Carolyn Shult

PhD Student, Konapka Research Group

Pharmacological and molecular regulation of exercise-induced metabolic adaptations

Carolyn has a B.S. in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. She enjoys spending her free time with her dog, cooking, and being overly competitive in any endurance-based sports (mostly running).

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Type: Graduate Students

A Review of Methionine and Cysteine: Their Roles as Sinks for Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species, Including Bioinformatic Analysis of Their Percent Compositions in Metabolic Proteins

Bethany F Laatsch, Burhan A Ali, Anna R Berthiaume, Grace C Cunningham, Sabrina M Duncan, Nathan Hau, Audrey Ho, Marais A Loomis, Harrison R Lowater, Brenya L McNally, Kate L Mueller, Matt Poppitz, Sandra A Prickett, Sydney E Schroeder, Madison L Shepler, Bryce H Shoberg, Carolyn G Shult, Lucille S Smith, Karissa L Snyder, Joshua E Steczynski, Aka Torti, Aidan Voon, Moriah M Weiss, Trinity B Wilson, Sudeep Bhattacharyya, Sanchita Hati

Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB. 2025 September 12. pmid:40937394, pmc:PMC12420569, doi:10.1007/s12291-024-01284-y
Rapamycin Does Not Compromise Exercise-Induced Muscular Adaptations in Female Mice

Christian J Elliehausen, Szczepan S Olszewski, Dennis M Minton, Carolyn G Shult, Aditya R Ailiani, Michaela E Trautman, Reji Babygirija, Dudley W Lamming, Troy A Hornberger, Adam R Konopka

Aging cell. 2025 July 24. pmid:40704394, pmc:PMC12507417, doi:10.1111/acel.70183
Rapamycin does not compromise physical performance or muscle hypertrophy after PoWeR while intermittent rapamycin alleviates glucose disruptions by frequent rapamycin

Christian J Elliehausen, Szczepan S Olszewski, Carolyn G Shult, Aditya R Ailiani, Michaela E Trautman, Reji Babygirija, Dudley W Lamming, Troy A Hornberger, Dennis M Minton, Adam R Konopka

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 March 31. pmid:40161678, pmc:PMC11952434, doi:10.1101/2025.03.10.642477
PoWeR elicits intracellular signaling, mitochondrial adaptations, and hypertrophy in multiple muscles consistent with endurance and resistance exercise training

Christian J Elliehausen, Szczepan S Olszewski, Dennis M Minton, Audrey L Spiegelhoff, Carolyn G Shult, Wenyuan G Zhu, Troy A Hornberger, Adam R Konopka

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 2025 March 18. pmid:40100208, pmc:PMC12323402, doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00872.2024
Ying and Yang of Ceramide in the Vascular Endothelium

Gopika SenthilKumar, Zachary Zirgibel, Katie E Cohen, Boran Katunaric, Alyssa M Jobe, Carolyn G Shult, Rachel H Limpert, Julie K Freed

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 2024 June 20. pmid:38899471, pmc:PMC11269027, doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.321158

2025 Post-Graduate Big 10 Scholar