Robert Farese
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF · University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
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History
Research
Cellular fatty acid metabolism and cancer
Review · Cell Metabolism · 2013 · Last of 5 authors · 1,766 citations
Triglyceride accumulation protects against fatty acid-induced lipotoxicity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2003 · 1,699 citations
SIRT3 regulates mitochondrial fatty-acid oxidation by reversible enzyme deacetylation
Nature · 2010 · 1,423 citations
- HC
14 papers · 14 as a resident

13 papers

11 papers

9 papers · 1 as a fellow

8 papers

8 papers · 1 as a fellow

7 papers · 3 as a resident

7 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Mechanisms of Energy Storage in Lipid Droplets
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R35
Contact PI · $609.5K · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2020–2026
Lipid Droplets and Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
PI · $2.4M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2021–2026
Lipotoxic Protective Response of the Endoplasmic Reticulum
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R01
Contact PI · $1.4M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2017–2025
Mechanisms of Lipid Droplet Formation
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R01
Contact PI · $2.9M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research



