Research summary
Adipose (fat) tissues play an important role in mobilizing energy in the body. Understanding the mechanisms that fat tissue uses to respond to various stimuli is important to learning how these tissues help maintain energy balance. Dr. Jacqueline Beaudry, Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Fat Biology, is trying to better understand how hormones and nutrition affect fat tissue and regulate fat storage.
She and her research team are exploring the underlying mechanisms of stress hormones and gut-derived hormones and how they affect fat tissue function and weight regain. They are using a unique combination of primary tissue, cell culture and animal models to investigate how adipose tissues regulate energy homeostasis. Their work will shed light on the hormonal and other stimuli that influence fat storage to better understand how fat tissue regulates energy balance, particularly during weight regain.