Each of the trillions of cells in the human body need to perform metabolism, or a series of fundamental reactions essential to life. How do cells coordinate and regulate metabolism? The Schmitt Lab develops tools to study metabolism and the regulation of metabolism with high spatial and temporal resolution.

We study both the kinases and signaling networks regulating metabolism, and metabolites themselves. We focus on understanding how metabolic diseases, like cancer and fatty liver disease, perturb spatial and temporal metabolic regulation.