Happy to share our last paper in #Endocrinology @EndoSocJournals that assesses the role of hepatocyte PPARγ in diet-induced obese mice treated with TZD.
Thanks to the support of @UICDom and collaboration with @UICPhsyiology. Kudos to all the authors!!https://t.co/s5aLnfYU4r. pic.twitter.com/qE2UPOEZuu

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) August 23, 2021

We are happy to share our @AGA_CMGH article. "Hepatocyte-specific loss of PPARγ protects mice from NASH, and increases the therapeutic effects of rosiglitazone in the liver." https://t.co/Zb1cAAC5lU #NASH reserach @UIHealthDiabete @UICDom @UICnews pic.twitter.com/gao2BtpWbW

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) January 12, 2021

Happy to collabore with @CSocialUCO in the iniciatives of #ForoUNICO. @UIHealthDiabete @UICDom https://t.co/XNqBg2CXMh

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) June 21, 2019

Summary of the activity and interview (in Spanish) in the link

Conferencia de @Cordoba_Chacon en @_ibima pic.twitter.com/sCASKms4xG

— Fernando Cardona (@Cardonamalaga) June 15, 2019

We will study the effects of CLA on hepatic glucose metabolism in #CordobaLab @UICDom thanks to this DRTC pilot grant, and the collaboration of Dr. Liew @UICPhysiology and @brian_layden @UIHealthDiabete. @UICnews #Diabetes #Liver #UICResearch https://t.co/UkPfrJSPrL

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) April 20, 2019

Congratulations to Eram Fatima and Hanin El-Khateeb on theirs @UICHonors #2019SpringUndergraduateResearchGrant. Keep up the good work @UIHealthDiabete @UICDom

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) March 23, 2019

Thrilled by having my research on hepatocyte PPARgamma & NASH at #ENDO2019 SAT-152 @TheEndoSociety, presented by Apoorva Tummala, 2018 Summer Research Fellow and 2019 Outstanding Abstract Award #ProudPI @UIHealthDiabete #UIC @UICDom pic.twitter.com/P2v8PPN7mx

— Jose Cordoba Chacon (@Cordoba_Chacon) March 23, 2019

Dr. Cordoba-Chacon was invited to give a seminar focused on the role of hepatocyte PPARgamma in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by the Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Cordoba. Dr. Cordoba-Chacon talked about the actions of TZD, a class of drugs used to activate PPARgamma, in the control of diabetes and the results derived from clinical trials that have used these drugs to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. His presentations included published and unpublished results of our research group. This seminar was streamed on the research institute’s youtube channel.

Dr. Cordoba-Chacon was invited to participate in a retreat organized by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Cordoba and held between June 13^th and 15^th 2018.  He showed the scientific interests and results of our group that focused on the regulation of the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mouse models with alteration of hepatocyte genes.

Gregory Norris earned his PhD in the University of Connecticut on May 2018. The title of his PhD dissertation was: Dietary sphingomyelin for the prevention of metabolic dysfunction. He has joined our group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Welcome!!!

Zac, Amna and Apoorva presented their work in the research forum a few weeks ago.

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Dr. Remon-Ruiz will be working in our lab for two months. He is a fellow in Medical Intern in Endocirnology and Nutrition int eh University Hospital Virgen del Rocio (Seville, Spain). He will be obtaining experience in our clinic as well.

We were awarded with one of the five 2018 Early Investigator Awards supported by the Endocrine Society. The Early Investigators Awards provide monetary support to assist in the development of early career investigators and recognition of their accomplishments in areas of general endocrinology. Recipients will receive a monetary award, one-year complimentary membership to the Society, one-year complimentary access to the Society’s online journals, and public recognition of research accomplishments in various Society platforms. The Society’s Annual Meeting and Expo will be held March 17-20, 2018 in Chicago, IL.

In the picture (left to right): Jose, Dr. Frahm (Univ Pittsburg), Dr. Leong (Massachussetts General Hospital), Dr. Nieman, (President of the Endocrine Society), Dr. Sikora (Univ of Colorado), and Dr. Scarlett (Univ of Washington).

Apoorva Tummala was awarded an Honorable Mention Certificate in the Research Assistant, Professor and Scientific Staff category at the COM 2017 Research Forum. Kudos for her!!! Apoorva is an undergraduate student in the GPPA-Medicine and Honors College (expected graduation May 2018).

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases has funded our a K01 award (K01DK115525) entitled “Hepatocyte PPARgamma regulated mechanisms in NAFLD and lipid homeostasis” for the next five years (02/01/2018 – 12/31/2022).

Danielle is our new Research Specialist. She has joined our lab after being volunteering in Dr. Grippo’s (Medicine/GI) lab.

Cecilia Nateras was awarded with a Chancellor’s undergraduate award for the academic year 2017-2018. Congrats!!

Apoorva Tummala was awarded on March 2017 with the Honors College Undergraduate Research Grant to study how hepatocyte PPARγ regulates intestinal fat absorption and tissue-specific fat  uptake.