Craig Warden
Professor
chwarden (at) ucdavis (dot) edu
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Rowe Program in Genetics
Office
4437 Tupper Hall
(530) 752-4187
1982
PhD
University of California, San Diego
1975
BS
University of California, Riverside
My laboratory seeks to identify genes that promote accumulation of body fat. We study humans, mice, and C. elegans. We use a variety of techniques, including genetic mapping, mRNA expr
Genetics
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York B, AA Truett, MP Monteiro, SJ Barry, CH Warden, JK Naggert, Maddatu. 1999. Gene-environment interaction: a significant diet-dependent obesity locus demonstrated in a congenic segment on mouse chromosome 7. Mammalian Genome. 10:457-62
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Jekabsons MB, FM Gregoire, NA Schonfeld-Warden, CH Warden CH, BA Horwitz. 1999. T(3) stimulates resting metabolism and UCP-2 and UCP-3 mRNA but not nonphosphorylating mitochondrial respiration in mice. American Journal of Physiology. 277:E380-9
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Warden C. 1998. Genetics of uncoupling proteins in humans. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disord. Supplement 6:S46-8
I teach medical students about the biological basis of obesity. Starting winter 2000 I will teach a freshman seminar on "Issues in body weight regulation." Starting fall 2000 I will teach an