Topics and Expertise: obesity

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

Thu Jan 17, 2019
Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue
Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, right, was able to curb obesity in mice by tweaking two genes involved in controlling appetite.

A recent study by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, showed that obesity caused by a gene mutation could be treated in animal models.

Koda-Kimble Seed Award recipients explore ‘blue-sky’ projects

Mon Feb 27, 2017
Koda-Kimble
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Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Recipients of the UCSF School of Pharmacy 2017 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will explore ideas ranging from possible new ways to treat obesity to new ways of accessing antibiotic-producing microbes found in soil.

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Fri Mar 1, 2013
Ahituv
Professor

My research focuses on understanding how nucleotide variation in gene regulatory elements can lead to human disease and other phenotypes.

Fischbach receives Packard Fellowship

Mon Oct 17, 2011
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Michael Fischbach, PhD

Michael Fischbach, PhD, who studies drug-like molecules produced by human gut bacteria, has been awarded one the 16 prestigious 2011 Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering.

Fischbach explains his search for antibiotic-producing bacteria in the human gut

Thu Jan 20, 2011
Gut bacteria and antibiotics: Michael Fischbach looks for answers
The bacteria in the human gut that produce antibiotics are the focus of a US$1 million W. M. Keck Foundation grant being led by Michael Fischbach, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Fischbach receives New Innovator Award

Fri Oct 8, 2010
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Michael Fischbach, PhD

Michael Fischbach, PhD, is the recipient of a 2010 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.