The four research teams of Adipoplast belonging to CIBERobn obtain an intramural research project to use next generation genomics to profile gene expression in human adipose tissue in obesity. Under the coordination of Francesc Villarroya (University of Barcelona), the teams leaded by M.M.Malagón (University of Córdoba), Gema Fruhbeck/Amaia Rodríguez (Clínica Universitaria de Navarra), and José M.Leer Más

A study lead by Miguel Lopez and participated by four Adipoplast teams, published in Cell Metabolism.  The publication is co-authored by members of the Gema Medina, Maria del Mar Malagón and Francesc Villarroya teams. The study shows that thyroid hormones act in the hypothalamus to regulate hepatic lipogenesis and brown fat lipid oxidation via theLeer Más

Adipoplast meeting on occasion of the EMBO meeting “Brown adipose tissue” One of the main research areas of Adipoplast concerns the white-versus-brown adipose tissue plasticity. Adipoplast supported the celebration of an EMBO workshop devoted to brown adipose tissue in Sitges, Spain. Several Adipoplast researchers from distinct laboratories of the network met to reinforce internal andLeer Más

A picture by the research team led by Gema Medina, selected for the SEBBM Gallery Last February, the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology selected the picture “Super-moon of insulin” by Patricia Corrales Cordón and Daniel Horrillo Novero (Rey Juan Carlos University) for “SEBBM gallery”. The picture shows an immunofluorescence image a an isletLeer Más

During 2016, its first year of activity, the research teams belonging to the Adipoplast network have published twelve collaborative articles in internationally reputed journals with the participation of at least two Adipoplast laboratories.  These publications are: Angiopoietin-like protein 8 (ANGPTL8) in pregnancy: a brown adipose tissue-derived endocrine factor with a potential role in fetal growth.Leer Más