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Medical Scientist Training Program
Sam Lawton

Sam Lawton

G1 Student

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BBA, Biology, Finance, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020

Research Interests

Metabolism, cardiovascular, neuroscience

Research Experience

91ɫƵ, 2023-Present
Advisor: Justin Grobe, PhD
Project: AgRP/MC4R signaling to MPO in RMR control by the ARC RAS

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016-2018
Advisor: John Doebley, PhD
Project: Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping of inflorescence architecture domestication traits in maize-teosinte hybrid populations

Publications

Lawton SB, Grobe CC, Reho JJ, Raff H, Thulin JD, Jensen ES, Burnett CM, Segar JL, Grobe JL. Differences in Fluid, Electrolyte, and Energy Balance in C57BL/6J Mice (Mus musculus) in Metabolic Caging at Thermoneutral or Standard Room Temperatures. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2024 Mar 1;63(2):190-200. doi: 10.30802/AALAS-JAALAS-23-000091. Epub 2024 Jan 8. PMID: 38191147; PMCID: PMC11022944.

Ziegler AA, Lawton SBR, Grobe CC, Reho JJ, Freudinger BP, Burnett CML, Nakagawa P, Grobe JL, Segar JL. Early-life sodium deprivation programs long-term changes in ingestive behaviors and energy expenditure in C57BL/6J mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2023 Nov 1;325(5):R576-R592. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00137.2023. Epub 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37720996; PMCID: PMC10866575.

Grobe CC, Reho JJ, Brown-Williams D, Ziegler AA, Mathieu NM, Lawton SBR, Fekete EM, Brozoski DT, Wackman KK, Burnett CML, Nakagawa P, Sigmund CD, Segar JL, Grobe JL. Cardiometabolic Effects of DOCA-Salt in Mice Depend on Ambient Temperature. Hypertension. 2023 Sep;80(9):1871-1880. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.20415. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37470185; PMCID: PMC10528934.

Chen Q, Yang CJ, York AM, Xue W, Daskalska LL, DeValk CA, Krueger KW, Lawton SB, Spiegelberg BG, Schnell JM, Neumeyer MA, Perry JS, Peterson AC, Kim B, Bergstrom L, Yang L, Barber IC, Tian F, Doebley JF. TeoNAM: A Nested Association Mapping Population for Domestication and Agronomic Trait Analysis in Maize. Genetics. 2019 Nov;213(3):1065-1078. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302594. Epub 2019 Sep 3. PMID: 31481533; PMCID: PMC6827374.

General Interests

Volleyball, baking, hiking, gardening