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Sunil Sukumaran

Principal Investigator

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Regulation of taste signaling and taste cell regeneration

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The goal of my research is to uncover the pathways mediating sweet and bitter taste signaling and taste cell-oral microbiome interactions. My studies make use of a broad range of techniques including single-cell RNA-Seq, classical molecular genetics, histology, cell physiology and animal behavior.

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University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Sweet taste receptor signaling bias research for optimizing sweetener palatability

Research program investigating how arrestin and G protein signaling pathways downstream of the sweet taste receptor influence hedonic responses to caloric and non-caloric sweeteners, with the goal of developing strategie...

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Sunil Sukumaran

Principal Investigator

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Principal Investigator

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