Researchers from the Hotamışlıgil Lab and the Sabri Ülker Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Sheba Medical Center in Israel have shown that prorionate, a short-chain fatty acid and common food additive in baked goods and artificial flavoring, induces hyperglycemia, weight gain, and insulin resistance in mice. Furthermore, human studies show how propionate intake can be associated with elevated risk of obesity and insulin resistance. The study was published online on April 24, 2019 in Science Translational Medicine.
Researchers from the Hotamışlıgil Lab and the Sabri Ülker Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Sheba Medical Center in Israel have shown that prorionate, a short-chain fatty acid and common food additive in baked goods and artificial flavoring, induces hyperglycemia, weight gain, and insulin resistance in mice. Furthermore, human studies show how propionate intake can be associated with elevated risk of obesity and insulin resistance. The study was published online on April 24, 2019 in Science Translational Medicine.

April 24, 2019
Researchers from the Hotamışlıgil Lab and the Sabri Ülker Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Sheba Medical Center in Israel have shown that prorionate, a short-chain fatty acid and common food additive in baked goods and artificial flavoring, induces hyperglycemia, weight gain, and insulin resistance in mice. Furthermore, human studies show how propionate intake can be associated with elevated risk of obesity and insulin resistance. The study was published online on April 24, 2019 in Science Translational Medicine.

April 14, 2019
Lab members attend Keystone Symposium in Vancouver, BC
Many current and previous lab members attended the Keystone Symposia for Immunometabolism, Metaflammation, and Metabolic Diseases held in Vancouver, BC this week. Dr. Hotamışlıgil was one of the three conference organizers. Hotamışlıgil Lab post-doctoral fellows and alumni had the chance to present exciting research findings during the talks and poster sessions in what proved to be a very insightful and successful Keystone meeting!
2018 EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence
Congratulations to Gökhan Hotamışlıgil for receiving this year's 2018 EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence!