Matthew E. Doumit

Associate Professor of Meat Science

Office Location Ag Science 218 University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-2330 Phone: (208) 885-6007 mdoumit@uidaho.edu

Education

Michigan State University      Ph.D.   1994    Animal Science/Muscle Biology

South Dakota State University           M.S.    1989    Animal Science/Muscle Biology

Washington State University  B.S.     1987    Animal Science

Professional Experience

January 1990 – May 1993 Michigan State University, Graduate Teaching Experience  

August 1993 – December 1993 Michigan State University, Instructor, Department of Animal Science

1988 South Dakota State University, Laboratory Instructor, Intro to Animal Science

Membership In Scientific Organizations

American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)

American Meat Science Association (AMSA)

Sigma Xi

Honors and Awards

Teacher-Scholar Award, Michigan State University, 2002-2003

Outstanding Young Scientist Award-Teaching, American Society of
Animal Science, Midwestern Section, 2000

Outstanding Graduate Student, Dept. of Animal Science, MSU, 1994

Outstanding Graduate Instructor, Dept. of Animal Science, MSU, 1993

Snyder Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to MSU FarmHouse Fraternity, 1992

Member, Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture, SDSU, 1989

Outstanding Senior in Animal Science, WSU, 1987

Research Grants Funded

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Koohmaraie, M., M.E. Doumit, and T.L. Wheeler.  1996.  Meat toughening does not occur when rigor shortening is prevented.  J. Anim. Sci.  74:2935-2942.

Dodson, M., D. McFarland, E. Bandman, W. Dayton, Z. Yablonka-Reuveni, E. Greene, M. Doumit, W. Bergen, R. Merkel, J. Vierk, S. Velleman, and J. Koumans.  1995.  Status of satellite cell research in agriculture.  Basic Appl. Myol.  5:5-9.  (review) 

Koohmaraie, M., S.D. Shackelford, T.L. Wheeler, S.M. Lonergan, and M.E. Doumit.  1995.  A muscle hypertrophy condition in lamb (callipyge):  characterization of effects on muscle growth and meat quality traits.  J. Anim. Sci.  73:3596-3607.

Cook, D.R., M.E. Doumit and R.A. Merkel.  1995.  Ractopamine, cAMP, and forskolin enhance the mitogenic activity of platelet-derived growth factor-BB on cultured porcine satellite cells.  Basic Appl. Myol.  5:57-64.

Doumit, M.E., D.R. Cook and R.A. Merkel.  1993.  Fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factors and platelet-derived growth factor-BB stimulate proliferation of porcine myogenic satellite cells in vitro.  J. Cell. Physiol.  157:326-332.

Cook, D.R., M.E. Doumit and R.A. Merkel.  1993.  Transforming growth factor-beta-1, fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor-BB interact to affect porcine satellite cell proliferation in vitro.  J. Cell. Physiol.  157:307-312.

Doumit, M.E. and R.A. Merkel.  1992.  Conditions for isolation and culture of porcine myogenic satellite cells.  Tissue Cell  24:253-262.

Minshall, R.D., D.C. McFarland and M.E. Doumit.  1990.  Interaction of insulin-like growth factor I with turkey satellite cells and satellite cell-derived myotubes.  Dom. Anim. Endocrinol.  7:413-424.

Doumit, M.E., D.C. McFarland and R.D. Minshall.  1990.  Satellite cells of growing turkeys:  Influence of donor age and sex on proliferation and differentiation in vitro.  Exp. Cell Res.  189:81-86.

McFarland, D.C., M.E. Doumit and R.D. Minshall.  1988.  The turkey myogenic satellite cell:  optimization of in vitro proliferation and differentiation.  Tissue Cell  20:899-908.

Book/Educational Works

Boggs, D.L., R.A. Merkel, M.E. Doumit and K.W. Bruns.  2006.  Livestock and Carcasses:  An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading, and Selection.  (Sixth Ed.)  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa.

