Olivier Boss' profile

I'm male

What I do

  • ● Director, Pharmaceuticals R&D.
  • ● Consultant-Reviewer, Biomedical sciences (Endocrinology of energy metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Exercise training).
  • ● Sports: cycling (road, track, mountain bike), spinning, fitness.

Affiliations

Current

Location

City:
None chosen
Hub:
Boston

Interests

  • ● Biomedical, Pharmaceutical Research & Development
  • ● Consultant-Reviewer, Biomedical sciences (Endocrinology of energy metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Exercise training).
  • ● Sports: cycling (road, track, mountain bike), spinning, fitness.

Projects

  • ● Drug development for metabolic diseases, diabetes, obesity
  • ● Trainer: cycling, fitness
  • ● Spinning (spin class) instructor

Publications

  • Hofbauer K, Nicholson J, Boss O. The obesity epidemic: current and future pharmacological treatments. Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology 47 , 565-92 (2007) PubMed ID:(17002599)

  • Mainieri D, Montani J, Seydoux J, Giacobino J, Boss O, Dulloo A. beta-Adrenergic control of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 repression in relation to sympathoadrenal regulation of thermogenesis. International journal of obesity (2005) 31 (2) , 378-81 (2007) (Epub 27 Jun 2006) PubMed ID:(16801925)

  • Milne J, Lambert P, Schenk S, Carney D, Smith J, Gagne D, Jin L, Boss O, Perni R, Vu C, Bemis J, Xie R, Disch J, Ng P, Nunes J, Lynch A, Yang H, Galonek H, Israelian K, Choy W, Iffland A, Lavu S, Medvedik O, Sinclair D, Olefsky J, Jirousek M, Elliott P, Westphal C. Small molecule activators of SIRT1 as therapeutics for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Nature 450 (7170) , 712-6 (2007) PubMed ID:(18046409)

  • Wu Z, Boss O. Targeting PGC-1 alpha to control energy homeostasis. Expert opinion on therapeutic targets 11 (10) , 1329-38 (2007) PubMed ID:(17907962 )

  • Baur J, Pearson K, Price N, Jamieson H, Lerin C, Kalra A, Prabhu V, Allard J, Lopez-Lluch G, Lewis K, Pistell P, Poosala S, Becker K, Boss O, Gwinn D, Wang M, Ramaswamy S, Fishbein K, Spencer R, Lakatta E, Le Couteur D, Shaw R, Navas P, Puigserver P, Ingram D, de Cabo R, Sinclair D. Resveratrol improves health and survival of mice on a high-calorie diet. Nature 444 (7117) , 337-42 (2006) (Epub 01 Nov 2006) PubMed ID:(17086191)

Contact

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olivier_boss@hotmail.com

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