John Glendinning
Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biology
Professor Glendinning joined the Barnard faculty in 1996. His research seeks to understand the physiological underpinnings one of life's great pleasures: eating. His current research is exploring how the sense of taste mediates behavioral and metabolic responses to sweeteners, complex carbohydrates and alcohol. He is also studying how pre- and post-natal experience with foods can make them taste better (or worse). He investigates these questions in rodents, using a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological, and molecular approaches.
Recent Publications (Barnard and Columbia students in Italics):
Glendinning JI, Tang J, Allende APM, Bryant BP, Youngentob L, Youngentob SL (2017) Fetal alcohol exposure reduces responsiveness of taste nerves and trigeminal chemosensory neurons to ethanol and its flavor components. Journal of Neurophysiology 118: 1198–1209
Glendinning JI, Frim YG, Hochman A, Basile AJ, Lubitz G, Sclafani A (2017) Glucose elicits cephalic-phase insulin release in mice by activating K(ATP) channels in taste cells. American Journal of Physiology 312: R597–R610
Wang T, Glendinning J, Grushka M, Hummel T, Mansfield K (2017) Drug-induced taste disorders in clinical practice and preclinical safety evaluation. Toxicological Sciences 156(2): 315–324
Bachmanov AA, Bosak NP, Glendinning JI, Inue M, Li X, Manita S, McCaughey SA, Murata Y, Reed DR, Tordoff MG, Beauchamp, GK (2016) Genetics of amino acid taste and appetite. Advances in Nutrition 7 (Suppl): 806S–822S
Glendinning JI (2016) Do low-calorie sweeteners increase weight gain in rodents? Physiology & Behavior 164: 509–513.
Glendinning JI, Stano S, Holter M, Azenkot T, Goldman O, Margolskee RF, Vasselli J, Sclafani A (2015) Sugar-induced cephalic-phase insulin release is mediated by a T1r2+T1r3-independent taste transduction pathway in mice. American Journal of Physiology 309: R552-R560
Glendinning JI, Elson AET, Kalik S, Sosa Y, Patterson CM, Myers MG Jr, Munger SD (2015) Taste responsiveness to sweeteners is resistant to elevations in plasma leptin. Chemical Senses 40(4): 223-231
Villalba JJ, Miller J, Ungar E, Landau SY, Glendinning JI (2014) Ruminant self-medication against gastrointestinal nematodes: evidence, mechanism, and origins. Parasite 21, 31
McCaughey S, Glendinning JI (2013) Experience with sugar modifies behavioral but not taste-evoked medullary responses to sweeteners in mice. Chemical Senses 38(9): 793–802
Afroz A, Howlett N, Shukla A, Ahmad F, Batista E, Bedard K, Payne S, Morton B, Mansfield JH, Glendinning JI (2013) Gustatory receptor neurons in Manduca sexta contain a TrpA1-dependent signaling pathway that integrates taste and temperature. Chemical Senses 38(7): 605-617
Zukerman S, Glendinning JI, Margolskee RF, Sclafani A (2013) Impact of T1r3 and Trpm5 on carbohydrate preference and acceptance in C57BL/6 mice. Chemical Senses 38(5): 421–437
Glendinning JI, Gillman J, Zamer H, Margolskee RF, Sclafani A (2012) The role of T1r3 and Trmp5 in carbohydrate-induced obesity in mice. Physiology & Behavior 107: 50–58
Howlett N, Dauber K, Shukla A, Morton B, Glendinning JI, Brent E, Gleason C, Islam F, Izquierdo D, Sanghavi S, Afroz A, Aslam A, Barbaro M, Blutstein R, Borkova M, Desire B, Elikis A, Fan Q, Hoffman K, Huang A, Keefe D, Lopatin S, Miller S, Patel P, Rizzini D, Robinson A, Rokins K, Turlik A, Mansfield JH (2012) Identification of chemosensory receptor genes in Manduca sexta and knockdown by RNA interference. BMC Genomics 13: 211
Cocco N, Glendinning JI (2012) Not all sugars are created equal: some mask noxious tastes better than others in an herbivorous insect. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1412-1421.
Physiology
Laboratory in Physiology
Statistics and Research Design
Neuroscience & Behavior Senior Thesis Seminar
212.854.4749
jglendin[at]barnard.edu
Tue 9 - 10
Wed 12 - 1
BA, Hampshire College
PhD, University of Florida
Post-doctoral training:
Florida State University
University of Florida
University of Arizona
In the News
In March, 2018, Barnard faculty members were awarded major research grants that support a range of research interests.
Barnard College was awarded a second Beckman Scholars Award to support student research in biology, chemistry, and neuroscience and behavior.
In the summer and fall of 2017, Barnard's exceptional faculty were awarded multiple prestigious research grants and fellowships.
Professor Alexandra Horowitz and Professor John Glendining dissect the differing ways in which humans and animals experience the world through smell and taste.
A new study authored by John Glendinning, the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biology, along with Ana Paula Morales Allende (’15) and Joyce Tang (’17) suggests that fetal alcohol exposure (FAE) reduces the taste system’s responsiveness to the bitter flavor and burning sensation of many varieties of alcoholic beverages.
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