Obesity

The benefits of exercise are many. In these projects we try to uncover mediators of the positive adaptations to exercise to combat obesity.

How nerves communicate to metabolic tissues such as muscle and fat. This project aims to understand how metabolic disease or exercise adaptation affect our sensory nerves.

Let’s find a way to help patients with fatty liver disease by understanding the molecular mechanisms behind disease development!

Communication amongst organ systems is vital to keep everything in balance—sensory neurons and adipose tissue (fat) are no different. We think that the communication between sensory neurons and adipose tissue in obesity and diabetes is not working properly, and thus contributing to the metabolic dysfunction seen in these patients.