Anton M. Bennett PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and of Comparative Medicine; Co-Director, Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism; Director, BBS Minority Affairs

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Stem Cell Center, Yale: Tissue Specific Stem Cells

Signal Transduction

Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program

Comparative Medicine: Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)

Pharmacology: Neuropharmacology | Bennett Lab

Liver Center

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center

Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Signal Transduction

Research Interests

Signal transduction; Protein tyrosine phosphatases; Cancer; Diabetes; Obesity; Muscle stem cells; Muscular dystrophy

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Education

Ph.D., New York Medical College , 1993

Selected Publication

Roth Flach, R.J., Zhang, and Bennett, A.M. (2011) Loss of MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1 protects from hepatic steatosis by repression of CIDEC/Fat-specific protein 27, J. Biol. Chem., 286: 22195-22202.

Latest Honor and Recognition

Burroughs-Wellcome Award for New Investigators in Pharmacology(2001)

Articles

Winter 2010

Yale mourns the loss of a gifted student and compassionate friend

Annie Le was a talented scientist, a caring friend, a helpful lab mate, and a fashionista whose click-clacking high...

Lacking an enzyme linked to diabetes and obesity, mice stay slim on a high-carb diet

Even on a “supersize” diet, mice bred to lack a certain enzyme remained more svelte than mice with the enzyme,...