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MChitraju

@mchitraju

I am a scientist at Harvard University. My research focuses on understanding fat storage in normal physiology and in metabolic disease.

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Our new study showing, Lipid Droplets in Brown Adipose Tissue Are Dispensable for Cold-Induced Thermogenesis biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Happy to share our new paper. We showed that, mice lacking both the fat synthesis enzymes DGAT1 and DGAT2 are resistant to diet induced obesity and diabetes. Adipocytes are still functional!!!. Thanks to all the co-authors for contributions. elifesciences.org/articles/88049