Postdoctoral Training:
1981-1984 Boston Biomedical Research Institute
1984-1988 Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Research Interests: 
Muscle biochemistry regulation of intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration in muscle cells; protein structure, function and chemistry; mechanisms of lipid oxidation and antioxidant activity

Teaching Interests:  
Food chemistry ; food proteins; analytical techniques; emphasis on the molecular basis for changes in food products which occur as a result of post-harvest (or post-slaughter) metabolism, processing and storage of the product. 

Courses:
FSC 401: Food Chemistry
FSC 402: Food Chemistry Laboratory

Selected Publications:

Arora A, Nair MG and  Strasburg GM.  1998. Structure-activity relationships for antioxidant activities of a series of flavonoids in a liposomal system.  Free Radical Biology and Medicine 24: 1355-1363.

Arora A, Nair MG and  Strasburg GM. 1998. Antioxidant activities of isoflavones and their biological metabolites in a liposomal system.  Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 356:133-141.

Moore CP, Rodney G, Zhang JZ, Santacruz-Toloza L, Strasburg G, Hamilton SL, 1999. Apocalmodulin and Ca2+ calmodulin bind to the same region on the skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel. Biochemistry 38(26):8532-7.

Wang LJ, Byrem TM, Zarosley J, Booren AM, Strasburg GM. 1999. Skeletal muscle calcium channel ryanodine binding activity in genetically unimproved and commercial turkey populations. Poultry Science 78(5):792-7.

Wang H, Nair MG, Strasburg GM, Chang YC, Booren AM, Gray JI, DeWitt DL. 1999. Antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities of anthocyanins and their aglycon, cyanidin, from tart cherries. Journal of Natural Products 62(2):294-6.

Byrem TM, Pestka JJ, Chu FS, Strasburg GM. 1999. Analysis and pharmacokinetics of cyclopiazonic acid in market weight pigs. Journal of Animal Science 77(1):173-9.

Byrem TM, Booren AM, Hill GM, Chu FS, Strasburg GM. 1999. The effect of cyclopiazonic acid on the development of pale, soft, and exudative pork from pigs of defined malignant hyperthermia genotype. Journal of Animal Science 77(1):166-72.

Zhang JZ, Wu Y, Williams BY, Rodney G, Mandel F, Strasburg GM, Hamilton SL. 1999. Oxidation of the skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel alters calmodulin binding. American Journal of Physiology 276(1 Pt 1):C46-53.

Arora, A, Byrem, TM, Nair, MG, and Strasburg, GM Modulation of Liposomal Membrane Fluidity by Flavonoids and Isoflavonoids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 373:102-109 (2000).

Fruen, BR, Bardy, JM, Byrem, TM, Strasburg, GM, and Louis, CF. Differential Ca²⁺ sensitivity of skeletal and cardiac muscle ryanodine receptors in the presence of calmodulin. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 279:C724-C733.(2000).

Rodney, GG, Williams, BY, Strasburg, GM, Beckingham, K. and Hamilton, SL Regulation of RYRI activity by Ca 2+ and Calmodulin. Biochemistry 39:7807-7812(2000).

Hamilton, SL, Serysheva, I, and Strasburg, GM. Calmodulin and Excitation-Contraction Coupling. News in Physiological Science 15:281-284 ( 2000).