The Honors College

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Education

• Research Fellowship (Center for Aging and Human Development) Duke University
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (Cardiovascular Research Training Institute) University of Utah
• Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Wake Forest University
• BS (Chemistry) Western Carolina University

Mark Venable is a native North Carolinian from High Point. A professor in the biology department, his research focuses on the biochemistry of lipids in cellular signaling and disease. He is also working on algae as a biofuel source. He has mentored several students in their honors thesis research. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the American Heart Association and the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Venable was awarded the College of Arts and Science Strickland Outstanding Young Faculty Award and the Transforming North Carolina Award. In the classroom he teaches cell biology, biology of aging and a bioethics capstone course called Current Controversy in Biotechnology. He also teaches a freshman honors seminar course called Myth and Reality about how we know things and the problems we face in getting there. He is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Mark has worked in curriculum reform and advising for many years. Being recognized as an advising guru in biology and an interest in honors education and students led him to the Honors College where he advises biology majors and preprofessional students.  He loves working with students in the classroom, laboratory and in advising. Mark is well versed in Dad jokes and puns and when there’s time enjoys travel, hiking, kayaking and woodworking.

Publications

Schriber, C.L. and Venable, M.E. The Effects of Environmental Stressors on Aggregation in Parachlorella kessleri, Journal of Environmental Protection 10 No.12 (2019) 1657-1676

Venable, M.E. and Podbielski, M.R. (undergraduate) Impact Of Substrate Material On Algal Biofilm Biomass Growth. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26, 7 (2019) 7256-7262.

Houser, J.B., Venable, M.E., Sakamachi, Y., Hambourger, M.S., Herrin, J., Tuberty, S.R. Wastewater Remediation Using Algae Grown on a Substrate for Biomass and Biofuel Production Journal of Environmental Protection 5 (2014) 895-904.

Venable, M.E. Elevation of Ceramide in Senescence: Role of Sphingolipid Metabolism in Tumor Dormancy and Cellular Quiescence: ed. M.A. Hayat, 2 (2014) 81-88

Sanderson, M.C. and Venable, M.E. A Novel Assay of AcylCoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Utilizing Fluorescent Substrate.  Journal of Phycology, 48 (2012) 580-584

Venable, M.E. Lipase and Phospholipase Inhibitors: Design and Applications in: LIPASES AND PHOSPHOLIPASES: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS: Series: Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, Methods Mol. Biol. 861 (2012) 139-48.

Webb, L.M., Arnholt, A.T. and Venable, M.E. Phospholipase D Modulation by Ceramide in Senescence.  Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 337 (2010) 153-158.

Venable, M.E. and Yin, X. Ceramide Induces Endothelial Senescence.  Cell Biochemistry and Function 27 (2009) 547–551.