David L. Allen David L. Allen, Ph.D. Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0354 phone: (303) 492-3175 fax: (303) 492-0811 e-mail: allendl@colorado.edu

Research Interests

• Transcriptional regulation of skeletal muscle gene expression.


• Molecular basis of skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise, disease, and aging.


• Molecular mechanisms underlying exercise-induced muscle damage and repair.


• Molecular genetics of addiction.

Education

• 1985-1991, B.S., Department of Kinesiology, University of California, Los Angles, CA.


• 1991-1996, Ph.D., Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Professional Experience

• 1996-1998, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.


• 1998-2004, Research Associate, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.


• 2004-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Honors and Awards

• 1996-1998, University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant .


• 1998-2002, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Research Development Grant.


• 2000, Recipient of the Carl Gisolfi Travel Award for the Integrative Biology of Exercise Conference.


• 2004-2008, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, National Institutes of Health


• 2005, Shih Chun Wang Young Investigator Award, American Physiological Society


• 2005, Research Endowment Award, American College of Sports Medicine


• 2007, American Physiological Society Research Career Enhancement Award Mentor for Dr. Min Du, University of Wyoming, $1500.00


• 2008, Travel award, NIH Workshop on The Establishment, Maintenance, and Turnover of Adipose Depots

Recent Publications

• Allen DL, Bandstra ER, Harrison BC, Thorng S, Stodleck LS, Kostenuik PJ, Morony S, Lacey DL, Hammond TG, Leinwand LL, Argraves WS, Bateman TA, Barth JL. Effects of spaceflight on murine skeletal muscle gene expression. Journal of Applied Physiology 106: 582-595, 2009.


• Allen DL, Cleary AS, Lindsay SF, Speaker KJ, Uyenishi J, Reed JM, Madden MC, Mehan RS. Myostatin, activin Receptor IIb, and follistatin-Like-3 gene expression is altered in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of obese mice. American Journal of Physiology 294: E918-E927, 2008.


• Allen DL, Du M. Comparative functional analysis of the cow and mouse myostatin genes reveals novel regulatory elements in their upstream promoter regions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 150: 432-439, 2008.


• Allen DL, Uyenishi JJ, Cleary AS, Mehan RS, Lindsay SF, Reed JM. Calcineurin activates interleukin-6 transcription iin mouse skeletal muscle in vivo and in C2C12 myotubes in vitro. American Journal of Physiology 298: R198-R210, 2010.