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Our lab was recently awarded a $455,847 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the research project entitled “Targeting Dynamin-related protein 1-mediated mitochondrial fission to correct insulin resistance in obesity”. We have several opening positions available to graduate and… Continue Reading →

Our paper titled “Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery restores insulin-mediated glucose partitioning and mitochondrial dynamics in primary myotubes from severely obese humans” was published in International Journal of Obesity. We found that RYGB surgery restored the intrinsic metabolic defect of glucose… Continue Reading →