Michael Rizzo, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Education:
PhD in Biology, Wake Forest University
BA in Biology, University of Virginia
Office:
Winston 206
Phone: x5502
email
Research Interest
Neural control of physiology and behavior, molecular biology, STEM Teaching
Selected Publications
Rizzo MJ, Evans JP, Burt M, Saunders CJ, Johnson EC. Unexpected role of a conserved domain in the first extracellular loop in G protein-coupled receptor trafficking. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Sep 10;503(3):1919-1926. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.136. Epub 2018 Jul 29. PMID: 30064912.
Rizzo MJ, Johnson EC. Homodimerization of Drosophila Class A neuropeptide GPCRs: Evidence for conservation of GPCR dimerization throughout metazoan evolution. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Mar 5;523(2):322-327. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.12.019. Epub 2019 Dec 19. PMID: 31864711.
Perry RJ, Saunders CJ, Nelson JM, Rizzo MJ, Braco JT, Johnson EC. Regulation of Metabolism by an Ensemble of Different Ion Channel Types: Excitation-Secretion Coupling Mechanisms of Adipokinetic Hormone Producing Cells in Drosophila. Front Physiol. 2020 Oct 29;11:580618. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.580618. PMID: 33192586; PMCID: PMC7658370.
Miller MR, Mandell JB, Beatty KM, Harvey SA, Rizzo MJ, Previte DM, Thorne SH, McKenna KC. Splenectomy promotes indirect elimination of intraocular tumors by CD8+ T cells that is associated with IFNγ- and Fas/FasL-dependent activation of intratumoral macrophages. Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 Dec;2(12):1175-85. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-0093-T. Epub 2014 Sep 23. PMID: 25248763; PMCID: PMC4258428.