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Joined June 2022
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Learn about why the recipients of @TheEndoSociety's 2025 Edwin B. Astwood Laureate Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science, David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and Steven Kliewer, PhD, spent so much time in the lab with drunken mice: endocrinenews.endocrine.org/…
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To my adipose biologists, I'm elated to co-host the inaugural Adipose Biology Conference @AdiposeBiology with @kazaklab, @sung4400, and @SableSys! 📍Montreal, Canada 📅Aug 19-20, 2025 Registration opens Jan 1, 2025. More info in the coming weeks. Tell your friends!
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Congratulations to my friend and past/present members of @KajimuraLab for this well deserved recognition!
Huge Congratulations to the 2024 recipient of the Sable Award, @KajimuraLab ! The award lecture was really something special
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We are looking for a postdoc! If you are interested in obesity/type 2 diabetes and extracellular vesicles apply below! wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/…

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Registration is open for the 2nd Metabolic Physiology Meeting #METPHYS2024 to be held @ The Beach House Resort in Hilton Head Island, April 22-25. Register NOW to take advantage of the early bird deadline! There are short talks spaces available sablesys.com/metphys2024-the…
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It’s fun to debate what the future holds; however, there is little doubt that, today, the study of brown fat provides a great vehicle to gain insight into fundamental aspects of mitochondrial biology, stem/progenitor cell biology, inter-organ communication, and so much more!
#Viewpoint by Rana K. Gupta @dukemedicine: Human brown fat and metabolic disease: a heated debate: buff.ly/46NVUjU
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Sorry, Professor Taylor says no special treatment for quarterbacks 🤷‍♂️
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📢 Exciting opportunity! 🎉 Joint Faculty Search between Duke Departments of Cell Biology 🧫 and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics 📊 is NOW OPEN! Seeking innovative faculty developing & applying Deep Learning/AI 🖥️🧠 in biological sciences. Apply today! 👇⬇️ jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
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In this review, Hepler and @JoeBass91471540 discuss adipocyte cellular plasticity and circadian clocks controlling adipocyte metabolism, including their implications for diet, health, aging and obesity. @NUFeinbergMed @NorthwesternU Read more here: ➡️tinyurl.com/genesdev350759
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Aging Process Slows When Older Mice Share Circulatory System of Young Duke Health researchers and senior author James White find benefits from components in blood that contribute to vitality. Could it lead to faster healing and extend lifespan? duke.is/c/3rwq
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Anybody else having a #Barbie themed lab meeting this morning?
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Clocks in Adipose Thermogenesis and Inflammation- a new overview led by the the talented Chelsea Hepler—hope all enjoy! m.genesdev.cshlp.org/content…

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Sunday morning at #ADA2023: Researchers will share insights on adipocyte communication in metabolic processes. Read a preview in ADA Meeting News: bit.ly/3PpQlTF @longlabstanford @RePereira @DrJamesLo
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Booster of BAT? Wary of WAT? Great debate tomorrow (June 15th) at #ENDO2023 "Does Activating Brown Fat Contribute to Important Metabolic Benefits in Humans?" Carpentier vs Cypess! 4:30pm-6:00pm @CarpentierAndr3
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Congrats to CMB student Ashley Truong in the @DukeGuptaLab!
Ashley Truong, an M.D. / Ph.D. student in the Duke Medical Scientist Training Program, has received the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for her work on adipose tissue. bit.ly/3MIePWH
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Grateful to Dean Klotman, @kcooney1234 @DukeMPI and @dukeendocrinol1 for this tremendous honor. Thankful for the lab members past and present and my former mentors and colleagues @UTSWdiabetes @LabSpiegelman @PennIDOM and @KlausKaestner
Congratulations to Rana Gupta, professor of @dukemedicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, and a professor in cell biology. He is internationally known for his expertise in metabolic regulation and adipose tissue biology. @DukeGuptaLab
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Busy day ⁦⁦@DukeMPI⁩ !! Excited to spend the next two days with the ⁦@DukeCVRC⁩ and CVMD ⁦@dukenus⁩. Nonstop lectures on energy metabolism and cardiometabolic disease!
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💡 This new study by Dr. Deborah Muoio and team @DukeHealth explains why diminished fatty acid oxidation capacity, #acylcarnitine accumulation, and #MetabolicInflexibility are tightly linked to poor health outcomes. ➡️ Available now in @Cell_Metabolism 📌 bit.ly/3LihfdC
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