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MiPNet Laboratory of the week

• Spain: Dr. Pablo M Garcia-Roves

Bioblast alert 2012 (02): 2012-03-06

• 50 Years ago: Nick Holonyak, considered as the "father of the light-emitting diode", developed the first practical visible-spectrum LED in 1962. Which colour? What is a LED? >>> see Glossary: Fluorescence

Mitochondrial dys/function in obesity vs. anorexia:

1. Holmstrom MH, Iglesias-Gutierrez E, Zierath JR, Garcia-Roves PM (2012) Tissue-specific control of mitochondrial respiration in obesity-related insulin resistance and diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab Epub ahead of print. Holmstrom 2012 Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab.
2. Lindfors C, Nilsson IA, Garcia-Roves PM, Zuberi AR, Karimi M, Donahue LR, Roopenian DC, Mulder J, Uhlén M, Ekström TJ, Davisson MT, Hökfelt TG, Schalling M, Johansen JE (2011) Hypothalamic mitochondrial dysfunction associated with anorexia in the anx/anx mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:18108-13. Lindfors 2011 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

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