Brian Parks
Credentials: Nutritional Sciences Department
Position title: Causal genes of metabolic diseases
Email: brian.w.parks@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-4154
Address:
1415 Lindon Drive
Madison, WI 53706
LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Cellular & Molecular Metabolism; Physiology; Systems Biology
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
The Parks Lab is focused on identifying causal genes of common metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that connect genetic variation to disease susceptibility in humans. Using human genetics and systems genetics based approaches; we have developed methods to pinpoint new genes that are involved in human metabolic diseases. Through detailed cellular and biochemical studies, we aim to understand how these undescribed genes contribute to disease. Our current work has focused on lipid metabolism where we have uncovered and biochemically characterized new biological pathways that regulate how cholesterol is sensed and regulated in the body.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences (IGPNS), Genetics Training Program