Adam Rauckhorst’s research integrates mass spectrometry–based metabolomics with stable isotope tracing to uncover how metabolism shapes disease and cell state transitions. His work centers on mitochondrial regulation of cardiovascular metabolism, examining nutrient flux, redox balance, and metabolic signaling across physiological and pathological conditions.
Rauckhorst brings expertise in mitochondrial biology and metabolic analysis to defining how alterations in energy metabolism contribute to cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. His research seeks to identify mechanistic insights that could inform new strategies for targeting metabolic dysfunction.
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For information about our lab or undergraduate research opportunities, please contact us at arauckho@fiu.edu.
About the Lab
The Rauckhorst laboratory studies how mitochondrial transport processes coordinate cellular metabolism, with a focus on amino acid metabolism, redox balance and energy homeostasis. The research examines how mitochondrial carriers integrate metabolic pathways across cellular compartments to regulate physiologic and stress responses in tissues such as the heart and liver.
Located at the FIU Center for Translational Science, the lab advances metabolomics and isotope tracing using high-resolution mass spectrometry. By combining biochemical, genetic and systems-level approaches, the program seeks to define principles of metabolic organization and identify strategies to address metabolic dysfunction in cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Lab equipment:
- Thermo Exploris 240 LC–HRMS for high-resolution, accurate-mass metabolite profiling
- Agilent 1290 UPLC coupled to a 6495 triple quadrupole MS for highly sensitive targeted quantitation and metabolite profiling
- Agilent 8860 GC with a 5977 MS for gas chromatography–based metabolite analysis
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