From Embryo to Obesity: Identifying the Neuronal Circuitry of Childhood Obesity.
- Research Opportunity
- PhD students, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
- Number of Honour Places Available
- 1
- Number of Master Places Available
- 1
| Primary Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Garron Dodd | garron.dodd@unimelb.edu.au | Personal web page |
| Co-supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Mary Wlodek | Personal web page |
Summary Metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type-2 diabetes, represents the biggest biomedical challenges of our time. With the ever-increasing metabolic disease epidemic and the insurmountable costs of treating comorbidities (cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke), there has never been a more desperate need to discover novel pharmacological treatments.
Project Details
In a high-throughput screen we identified several proteins whose secretion was increased in the presence of NASH and we now aim to determine if these proteins affect (1) glucose metabolism and glycaemic control, (2) insulin sensitivity and (3) lipid metabolism in the key peripheral tissues of metabolism, including skeletal muscle, liver, adipose tissue and the pancreasResearch Opportunities
PhD students, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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