O laboratório conta com subunidades: a) Análise Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular; b) RT-qPCR e imagens; c) Cultura de células; d) Análise de imagens; e) Biotério; f) Imunofluorescência; g) Microscopia confocal. Publicações recentes: Liver damage is not reversed during the lean period in diet-induced weight cycling in mice. Hepatol Res 2014;44:450-459 ; Effects of a diet rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on hepatic lipogenesis and beta-oxidation in mice. Lipids 2014;49:431-444 ; The inflammatory profile and liver damage of a sucrose-rich diet in mice. J Nut Biochem 2014;25:193-200 ; Maternal obesity during the preconception and early life periods alters pancreatic development in early and adult life in male mouse offspring. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(1): e55711 ; Sexual dimorphism in fat distribution and metabolic profile in mice offspring from diet-induced obese mothers. Life Sci 2013;93:454-463.