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Jason Tennessen serves as Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Facilities in the Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington, College of Arts & Sciences. His research program investigates metabolic regulation during developmental growth using Drosophila melanogaster as a genetic model system.
Education:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah, 2007-2013
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2007
- B.A., Lawrence University, 2001
Dr. Tennessen's research focuses on aerobic glycolysis (the Warburg effect) during Drosophila larval development, when animals increase body size approximately 200-fold over four days. His lab studies how this metabolic program supports rapid proliferation by generating biomass rather than energy, with implications for cancer therapy and stem cell biology.
His research spans multiple areas:
- Developmental Metabolism
- Metabolic Disease Models
- Precision Toxicology
- Chromatin, Chromosomes, and Genome Integrity
- Developmental Mechanisms in Eukaryotic Systems
Dr. Tennessen has secured significant research funding through:
- NIH R35 Maximizing Investigators' Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (NIGMS), 2016-2021
- NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (NIGMS), 2011-2016
He actively mentors graduate students including Shefali (elected to the Fly Board), Logan J. Geyman (NSF Graduate Research Fellow), and Madhuli. His laboratory is located in Biology Building 341 at Indiana University.
The Tennessen Lab maintains an active research program with recent work focusing on fly chemical exposure protocols for toxicology studies and collaborations with other Drosophila researchers across institutions.
