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J. Bruce German
Professor and Chemist
Degree
Ph. D. Cornell University, 1983
Research
Professor German researches the role of fats and other components in the diet. He developes ways to assess health and metabolism in response to foods. Milk is the model he uses as a genetic blueprint for foods to support health. Milk evolves for the purpose of nourishing growing mammals and this evolutionary logic is the basis of the research to discover physical, functional and nutritional properties of milk components and to apply these properties as principles to foods.
Selected Publications
Frankel, E.N., J. Kanner, J.B. German, E. Parks and J.E. Kinsella. 1993. Inhibition of oxidation of human low‑density lipoprotein by phenolic substances in red wine. Lancet 341(8843):454–457.
Walzem, R.L., S. Watkins, E.N. Frankel, R.J. Hansen and J.B. German. 1995. Older plasma lipoproteins are more susceptible to oxidation: A linking mechanism for the lipid and oxidation theories of atherosclerotic disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 92(16):7460–7464.
German, J.B. and C.J. Dillard. 2004. Saturated fats: What dietary intake? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80(3):550–559.
German, J.B., B.D. Hammock and S.M. Watkins. 2005. Metabolomics: Building on a century of biochemistry to guide human health. Metabolomics 1(1):3-8.
Mutch, D.M., M. Grigorov, A. Berger, L.B. Fay, M.A. Roberts, S.M. Watkins, G. Williamson and J.B.German. 2005. An integrative metabolism approach identifies stearoyl‑CoA desaturase as a target for an arachidonate‑enriched diet. FASEB Journal 19(6):599–601.
Awards and Honors
Mention D'Honneur Du Jury, ACADEMI MORIM, France, 1995
John E Kinsella endowed chair University of California, 1997-2003
G. Malcolm Trout visiting Professor Michigan State University, 2000
Visser Professor Wageningen University September, 2001
NUTRIM professor Maastricht University the Netherlands, 2002
Named to Most Highly Cited Scientists by ISI Index, 2002-present