Deng Fu Guo attended Hokkaido University in Sapporo (Japan) where he earned a PhD in Veterinary medicine in 1991. He then moved to the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN for postdoctoral training. After completing his postdoctoral training, Dr. Guo moved to the University of Montreal (Canada). He comes to the University of Iowa since 2008. Dr. Guo's current research is focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins on the regulation of obesity, diabetes and hypertension