Michael T Forrester

I am a physician scientist studying the molecular biology of interstitial lung diseases. The three main topics of my research program are 1) the roles of protein lipidation in pro-fibrotic TGF-beta receptor signaling, 2) lung metabolism of xenobiotics (i.e., drugs) by cytochrome P450 enzymes and 3) development of novel technologies to study protein lipidation including proteomics and genetic screening tools. My long-term goals are to unravel the molecular drivers of pulmonary fibrosis thus facilitating strategies to prevent and treat fibrotic lung diseases.