Application for overseas fellowship. Establish collaboration between the lipid metabolism groups at AKVAFORSK and at Oxford University

In order to acquire more knowledge about the regulation of lipid metabolism, and to exchange advanced techniques, we wish to establish collaboration between AKVAFORSK and the University of Oxford. We therefore apply for overseas fellowship for Bente Ruyte r, so that she can stay as a visiting scientist for 6 months with the very reputable lipid metabolism group at the University of Oxford. The Oxford lipid metabolism group have achieved some impressing and important research results within the field of regulation of lipid metabolism in humans, especially related to adipose tissue function. Although there are great differences between human and fish, the major pathways and the function of the regulatory factors seem to be very similar. For that reason we believe that there would bee a very fruitful co-operation between fish and human lipid researchers.