Allison, C.P., M.J. Ritter, M.E. Doumit and D. Meisinger.  2001.  pH: The implications for pork quality.  Includes a set of 71 slides and detailed script available on compact disc from the National Pork Board and American Meat Science Association.  M.E. Doumit contracted to develop this educational tool.

Boggs, D.L., R.A. Merkel and M.E. Doumit.  1998.  Livestock and Carcasses:  An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading, and Selection.  (Fifth Ed.)  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa.

Publications

Edwards, D.B., C.W. Ernst, N.E. Raney, M.E. Doumit, M.D. Hoge and R.O. Bates.  QTL mapping in an F2 Duroc x Pietrain resource population:  II.  Carcass and meat quality traits.  J. Anim. Sci. (in press).

Grant, A.C., G. Ortiz-Colon, M.E. Doumit and D.D. Buskirk.  2008.  Optimization of in vitro conditions for bovine subcutaneous and intramuscular preadipocyte differentiation.  J. Anim. Sci.  86:73-82.

Allison, C.P., A.L. Marr, N.L. Berry, D.B. Anderson, D.J. Ivers, L.F. Richardson, K. Keffaber, R.C. Johnson and M.E. Doumit.  2006.  Effects of halothane sensitivity on mobility status and blood metabolites of HAL-1843-normal pigs following rigorous handling. J. Anim. Sci. 84:1015-1021

Allison, C.P., R.C. Johnson and M.E. Doumit.  2005.  The effects of halothane sensitivity on carcass composition and meat quality in HAL-1843-normal pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 83:671-678.

Doumit, M.E. and R.A. Merkel.  2005.  Growth and development: Postnatal.  Encyclopedia of Animal Science, 513-516.

Merkel, R.A. and M.E. Doumit.  2005.  Growth and development:  Mammalian fetus.  Encyclopedia of Animal Science, 510-512.

Allison, C.P., R.O. Bates, A.M. Booren, R.C. Johnson and M.E. Doumit.  2003.  Pork quality variation is not explained by glycolytic enzyme capacity.  Meat Science 63:17-22.

Scheffler, J.M., D.D. Buskirk, S.R. Rust, J.D. Cowley and M.E. Doumit.  2003.  Effect of repeated administration of combination estradiol and trenbolone acetate implants on growth, carcass traits and beef quality of long-fed Holstein steers.  J. Anim. Sci.  81:2395-2400.

Mesires, N.T and M.E. Doumit.  2002.  Satellite cell proliferation and differentiation during postnatal growth of porcine skeletal muscle.  Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol.  282:C899-C906.

Barker-Neff, J.M., D.D. Buskirk, J.R. Black, M.E. Doumit and S.R. Rust. 2001. Biological and economic performance of early-weaned Angus steers.  J. Anim. Sci. 79:2762-2769.

Doumit, M.E. and M. Koohmaraie.  1999.  Immunoblot analysis of calpastatin degradation:  evidence for cleavage by calpain in postmortem muscle.  J. Anim. Sci.  77:1467-1473.

Fligger, J.M., P.V. Malven, M.E. Doumit, R.A. Merkel and A.L. Grant.  1998.  Increases in insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 accompany decreases in proliferation and differentiation when porcine muscle satellite cells undergo multiple passages.  J. Anim. Sci.  76:2086-2093.

Dodson, M.V., D.C. McFarland, A.L. Grant, M.E. Doumit, and S.G. Velleman.  1996.  Extrinsic regulation of domestic animal-derived satellite cells.  Domest. Anim. Endocrinol.  13:107-126.  (review)

Doumit, M.E., D.R. Cook, and R.A. Merkel.  1996  Testosterone up-regulates androgen receptors and decreases differentiation of porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells in vitro.  Endocrinology  137:1385-1394.

Doumit, M.E., S.M. Lonergan, J.R. Arbona, J. Killefer, and M. Koohmaraie.  1996.  Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for quantification of skeletal muscle calpastatin.  J. Anim. Sci. 74:2679-2686.