This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers and leaders who will be honored at a ceremony on Nov. 6 for UNMC’s annual research awards – the prestigious Scientist Laureate Award and the Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist, New Investigator, Career Achievement and Community Service to Research Awards.
Distinguished Scientist
Distinguished Scientist Awards, which are sponsored by the chancellor, recognize researchers who have been among the most productive scientists at UNMC during the past five years.
- Name: Micah Schott, PhD
- Title: Associate professor, UNMC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Joined UNMC: 2021
- Hometown: Kulm, ND
Describe your research focus in three words or less:
Metabolic liver diseases
Why is research important in the world today?
Research provides important mechanistic answers to life science and disease mechanisms. Fundamental discovery science is necessary for developing future novel therapies.
My research will make a difference because:
Obesity and the excessive accumulation of lipids is a central driver of most chronic diseases. Our laboratory investigates one of the most important organs in lipid metabolism and trafficking – the human liver – with the hope that our discovery-based science will translate to better therapies against metabolic-associated diseases.
The best advice I’ve ever received is:
Love your neighbor as yourself; do to others as you would have them do to you.
Three things you may not know about me are:
- I grew up in a small town in North Dakota.
- There were 19 students in my high school graduating class.
- I met my future wife Kim in 8th grade and journaled that I wanted to marry her someday.
Congratulations! Well deserved!
Congratulations, Micah!