{"id":103,"date":"2021-06-14T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/hinton-lab\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:51:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/hinton-lab\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Biosketch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Info Text &#8211; Right Hand Column Placeholder<br \/>Refresh After Saving to Remove<\/h2>\n  <h3><strong>Biosketch<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"\/hinton-lab\/about\/\">Biosketch<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/hinton-lab\/about\/speaking-engagements\/\">Current Speaking Engagements<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/hinton-lab\/about\/past-speaking-engagements\/\">Past Speaking Engagements<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/hinton-lab\/about\/past-speaking-engagements-photos\/\">Past Speaking Engagements Photos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n    <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2026\/04\/Hinton_Mitochondria_PREFERREDE-copy-1024x576-1.png\" alt=\" \" \/>\n            <figcaption>\n        Dr. Antentor Hinton, Jr.\n      <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n        <p><strong>Dr. Antentor Hinton, Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics in Vanderbilt University&#8217;s School of Medicine Basic Sciences, a member of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center, and the Ernest E. Just Early Career Investigator. Dr. Hinton&#8217;s research projects-including those funded by United Negro College Fund\/Bristol Myers Squibb, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund&#8217;s (BWF) Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, and NIH Superfund Research Program-aim to elucidate insulin-mediated molecular mechanisms that regulate cristae dynamics and to identify molecular mechanisms that underlie molecule transfer between and morphological changes in the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that can be altered in pathophysiological states, such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. More recently, Dr. Hinton received the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Award for his focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) and serial block facing-scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) imaging work on mitochondrial networks in human disease. Dr. Hinton supervises 2 Staff Scientists, 5 postdocs, 3 research techs, 5 grad students, and 12 undergraduates. Dr. Hinton&#8217;s laboratory has published in\u00a0<em>Aging Cell<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Hypertension<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Circulation Research<\/em>,\u00a0<em>American Journal of\u00a0Physiology<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Heart\u00a0and Circulatory Physiology<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Cellular Physiology<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Advanced Biology<\/em>. The Hinton lab have collaboratively published in\u00a0<em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Journal of Clinical Investigation<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Nature Communications<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Cell Metabolism<\/em>,\u00a0<em>eLife<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Cell Reports<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Cell Science<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Biological Psychiatry<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Endocrinology<\/em>,<em>\u00a0and Metabolism<\/em>.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p>Dr. Hinton is an active member of the Endocrine Society. Currently, Dr. Hinton serves on the following six editorial boards:\u00a0<em>Aging Cell, Journal of Cell Physiology<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Circulation Research<\/em>,\u00a0<em>American Journal of\u00a0Physiology<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Heart\u00a0and Circulatory Physiology<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Advanced Biology<\/em>.\u00a0Dr. Hinton is also an associate editor of the specialty section of Bioenergetics in\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences<\/em>. To date, he has published 126 papers (116 published and 10 in preprint or in press), gleaned 55 awards, and given over 214 invited talks.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p>Dr. Hinton is a former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bwfund.org%2Ffunding-opportunities%2Fdiversity-in-science%2Fpostdoctoral-enrichment-program%2Fgrant-recipients%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cstephen.m.doster%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cd021757e61f8467ba16408db29600d6e%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638149264735361502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=inbkJgQioWa%2FV4xMEPV%2B46gCHh9C7kpVKNQoytIfEVg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">BWF Postdoctoral Enrichment Scholar<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.bms.com%2Fiframes%2Fpress-releases%2Fpress-release-details%2F2020%2FUNCF-Bristol-Myers-Squibb-Announce-Second-Cohort-of-the-Ernest-E.-Just-Postgraduate-Fellowship-and-Extension-of-Partnership-Through-2026%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cstephen.m.doster%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cd021757e61f8467ba16408db29600d6e%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638149264735361502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9gB29TLI1%2Fu0NC8FY6IJBGJO5N5YKT%2BLmXwEZ4Nzcz4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">EE Just Postgraduate Fellow in Life Sciences<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnrc58.nas.edu%2FFordFellows20%2FExtRpts%2FPressReleaseRoster.aspx%3FRptMode%3DAW%26CompYr%3D2019%26Layout%3DwwwLibs%252FUtil_Web%252FPageLayouts%252FApplPrintLayout&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cstephen.m.doster%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cd021757e61f8467ba16408db29600d6e%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638149264735361502%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4cgomVWWxYJn00LeNA6KGpoBXFDCZxfPWzPe6JBgsXQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Ford Foundation Fellow<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Iowa in the Department of Internal Medicine\u00a0in the\u00a0Division of Endocrinology. Dr.\u00a0Hinton worked in the laboratory of Dr. E. Dale Abel, the Chair and Departmental Executive Officer of Internal Medicine and Director of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (now UCLA). Under\u00a0the co-mentorship of Dr. Abel and Dr. Renata O. Pereira, he elucidated\u00a0the mechanisms by which\u00a0insulin signaling regulates optic atrophy\u00a01\u00a0protein (OPA1) activity in skeletal muscle. Dr.