Alex Banks

Metabolic scientist, dad, husband, and fencer.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

Thank you to the thousands of CalR users for all the positive feedback. We are happy that your in vivo energy balance analyses just got faster and easier. We secretly made this tool to solve our own problems. Looks like it helped others too.

[Cell Metabolism @Cell_Metabolism]

https://t.co/ztikXeWtRG

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

So proud of wife and partner @SarahFlierMD and all of her accomplishments being recognized tonight by the crohns and colitis foundation @CrohnsColitisFn this evening.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@Maratosflier @EricTopol @Nature They do measure metabolic rate and report binned and adjusted energy expenditure in Extended Data Fig. 2. It's hard to tell if torpor is happening, and they don't mention it. In all fairness, they present a ton of data in a strict word limit.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Say good morning to our new medicine laureate 🎉

Gary Ruvkun was woken up in the early hours to the news he had been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Stay tuned for our interview with him, coming soon.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

This is Canadian chic. Too cool for me. But Lawrence also knows how to rock the whole-body tyvek suit and hair bonnet--Boston style.

[Rachel Perry @RachelPerryLab1]

The Yale MMPC-Live is delighted to offer an opportunity for free metabolism focused, preclinical grant reviews to New Investigators from historically marginalized backgrounds and at predominantly minority serving institutions (1/🧵)

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@HaopengXiao @StanfordBiochem @StanfordCancer Congrats HP!

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Imagine winning a gold medal at the Olympics then next week you’re on rounds with a nephrologist answering questions about free water deficit

[Sable Systems International 🐭🐀🧝🏼‍♀️ @SableSys]

How ridiculous that legacy metabolic phenotyping companies still normalize EE data by body mass! This approach has been discredited for many years & has polluted the biomedical literature for decades. Normalizing EE by body mass raised to the 0.75 power is even more absurd; an abuse of Kleiber's INTERspecific (NOT intraspecific) mass scaling exponent. For more details, see my definitive textbook on metabolic measurement, "Measuring metabolic rates: a manual for scientists", published by Oxford University Press. The best state of the art analytical routines for extracted data can be found in @Bankslab's https://t.co/SktxXqKLra.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

Can't wait to read the methods section on this one.....

[Shingo Kajimura Lab @KajimuraLab]

Tuna has an incredible capacity for mitochondrial OXPHOS in muscle. How do we study it? This is our way -- thanks to Luke Mead and Ray. Just to add, the samples are incredibly tasty.

[Shingo Kajimura Lab @KajimuraLab]

Tuna has an incredible capacity for mitochondrial OXPHOS in muscle. How do we study it? This is our way -- thanks to Luke Mead and Ray. Just to add, the samples are incredibly tasty.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

His humor, scientific insights, and mentorship will be sorely missed. His support altered the trajectory of my career and that of many others. He was just so good. My thoughts go out to his family and everyone close to Dave.

[Julio Ayala @TheBurro34]

Science has lost a giant of physiology and metabolism. Vandy has lost a true leader. I have lost a mentor, colleague, and dear friend. Those of us lucky to have known him will remember his dedication and his (odd) humor. Rest now @DHWasserman1 We will miss you.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@SarahDeemerPhD Happy to help.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

100% yes. Shout it from the rooftops.

[Sable Systems Int'l @SableSysInt]

Respirometry setups range from the simple to complex, so you want to be sure once the hard-earned data is collected to analyze it right! To help, check out the Do’s and Don’ts of data evaluation and reporting.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@DanielJDrucker @MolMetab Very cool

[Shingo Kajimura Lab @KajimuraLab]

This is an exceptional opportunity for post-bacs interested in metabolism and metabolic disease. Research experience in Joslin-BIDMC/Harvard with stipend and benefits. Please apply or spread the word!! https://t.co/WF4DiAHZsf

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@bmp_forum I'll be there and may ask-a-lot-l questions

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@realTonyHui This looks like a powerful new method. Can't wait to dig in.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@DanaHut57968913 Right now it only combines 2 runs at a time but can be run multiple times.
https://t.co/GdjJpPoR9T

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

hey indirect #calorimetry users! We've launched a new version of CalR to analyze your data. Test the beta version at https://t.co/mw2zpaoH4R. New features: improved visualizations, quality control analysis, statistical power, energy balance, and more. Free! Feedback wanted pls.

[Alex Banks @Bankslab]

@FuegerLab Sorry! Send us the files and we'll diagnose the problem