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R.
Arlen Price, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry Director, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory Center for Neurobiology and Behavior University of Pennsylvania
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street Room 2201 Philadelphia, PA 19104
office: 215-898-2014 fax: 215-573-2041
Email: ARLEN@ MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU
more: http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g332/p12730
Click here for selected publications since Dr. Price's arrival at Penn
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Genetics of Complex Traits, Genetics of Obesity, Behavioral Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Linkage mapping, linkage disequilibrium association analyses, and gene expression profilingRESEARCH SUMMARY
Research in the laboratory is focused on the genetics of complex traits, primarily obesity and related diseases, including type-2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. The lab has a large archive of DNA, cell lines, and plasma collected from individuals in families segregating obesity and thinness, as well as obese cases and normal weight controls. These materials are being used in linkage and linkage disequilibrium association studies aimed at identifying and characterizing genes influencing common forms of human obesity.
The Price Lab
