College of Medicine
Merritt Laboratory
Led by Matthew E Merritt · Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
What we study
The Merritt Lab studies metabolic turnover and energy metabolism in heart failure, cancer, and diabetes using NMR-based methods like isotopomer analysis and hyperpolarized contrast agents.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
HDO Imaging is a Quantitative Marker of Cerebral Glucose Oxidation
Uses NMR, a technique related to MRI, to track HDO, a form of heavy water, as a way to measure how much glucose the brain is burning for energy.
Imaging Hepatic Energy Metabolism in NAFLD/NASH
Uses NMR-based imaging and metabolic tracers to study how the liver handles energy in fatty liver disease (NAFLD/NASH).
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Recent papers, explained
- The state of imaging glycolytic metabolism in cancer with magnetic resonance
2026 · npj Imaging
Reviewed advances in MRI for imaging cancer metabolism, including new probes.
- Physiological Interpretation of the Lactate to Pyruvate AUC Ratio for Hyperpolarized [ 1‐ 13 C ]‐Pyruvate Studies
2026 · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Explored how lactate and pyruvate ratios relate to cancer metabolism using MRI.
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- Quantitative Imaging of Pyruvate Metabolism in a Patient With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
2026 · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Developed a model to measure pyruvate metabolism in cancer patients using MRI.
- Best practices in NMR metabolomics: Current state
2026 · UNC Libraries
- Mutation specific impairment of fatty acid and pyruvate oxidation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mouse models
2026 · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
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