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Lily Dong & Co-Authors – New Publication in Diabetologia
January 17, 2023
Congratulations to Lily Dong and co -authors on their new publication Diabetologia (~IF 10) Xiao, Y., Wang, Y., Ryu, J., Zou, H., Liu, W., Zhang, R., Yan, Y., Dai, Z., Sun, L., Liu, F., Zhou, Z., Dong, L.Q. Up-regulated TGF-β contributes to hyperglycem …
Ellen Kraig and multi PI’s Dean Kellogg, Jr., and Doug Seals – New Pepper Center Rapid Response Grant
January 10, 2023
Congratulations to Ellen Kraig and multi PI’s Dean Kellogg, Jr., and Doug Seals (University of Colorado, Boulder) on a new Pepper Center Rapid Response grant to study the effects of oral rapamycin!
Damon C. Herbert – CSA Retired Colleague and Friend
January 9, 2023
Dear Colleagues, I bring you sad news. I Iearned this weekend that our retired colleague, Damon C. Herbert, passed away last week. Damon had an infection, not Covid, that resulted in hospitalization. He passed away several days later from the secondary …
Elizabeth Ochoa – New First Author Publication in Science Advances!
January 9, 2023
Congratulations to Elizabeth Ochoa on her new first author publication in Science Advances! And congratulations to Bess Frost, her mentor and senior author! Pathogenic tau–induced transposable element–derived dsRNA drives neuroinflammation
Juli Bai – Manuscript Accepted by Nature Metabolism!
January 3, 2023
Congratulations to Juli Bai on the acceptance of her manuscript by Nature Metabolism! Hypothalamic Grb10 enhances leptin signalling and promotes weight loss
Kay Oyajobi & co-PI’s Ann Griffith and David Weiss – Successful competitive T32 renewal for the IMSD program!
December 14, 2022
Congratulations to Kay Oyajobi and co-PI’s Ann Griffith and David Weiss on the successful competitive renewal (really a new T32 application) for the IMSD program! Kay agreed to assume leadership of this grant after Niquet Blake’s departure and was left …
LuZhe Sun and Francisco Cigarroa – 9th Year Being Awarded Funding From The Clayton Foundation!
November 10, 2022
Congratulations to LuZhe Sun and Francisco Cigarroa on being awarded their 9th year of funding from the Clayton Foundation to study hepatocellular carcinoma!
Julie Bai – New Manuscript in Nature Metabolism!
October 22, 2022
Congratulations to Julie Bai on a newly accepted manuscript in Nature Metabolism!
Kay Oyajobi – Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program
October 7, 2022
Congratulations to Kay Oyajobi for his invitation to review for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s new Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program for early career faculty. Kay was invited to join in recognition of his national leadership in diversity, equit …
Iriscilla Ayala – TL1 Postdoctoral Award!
September 6, 2022
Congratulations to Iriscilla Ayala, a former CSA predoctoral student, for receiving a TL1 postdoctoral award from the IIMS! Congratulations also to mentor Luke Norton.