NST adjunct professor Chris Vulpe published a research article in the American Journal of Human Genetics on how genome-wide association studies can leverage related phenotypes to detect variants correlated with phenotypes of clinical interest.
LSD1 Interacts with Zfp516 to Promote UCP1 Transcription and Brown Fat Program
NST researchers (Professors Hei Sook Sul and Andreas Stahl, former researcher Sarah Paul, grad students Kevin Tharp and Olga Gulyaeva, researchers Jon Dempersmier and Audrey Sambeat) published a research article in Cell Reports on brown fat tissue
AMPK phosphorylates desnutrin/ATGL and HSL to regulate lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation within adipose tissue
NST researchers (Professor Hei Sook Sul, post-docs Jose Viscarra, Yuhui Wang, Sun-Joong Kim and Marcia Abbott, alum Tianji Tang (Ph.D.
Food for Thought: Making a dent in the crisis of student hunger at UC Berkeley
NST 198 course "Cooking Healthy on a Budget," to be renamed "Personal Food Security and Wellness," is highlighted in this California magazine article on the student hunger crisis at UC Berkeley.
Triple-negative breast cancer target is found
“We were looking for targets that drive cancer metabolism in triple-negative breast cancer, and we found one that was very specific to this type of cancer,” said Daniel K.
Barry Shane Named ASN Fellow
NST's Barry Shane was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Nutrition. This recognition is the highest award ASN bestows, recognizing individuals for significant discoveries and distinguished careers in the field of nutrition.
A common polymorphism in HIBCH influences methylmalonic acid concentrations in blood independently of cobalamin
NST professor Barry Shane published a research article to The American Journal of Human Genetics on a new technique by which vitamin B12 deficiency can be diagnosed in otherwise equivocal clinical tests.
NST Dietetic Students Present at the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
NST dietetic students Sabrina Lee, Weiwei Liu, and Joy Wang presented posters at the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, April 22, 2016, in Riverside, California.
Muscle Mass Measured by D3-Creatine Dilution Method Correlates with Assessments by Bio-Impendance Spectroscopy and 24-hour Urinary Creatinine
NST professor Marc Hellerstein published a research article in The FASEB Journal on the use of an isotope dilution method to measure muscle mass in a wide range of subjects.
Prevention of gallbladder hypomotility via FATP2 inhibition protects from lithogenic diet-induced cholelithiasis
A team of NST researchers (Professor Andreas Stahl, grad student Kevin Tharp, Rouying Feng, Louis Wong, Alaric Falcon, Hyo Min Park) published a research article to American Journal of Physiology.
NST Graduate Student takes 3rd in 'Grad Slam'
Aparna Krishnamoorthy, 5th year Metabolic Biology Ph.D. Candidate in the Ryan Lab, earned 3rd place in the 2016 Grad Slam Competition.
NST's John Casida awarded Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship
In March 2016 John Casida, Ph.D. was honored with the Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship award. Read more
Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation as a therapy for MYC-overexpressing triple-negative breast cancer
NST associate professor Dan Nomura and researcher Rebecca Kohnz published a paper to Nature Medicine. Their research indicates fatty acid oxidation inhibition as a potential therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancer.
NST's Nutrition Program Named #2 in Country
Nutrition isn't just food, which is what the nutrition program at UC Berkeley reflects. The wide-ranging curriculum looks at everything from how nutrients get to cells to diet-related diseases.
NST Welcomes Dr. Sona Kang
Sona Kang, PhD. joins the Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology faculty. Dr. Kang is joining NST from the Rosen Lab at Harvard Medical School and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Michigan. Welcome Dr. Kang!
Lotion ingredient paraben may be more potent carcinogen than thought
Lotion ingredient paraben may be more potent carcinogen than thought. A controversial group of chemicals commonly found in lotions and other personal care products may be more dangerous at low doses than previously thought, according to a new study.
Engineered hot fat implants reduce weight gain in mice
Scientists at UC Berkeley have developed a novel way to engineer the growth and expansion of energy-burning “good” fat, and then found that this fat helped reduce weight gain and lower blood glucose levels in mice.The authors of the study, publish
Even at a molecular level, taking it slow helps us cope with stress
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley scientists have identified a new molecular pathway critical to aging, and confirmed that the process can be manipulated to help make old blood like new again.
To trigger body's energy-burning brown fat, just chill
BERKELEY —Those who overindulged during the holidays may want to get a shot of cold air to kick-start some extra fat-burning activity for the new year.
Grapefruit juice stems weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet
BERKELEY — Fad diets come and go, but might there be something to the ones that involve consuming grapefruit and grapefruit juice? New UC Berkeley research suggests that a closer look at grapefruit juice is warranted.