Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Blake is interested in clarifying how senescence-associated disease works on a molecular level, with research projects that bridge organic chemistry and biology. Specifically, he's investigating a battery of free-radical derived reactive lipids produced abundantly in adipose during obesity/aging as mediators of senescence. To this end, he uses L-carnosine, a dipeptide scavenger of reactive lipids, to probe molecular signatures associated with adipose senescence and highlight a potential therapeutic strategy to alleviating age- and obesity-associated senescence. In his free time, Blake likes to play with his 1 year old daughter and make fresh produce his wife grows in their backyard into baked goods.
