Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in Obesity and Diabetes Group

Current Research Lines

Our aim is to study lipid metabolism in the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. This inlcudes in vitro and in vivo mechanistic studies to find new approaches to combat obesity through the following research lines:

  1. Enhancing adipose tissue thermogenesis. 
  2. Adipose tissue in adults and children with obesity (childhood obesity and new biomarkers in obesity). 

Funding in Process

  • 2024 - 2025
    Molecular adaptations of human brown adipose tissue to overnutrition CIBEROBN Intramural (Coordinator: Guillermo Sánchez)
  • 2023 - 2025
    Nuevos retos de investigación sobre plasticidad adiposa Redes de investigación. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation-MCIN (Coordinator: Francesc Villarroya)
  • 2023 - 2025
    Consolidated Research group. Study of the metabolism in obesity and associated diseases (METABESITY) Generalitat de Catalunya (PI: Laura Herrero)
  • 2023 - present
    Unravelling the human brown adipose tissue secretome and its implication in obesity CIBEROBN Intramural (Coordinator: Jonatan Ruiz)
  • 2022 - present
    Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN) CB06/03/0001. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI: Laura Herrero)
  • 2021 - present
    Modulation of the adipose tissue and AgRP neurons’ lipid metabolism to counteract obesity and diabetes MICIN/AEI (PI: Laura Herrero/Dolors Serra)

Past Funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Adipose tissue-derived stem cells gene therapy to combat obesity and associated metabolic diseases Merck Health Foundation (PI: Laura Herrero)
  • 2021 - 2023
    Investigación traslacional en Obesidad: Generación de una Cohorte Multicéntrica Prospectiva CIBER para el Estudio de la Obesidad (CoMCEO) – Estudios Genéticos, Epigenéticos y Hormonales, y relación con Cohortes Singulares Preexistentes CIBEROBN (Coordinator: Manuel Tena-Sempere; Co-IP: Laura Herrero)
  • 2020 - 2022
    Unraveling the pathophysiology of adipose tissue of obese children through next-generation RNA sequencing (KIDSADIPOSEQ) CIBEROBN intramural project (OBN20PI03/2020) (Coordinator: Laura Herrero)
  • 2020 - 2023
    Immunometabolic Profiling in Obesity-Associated Diabetes Qatar National Research Fund (Coordinator: Nicholas Van Panhuys; Co-PI: Laura Herrero)
  • 2019 - 2021
    Drug delivery targeting Brain CPT1: a novel nanomedicine-based approach to fight obesity and cancer (CONCORD) Japanese Medical Research Agency (AMED) & National Research Agency (AEI) (PI: Rosalía Rodríguez-Rodríguez)