Our PhD candidate Laura Hinte won the prize for best talk at the BioMed Symposium ETH Zürich with her presentation on #obesity induced changes of the #adipocyte #epigenome. Well done, Laura!!

First paper of the vonmeyennlab published during our lab retreat🤩! Read all about how H3K18la is a tissue-specific enhancer mark here: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… A big thanks to my co-authors Adhideb Ghosh Ferdinand von Meyenn @debocklab Jonatan R Ruiz Laura Hinte Desgeorges Thibaut ME

Anyone who has ever tried to get rid of a few extra kilos knows the frustration: the weight drops initially, only to be back within a matter of weeks – the yo-yo effect has struck. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now shown that this is down to epigenetics. ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…

Forschende der ETH Zürich haben einen Mechanismus hinter dem Jo-Jo-Effekt entdeckt: Fettzellen haben ein Gedächtnis, das auf Epigenetik beruht. ethz.ch/de/news-und-ve…

New nature A mechanism for why durable weight loss is so difficult: epigenetic memory of fat cells nature.com/articles/s4158… Ferdinand von Meyenn Laura Hinte

Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity go.nature.com/3YRR9nr

Fresh off the press! My paper from my PhD is finally out in nature. We discover an epigenetic memory in adipocytes of obesity that persists post weight loss. vonmeyennlab Adhideb Ghosh

New in nature🧬: We discovered why keeping weight off is so challenging - fat cells retain an epigenetic #memory of their previous state, even after weight loss. This helps explain the biology behind weight regain. Excited to share our newest work! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Nature research paper: Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss go.nature.com/4eJizC8