Date Updated
6-25-2022
Department
Nutrition and Food Science/ College of Applied Science
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2011
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Research work on the Germ-free Nematode, C. elegan's
see:
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Nancy-C-Lu-79867468
Educational Background
National Taiwan University, Taiwan, BS, 1963
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, MS, 1964
University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1973
University of California, Berkeley, Post-doctoral Fellowship 1974
Dissertation Title
Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Requirements and Their Metabolic Interrelationship in the Free-living Nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae
Teaching Experience
San Jose State, College of Applied Science/Dept of Nutrition and Food Science 1980-2011
See attached Curriculum Vitae for details on SJSU teaching experience and teaching experience at University of California, Berkeley and University of Wyoming, Laramie
Administrative and Professional Experience
See attached Curriculum Vitae sections on Research Experience and Grants.
Service
Director of Didactic Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, San Jose State University, 1989-2011.
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, San Jose State University, 1992-1994.
Selected Publications
Liu, C., N.C. Lu & P. Belo. Biotin requirement and its biosynthesis blockage in the free-living nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. (Abstract), FASEB J. 2008, 22: 1104.2 and poster presentation at Experimental Biology 2008, San Diego, CA.
Xiong, X. & Lu, N. C. Optimal levels of the essential amino acids histidine, lysine and threonine in Caenorhabditis elegans maintenance medium. Nematology : International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Nematological Research, 2008(4), 539–544. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854108784513806
Xiong, X., N.C. Lu & L. McProud. The optimal requirement of essential amino acids and its efficacy in the Caenorhabditis elegans (C, elegans) maintenance medium. (Abstract), FASEB J. 21 (5): A330, 2007. Poster presentation at Experimental Biology 2007, Washington DC.
See attached Curriculum Vitae for complete list of 30+ publications.
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