategies

  • NIH R01AT001846Aug 2004 – May 2010 · $271k awarded

    CHROMIUM ENHANCES INSULIN & GLUT4 ACTION VIA LIPID RAFTS

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,724 established Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 3,055cohort median 3,385
h-index: 30cohort median 27
Publications / year (recent): 0.6cohort median 4.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 20% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 10 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 9 publications917182019: 3 publications192020: 2 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication23242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • PMC×4
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry×1
  • Physiological Reports×1
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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