Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
isis_trujillo@unc.edu
704-250-5041
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Camila Espasandin
Visiting Scholar, Trujillo’s Lab
Camila Espasandin is a Visiting Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). She is a PhD student and her research is focused on mechanisms of one carbon metabolism in thermogenesis in mice. She joined the NRI in 2024 to conduct a collaboration with Dr. Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez within the academic framework of her PhD studies. She earned her MSc. in Biological Sciences from the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay (UDELAR).
Walter Friday
Research Specialist, Trujillo Lab
Walter Friday, a Kannapolis native, recently returned to Cabarrus County to get married. He is a 2010 graduate of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with an AAS in Biotechnology. He is pleased to be working at the Nutrition Research Institute as a research technician. He enjoys spending time with his wife, reading, and traveling.
Jose Luis Garduno-Hernandez
Research Technician, Trujillo Lab
Jose Luis holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His professional journey has led him to serve as a Research Assistant in the Department of Biochemistry in the Lab of Medicinal Chemistry at the School of Medicine, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico City. His research interests span a wide spectrum, encompassing neurodegenerative diseases, microbial infections, hypertension, and cancer. In addition to his research endeavors, Jose Luis is dedicated to education, having taught various subjects including pharmacology, physiology, and advanced biochemistry. With a passion for both research and teaching, he brings to the Trujillo Lab a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of biomedical sciences.
Paving New Paths to Choline
By Olivia Rivera June 15th, 2021 Health UNC Nutrition Research Institute assistant professor Isis Trujillo studies choline, an essential nutrient that is critical for brain development in the womb. A former postdoctoral researcher, she now runs her own lab and is...
NRI Researchers Recognized at National Institutes of Health Precision Nutrition Workshop
UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) researchers were invited participants in the virtual Precision Nutrition: Research Gaps and Opportunities Workshop held by the National Institutes of Health (co-sponsors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),...
Offspring Brain Health Determined by Maternal Diet and Genes
December 12, 2018 – The importance of choline to brain development and function was first demonstrated in the 1980s, but because choline has multiple fates and functions within the body, the question of how choline levels specifically impacted neural development has remained unanswered. In research just published in The FASEB Journal, NRI director Steven Zeisel, MD PhD, and NRI assistant professor Natalia Surzenko, PhD, make a major contribution towards answering this question.