Nielsen Group
Welcome
The primary aim of the Nielsen Group at the Center for Physical Activity Research (CFAS) is to investigate the acute metabolic functions of long, non-coding RNA in human brown and white adipose tissue. We use a translational approach to study the mechanism behind the activation of brown fat and the "browning" of white fat. By isolating stem cells from brown and white fat from people with different metabolic profiles or from people exposed to cold, we hope to identify specific regulators of brown fat.
Read more about the research at CFAS here.
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We are hiring! We are currently looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow with a background in computational biology and expertise in RNA sequencing technologies, particularly long read sequencing using the Oxford Nanopore and PACBIO systems. If you are interested please apply here or send us an email to learn more about the position.
Select publications
Adipogenic and SWAT cells separate from a common progenitor in human brown and white adipose depots (more…)
Nature Metabolism, 2023
Proteomics-Based Comparative Mapping of the Secretomes of Human Brown and White Adipocytes Reveals EPDR1 as a Novel Batokine (more…)
Nature Metabolism, vol. 2, 397–412, 2020
Cell Metabolism, vol. 30, 963-975, 2019
Human thermogenic adipocyte regulation by the long noncoding RNA LINC00473 (more…)
