Adipocyte Core
About
The purpose of the Adipocyte Core is to provide euploid rodent and human undifferentiated and differentiated mass-cultured and cloned preadipocytes and freshly-isolated and cultured fat cells and products derived from these cells (RNA, DNA, protein, conditioned medium) cost-efficiently to BNORC investigators.
Services
The Adipocyte Core offers the following services:
- Perfecting and standardized methods for measuring the replication and differentiation of preadipocytes from multiple depots;
- training in methods for preparing preadipocytes, fat cells, and their products from humans and rodents;
- consultation and training in the preparation, use and sizing of collagenase-isolated adipocytes (e.g. lipolysis, lipogenesis, hormone signaling)
- consultative advice on experimental designs for adipocyte and adipose tissue experiments in rodents and humans
- training in human adipose tissue aspirations and handling
- maintain a bank of human preadipocytes
- maintain a bank of tissues from control and obese mouse models
- fosters collaborative links among investigators in adipose biology and provides assistance to investigators new to the field;
- design of nutrition interventions for animal model and human studies
- development of new methods as needed by users
- other Products Available by Request
Director:
Susan K. Fried, PhD
E-mail: skfried@bu.edu
Co-Directors:
Andrew Greenberg, MD
E-mail: andrew.greenberg@tufts.edu
Assistant Director:
Mi-Jeong Lee, PhD
E-mail: mijlee@bu.edu
After consulting with the Core Director, please use the link below to request Core services.
