Guoyao Wu is Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science. He also holds appointments with the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition, the Departments of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine and Veterinary Integrative Biosciences.

He earned his bachelor's degree in animal science from South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, a master's degree in animal nutrition from Beijing Agricultural University, and a master's degree and doctorate in animal biochemistry from the University of Alberta in Canada. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry and nutrition at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Canada, and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in St. John's, Canada.

Dr. Wu teaches graduate courses in protein metabolism and nutritional biochemistry. He conducts research in protein and amino acid metabolism at molecular, cellular, and whole-body levels. The animal models used in his research include cattle, chicks, pigs, rats, and sheep.

Highlights recent advances in our understanding of the interorgan metabolism of amino acids, as well as their roles in regulating cell-specific gene expression, anti-inflammatory responses, and whole-body homeostasis in humans and non-primate animals

Addresses dietary intakes of amino acids by humans and non-primate animals, as well as the crucial roles of amino acids in enhancing lean body mass and exercise performance, and improving metabolic, cardiovascular, and reproductive health

Provides practical solutions through dietary supplementation with amino acids (including arginine) to reduce obesity and hypertension, alleviate erectile dysfunction and sickle cell disease, inhibit carcinogenesis, and mitigate the global COVID-19 pandemic

Chapter 1: Regulation of Gene Expression by Amino Acids in Animal Cells.- Chapter 2: Amino acids in cell signaling: regulation and function.- Chapter 3: Amino Acids in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Redox Signaling.- Chapter 4: Amino Acids in Autophagy: Regulation and Function.- Chapter 5: Oxidation of Energy Substrates in Tissues of Fish: Metabolic Significance and Implications for Gene Expression and Carcinogenesis.- Chapter 6: Arginine, Agmatine and Polyamines: Key Regulators of Conceptus Development in Mammals.- Chapter 7: Interorgan Metabolism of Glutamate and Glutamine in Poultry.- Chapter 8: Interorgan Metabolism of Amino Acids in Health and Disease.- Chapter 9: Amino Acids and Their Metabolites for Improving Human Exercising Performance.- Chapter 10: Role of L-Arginine in Nitric Oxide Synthesis and Health in Humans.- Chapter 11: Composition of Amino Acids in Foodstuffs for Humans and Animals.- Chapter 12: Dietary Intakes of Amino Acids and Other Nutrients by Adult Humans.