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Bryan C. Bergman, PhD Assistant Professor

Dr. Bergman received his undergraduate from the University of Wyoming , and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in Exercise Physiology. His doctoral work investigated how endurance exercise training changes glucose, fat, and lactate use during exercise. He went to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center for a post-doctoral fellowship in Jim Hill's lab, where he investigated the interaction of exercise, obesity, and insulin action. Dr. Bergman is currently funded by an NIH K award, and is an assistant professor. His research focuses on how intramuscular lipid influences the development of type II diabetes. Dr. Bergman is trying to understand the paradox where in diabetics, high levels of intramuscular lipid are associated with insulin resistance, whereas athletes remain insulin sensitive with a similar amount of intramuscular lipid. Dr. Bergman works in Robert Eckel's laboratory at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Selected Publications

  • Bergman, BC , Cornier, MA, Horton, TJ, and Bessesen, DH, Eckel, RH. Skeletal Muscle Munc18c and Syntaxin 4 in Human Obesity. Nutrition and Metabolism, 5:21 (24Jul2008), 2008. PUBMED
  • Perreault, L, Bergman, BC , Playdon, MC, Dall Man, C, Cobelli, C, Eckel, RH. Impaired Fasting Glucose with or without Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Progressive or Parallel States of Pre-diabetes?   American Journal of Physiology , Aug;295(2):E428-35, 2008. PUBMED
  • Bergman, BC , Cornier, MA, Horton, TJ, and Bessesen, DH. Effects Of Fasting On Insulin Action And Glucose Kinetics In Lean And Obese Men And Women. American Journal of Physiology, Oct;293(4):E1103-11, 2007. Epub Aug 7, 2007. PUBMED
  • Bergman BC , Jensen DR, Pulawa LK, Ferreira L, and Eckel RH. Fasting decreases free fatty acid turnover in mice over-expressing skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase. Metabolism , 55:1481-1487, 2006. PUBMED
  • Cornier MA, Bergman BC , Bessesen DH. The Effects of Short-Term Overfeeding on Insulin Action in Lean and Reduced-Obese Individuals. Metabolism , 55:1207-1214, 2006. PUBMED
  • Perreault L, Lavely JM, Bergman BC , Horton TJ. Gender differences in insulin action after a single bout of exercise . Journal of Applied Physiology, 97:1013 – 1021, 2004. PUBMED
  • G. C. Henderson, Horning, M.A., Wolfel, E.E., Bergman, BC, Casazza, G.A., and GA. Brooks. Pyruvate shuttling during rest and exercise before and after endurance training in men. Journal of Applied Physiology, 97:317 – 325, 2004. PUBMED