\u00a0Hinton made the exciting observation that loss of OPA1 in skeletal muscle\u00a0<em>in vivo<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0in\u00a0cultured myotubes is associated with\u00a0an increase in\u00a0mitochondria-ER contact sites (MERCs). Notably, MERCs\u00a0are characterized\u00a0as specialized membranes enriched in specific proteins believed to be essential for calcium flux, lipid transfer, and mitochondrial morphology. In\u00a0addition to this project, Dr. Hinton has spent\u00a0the past\u00a0several years perfecting methodology\u00a0to rigorously quantify these contact sites using electron microscopy\u00a0and has become an expert in the ultrastructural analysis of inter-organellar interactions in muscle cells. Notably, Dr. Hinton secured a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Appointment at the Mayo Clinic, where he conducted research in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey Salisbury, a world-renowned cell biologist who runs\u00a0Mayo&#8217;s\u00a0Central Microscopy Core. It was under\u00a0his mentorship, that Dr. Hinton advanced his training in SBF-SEM and transmission electron microscopy quantification.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p>Dr. Hinton seeks to be an optimal mentor for all individuals. He has personally mentored over 90 graduate and undergraduate\u00a0students,\u00a0who have achieved or are currently\u00a0in the process of\u00a0acquiring a post-baccalaureate certificate,\u00a0master&#8217;s\u00a0degree, doctoral degree, or Doctor of Medicine degree. He\u00a0is an attentive and thoughtful mentor and has successfully obtained competitive support\u00a0for his mentees\u00a0from multiple\u00a0universities\u00a0and external sources.\u00a0His mentees have gone on to have tremendous careers (e.g.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2023\/12\/12\/kit-neikirk-named-marshall-scholar-will-study-at-university-of-edinburgh-and-university-college-london\/\">Kit Neikirk named Marshall Scholar will study at University of Edinburgh and University College London | Vanderbilt University<\/a>; awarded Fulbright Scholarship; attended top schools, medical students securing residency at organizations affiliated with Yale University; post docs obtaining funding from the United Negro College Fund&#8217;s EE Just Biomedical Research Scholar; admission into UCLA&#8217;s Medical Scientist Training Program).<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p>In\u00a02016,\u00a0Dr. Hinton graduated from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcm.edu%2Feducation%2Fgraduate-school-of-biomedical-sciences%2Fprograms%2Fcancer-cell-biology%2Falumni&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cstephen.m.doster%40Vanderbilt.Edu%7Cd021757e61f8467ba16408db29600d6e%7Cba5a7f39e3be4ab3b45067fa80faecad%7C0%7C0%7C638149264735517270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ol5oUvP2n0Kd8D%2BxXl5bkCWvpGYE6Cqf62hP85mlPYM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences<\/a>\u00a0Ph.D. Program at Baylor College of Medicine (Baylor). During his time at Baylor, Dr. Hinton served on the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Committee and was Vice President of the African American Men in Science Association. Notably, Hinton was first author on 2 and co-author on 15 publications during his time as in the laboratory of Dr. Yong Xu, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. The publications on which Dr. Hinton was the first author demonstrated that nuclear receptor, estrogen receptor alpha and coactivator, and steroid coactivator 1 in extra-hypothalamic sites are important for the control of stress-induced hypertension, blood pressure maintenance, and aortic stiffness in females. Overall, Dr. Hinton&#8217;s coauthor publications focused on identifying estrogenic sites of action in the brain that control energy homeostasis and binge eating and explored new hypothalamic energy expenditure roles after the ablation of ion channels, deleting novel nuclear receptors, or stimulating with chemical compounds. During his PhD training, Dr. Hinton won 26 career development, travel, research, oral presentation and poster, and graduate fellowship awards. Dr. Hinton was co-author on three publications (focused on bone cancer, and one was a clinical paper) during his rotations before joining his dissertation laboratory.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p>Before earning his doctorate, Dr. Hinton graduated from the NIH SMART PREP at Baylor in 2010, where he finished first in the class. Lastly, Dr. Hinton&#8217;s professional education started at Winston-Salem State University, where he earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in biology with a minor in chemistry. Dr. Hinton also played collegiate tennis for Winston-Salem State University. During his time on the team, he received the Coach&#8217;s Award in his senior year and made the Commissioner&#8217;s All-Academic Team for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference each year that he played. Dr. Hinton enjoys tennis because, by analogy, it allows him to improve his scientific approach by looking at science from different angles. Lastly, Hinton also participated in the Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society and MARC U*STAR Scholars Program as an undergraduate student.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Info Text &#8211; Right Hand Column PlaceholderRefresh After Saving to Remove Biosketch Biosketch Current Speaking Engagements Past Speaking Engagements Past Speaking Engagements Photos Dr. Antentor Hinton, Jr. Dr. Antentor Hinton, Jr.\u00a0is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics in Vanderbilt University&#8217;s School of Medicine Basic Sciences, a member of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":{"topper_style":"default","topper_overline":"","topper_title":"","topper_intro":"","default_topper_background_type":"none","footer_style":"standard","recirculation_style":"none","nav_menu":"","nav_menu_secondary":"no","page_style_option":"details","page_theme_option":"light","page_class_name":"","page_jumplinks_option":"no"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd98bx-1F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107,"url":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/hinton-lab\/contact\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Contact","author":"Stephen Doster","date":"June 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Info Text - Right Hand Column PlaceholderRefresh After Saving to Remove Hinton Lab Rules! 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