Jonathan D. Schertzer PhD

Jonathan Schertzer completed BSc and MSc at the University of Waterloo (Canada) where he was interested in muscle cells and studied how intracellular calcium influenced energy metabolism. He completed his PhD in 2007 at The University of Melbourne (Australia) where he was studied gene delivery, cell stress, insulin-like growth factors and endocrine control of metabolism.

He spends most of his time trying to keep up with his kids and enjoys combining exercise with playing video games. In the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, he guides scientists to help understand fundamental problems in immunometabolism. He enjoys mentoring all levels of scientists that are interested in how xenobiotics, diet and microbial stress promote or combat obesity, prediabetes, and diabetic complications. Dr. Schertzer is excited to help students discover new aspects in the 2-way street between host glucose and commensal/pathogenic bacteria.

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