Limna - Lausanne Integrative Metabolism Nutrition Alliance

PAST EVENT: SEMINARS

Friday 10th July 2015
11 am- EPFL - Room SV1717A - Lausanne

Engineering Fat Cell Fate to Fight Obesity and Metabolic Diseases


NIHS-EPFL-LIMNA JOINT SEMINAR

SHINGO KAJIMURA

Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology

Shingo is one of the leading experts in cell biology/engineering and his lab is mainly focusing to uncover the molecular circuits that control adipose cell development and function by employing a wide range of molecular biology, developmental biology and biochemical approaches together with mouse genetics.

Shingo is a young talented scientist and has recently been awarded The Helmholtz Young Investigator in Diabetes Award and the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (from US Government).

Introduction and lab website: 

http://kajimuralab.ucsf.edu/