Transcriptional Control of Adipogenesis and Systemic Energy Homeostasis

Air date: Wednesday, June 02, 2010, 3:00:00 PM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Category: Wednesday Afternoon Lectures
Description: Dr. Spiegelman received a B.S. with highest honors from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. His graduate work was immediately followed by postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Spiegelman was elected to the National Academy of Science in 2002.
His lab is focused on the regulation of energy homeostasis in mammals, primarily at the level of gene transcription. This includes the problems of fat cell development, control of metabolic rates and the pathways of glucose and lipid metabolism. These studies have applications to the development of new therapies for diabetes, obesity, muscular and neurodegenerative diseases.
The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide.
Author: Dr. Bruce Spiegelman, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
Runtime: 01:07:06
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