Martin Myers
Marilyn H Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research
Director of the Michigan Diabetes Initiative
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Internal Medicine
2800 Plymouth Rd., NCRC Bldg 20
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]

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Martin Myers
Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
    • About

    Dr. Myers received his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology (summa cum laude) at Princeton University in 1988 and his M.D. and Ph.D. (Cell Biology) degrees from Harvard Medical School in 1997. He joined the faculty at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School in 1997, where he began to focus his independent research laboratory on mechanisms of leptin receptor signaling and links to the regulation of mammalian physiology. In 2004, Dr. Myers moved to the University of Michigan as a Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar and joined the faculty of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Dr. Myers is the Director of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute and the Michigan Diabetes Research Center.

    Dr. Myers has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. He received the Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar Award in 2004, was elected to the ASCI in 2005, received the Jerome Conn Award for Excellence in Research in 2006, and the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award in 2010.

    Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral Fellow
      Harvard Medical School/Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, 1997
    • MD
      Harvard University, Cambridge, 1997
    • PhD
      Harvard University, Cambridge, 1997
    • AB
      Princeton University, Princeton, 1988
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Research Overview

    Dr. Myers’ research focuses on how the central nervous system controls processes that enable the body to control blood glucose and body weight, and how problems in these pathways contribute to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. His laboratory focuses on the crucial roles played by nerve centers in the unconscious part of the brain — including regions that control food intake and metabolism to regulate body weight, and “glycemic control centers” that regulate the body’s ability to control blood sugar.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Preprint
      Glutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice.
      Sáenz de Miera C, Bellefontaine N, Allen SJ, Myers MG, Elias CF. 2024 Jul 15; DOI:10.7554/eLife.93204
      PMID: 39007235
    • Journal Article
      Glutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice
      Bellefontaine N, Allen SJ, Myers MG, Elias CF, de Miera C. eLife, 2024 Jun 6; DOI:10.7554/elife.93204.2
    • Preprint
      Control of Physiologic Glucose Homeostasis via the Hypothalamic Modulation of Gluconeogenic Substrate Availability.
      Hashsham A, Kodur N, Su J, Tomlinson AJ, Yacawych WT, Flak JN, Lewis KT, Oles LR, Mori H, Bozadjieva-Kramer N, Turcu AF, MacDougald OA, Myers MG, Affinati AH. 2024 May 21; DOI:10.1101/2024.05.20.594873
      PMID: 38826340
    • Journal Article
      Glutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice.
      Saenz de Miera Patin C, Bellefontaine N, Allen S, Myers M, Elias C. bioRxiv,
    • Journal Article
      Glutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice
      de Miera CS, Bellefontaine N, Allen SJ, Myers MG, Elias CF. 2024 Feb 28; DOI:10.7554/elife.93204.1
    • Journal Article
      NK2R control of energy expenditure and feeding to treat metabolic diseases.
      Sass F, Ma T, Ekberg JH, Kirigiti M, Ureña MG, Dollet L, Brown JM, Basse AL, Yacawych WT, Burm HB, Andersen MK, Nielsen TS, Tomlinson AJ, Dmytiyeva O, Christensen DP, Bader L, Vo CT, Wang Y, Rausch DM, Kristensen CK, Gestal-Mato M, In Het Panhuis W, Sjøberg KA, Kernodle S, Petersen JE, Pavlovskyi A, Sandhu M, Moltke I, Jørgensen ME, Albrechtsen A, Grarup N, Babu MM, Rensen PCN, Kooijman S, Seeley RJ, Worthmann A, Heeren J, Pers TH, Hansen T, Gustafsson MBF, Tang-Christensen M, Kilpeläinen TO, Myers MG, Kievit P, Schwartz TW, Hansen JB, Gerhart-Hines Z. Nature, 2024 Nov; 635 (8040): 987 - 1000. DOI:10.1038/s41586-024-08207-0
      PMID: 39537932
    • Journal Article
      Multiple NTS neuron populations cumulatively suppress food intake.
      Qiu W, Hutch CR, Wang Y, Wloszek J, Rucker RA, Myers MG, Sandoval D. Elife, 2023 Dec 7; 12: DOI:10.7554/eLife.85640
      PMID: 38059498
    • Journal Article
      Report From the 2022 Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Diabetic Retinal Disease Clinical Endpoints Workshop.
      Levine SR, Myers MG, Barunas R, Chang DS, Dutta S, Maddess T, Liebmann JM, Sherman S, Eydelman M, Sun JK, Chambers W, Wickström K, Luhmann UFO, Pallinat M, Glassman A, Aiello LP, Markel DS, Gardner TW. Transl Vis Sci Technol, 2023 Nov 1; 12 (11): 33 DOI:10.1167/tvst.12.11.33
      PMID: 38015167