Richard Bruick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Endowed Title: Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in Biomedical Research

Department: Biochemistry

Graduate Programs: Biological Chemistry, Cancer Biology

Education

Undergraduate University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1991), Chemistry
Graduate School Scripps Research Institute (1998), Biology

Research Interests

  • Cancer
  • Cellular sensors of environmental and metabolic cues
  • Regulation of mammalian iron homeostasis
  • Regulation of mammalian oxygen homeostasis

Publications

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Protein degradation and iron homeostasis.

Thompson JW, Bruick RK Biochimica et biophysica acta 2012 Feb

Activation of the HIF prolyl hydroxylase by the iron chaperones PCBP1 and PCBP2.

Nandal A, Ruiz JC, Subramanian P, Ghimire-Rijal S, Sinnamon RA, Stemmler TL, Bruick RK, Philpott CC Cell Metab. 2011 Nov 14 5 647-57

Conditional HIF-1alpha expression produces a reversible cardiomyopathy.

Bekeredjian R, Walton CB, MacCannell KA, Ecker J, Kruse F, Outten JT, Sutcliffe D, Gerard RD, Bruick RK, Shohet RV PLoS ONE 2010 5 7 e11693

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Honors/Awards

  • Young Investigator Award
    American Cancer Society (2004)
  • Distinguished Young Researcher Award
    President’s Research Council (2003)
  • Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences
    Burroughs Wellcome Fund (2002)
  • Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in Medical Research
    (2002)