Michael C. Archer
Professor
Departments of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Medical Biophysics
Program in Food Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs

Ph: 416.978.8195
m.archer@utoronto.ca



Primary Affiliations:

• Department of Nutritional Sciences
  
  

Other Affiliations:

• Department of Medical Biophysics
  
  

Education/Degrees:

• 1965  M.A.        University of Cambridge, in Chemistry
• 1967  M.Sc.      University of Warwick, in Molecular Enzymology
  
• 1970  Ph.D.      University of Toronto, in Biochemistry
  
• 1989  D.Sc.      University of Warwick

Awards/Recognition:

• 1974               Future Leader Award, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
• 1977               Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London)
• 1977-82         National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award
• 1994-04         Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Research Chair in Nutritional

Professional Memberships:

• Society of Toxicology
                                                                     

• Society of Toxicology of Canada
        
• American Association for Cancer Research
                 
• American Society for Nutrition 
  
• Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences
  

Research:

• Role of dietary factors and susceptibility genes in cancer development;                                                   

Current Students:

• Kathryn Hopperton

Recent Publications:                                                     

 

• Lau, D.S.Y. and Archer, M.C. The 10t,12c isomer of conjugated linoleic acid inhibits fatty acid synthase expression and enzyme activity in human breast, colon and prostate cancer cells. Nutrition and Cancer, 62, 1-6, 2010.
  
  
• Lu, S., and Archer, M.C. Sp1 coordinately regulates de novo lipogenesis and proliferation in cancer cells. Int. J. Cancer, 126, 416-425, 2010.
  
  
• McNamara, E. and Archer, M.C.. Ezetimibe reverses the inhibitory effects of dietary cholesterol on mammary tumorigenesis. Int. J. Cancer, 127, 791-795, 2010.
  
  
• Giovannucci, E., Harlan, D.M., Archer, M.C.., Bergenstal, R.M., Habel, L.A., Pollack, M., Regensteiner, J.G., and Yee, D. Diabetes and cancer: A consensus report. Diabetes Care, 33, 1-12, 2010, and CA Cancer J. Clin.60, 207-221, 2010. 
  
  
• Saati, G.E. and Archer, M.C.. Inhibition of fatty acid synthase and Sp1 expression by 3,3’-diindolylmethane in human breast cancer cells. Nutrition and Cancer, 63, 790-794, 2011.

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