Contact Information
(267) 519-4807
Anna Voznesenskaya
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education
Ph.D., Physiology & Bioinformatics; Institute for Information Transmission of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Research Summary
My scientific interests cover the broad field of physiology and genetics in mammals with a current focus on calcium taste and mineral appetite. The main question I am trying to answer is: “How do animals consume appropriate amounts of minerals?” To discover the mechanisms underlying taste preferences and mineral intake I use a wide range of behavioral, physiological and genetic techniques. One ongoing project involves identifying the genes responsible for the taste of calcium and other minerals in rats. Another involves assessing how calcium consumption waxes and wanes during the estrus cycle.
Keywords
taste, genetics, ingestive behavior, calcium
