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SUMMARY:Genetics of obesity: How are genes shaping us - Elena Bochukova\, 
 Institute of Metabolic Science
DTSTART:20111201T131000Z
DTEND:20111201T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Edward Cackett
DESCRIPTION:Regulation of body weight has a very strong genetic and evolut
 ionary component. In the current context of ‘obesity epidemic’\, it be
 comes vital to disentangle the contribution of gene variation on body weig
 ht\, from that of complex environmental influences. There have been signif
 icant advances in genomic technologies in recent years\, aiding our unders
 tanding of human genetic variation. Applying these new technologies to fin
 d novel genes for body size will be presented\, and current understanding 
 of the biology of weight regulation will be discussed.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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