Kimberly O'Brien Laboratory
The O'Brien Laboratory is located in room 261 of the Human Metabolic Research Unit (HMRU) in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall and in rooms 140 and 144 in Savage Hall on the Cornell Ithaca campus.
Our main research interests in the laboratory focus on mineral dynamics with an emphasis on pediatric and pregnant populations. To undertake our research projects many of our studies utilize stable mineral isotopes as tracers. These tracers are measured using mass spectrometric instrumentation for high-sensitivity isotopic analyses. Dr. Kimberly O'Brien performs these analyses on a state of the art Thermoquest Triton TI magnetic sector thermal ionization mass spectrometer. The laboratory also houses a Finnigan quadrupole THQ thermal ionization mass spectrometer. Analytical services are also provided through collaboration with other academic institutions in the country. For more details, visit our Research and Information sections.
Lab Kudos
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Bridget Essley won the graduate research award at EB 2011.
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Chang Cao won the poster competition for the vitamin and mineral interest group at EB 2011.
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Esther Park received a CHE grant for summer research to work in the lab this summer.
Future Plans for Graduating PhD student in the Lab
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Bridget Essley will be doing her post-doc at the University of Colorado, Denver on a pediatric nutrition training grant.
Future Plans for Graduating Seniors in the Lab
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Thomas Bemis: Thomas will be working for Dr. Kevin Hall at the NIH in the National Institute for Diabetic Digestive and Kidney Diseases on a study looking at the selective reduction of dietary carbohydrate vs. fat reduction in obese patients.
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Selina Li: Selina will be attending medical school at the University of British Columbia in Canada
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Sana Maheshwari: Sana will be studying deformity correction in India under a Fulbright Student Research Grant and will then attend medical school.
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Demetrios Papazaharias: Demetrios will be conducting orthopedics research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and will then attend medical school.
For Current Members in the O'Brien Laboratory:
Meetings and Jounal Club
Lab Meetings: 9am to 10am Tuesdays in Savage 232
Journal Club: not in session this semester
Upcoming Due Dates
Experimental Biology 2012: April 21-25, 2100 in San Diego, CA
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
31st Annual Abstracts Submissions
Deadline: Wednesday April 13th
2011 Annual Meeting: September 16-20 in San Diego, CA
International Federation of Placenta Associations
IFPA Meeting 2011: Placenta - Fetus and Placenta: A Perfect Harmony
September 14-17 in Geilo, Norway
American Society of Hematology
Annual Meeting: December 10-13, 2011 in San Diego, CA
IBIS 2011 Meeting: May 22-26, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
DOHaD 2011 Meeting: September 18-21, 2011 in Portland, Oregon