My most recent publication is now available to read on @APSPhysiology Physiological Genomics. This collaborative study took me waaay outside my comfort zone, looking at microbial profiles in the context of both obesity and menopause. Check it out!
https://t.co/FTlBwuaWgo
The really galling thing about the Acetaminophen thing is that the observations of a potential link between its use in pregnancy and autism WERE taken seriously, and WERE studied using "gold standard science", and found not to be there. The same thing is true of the link to vaccines. The only gaslighting that's happening here is repeatedly pushing disproven theories that will help no one, and harm many. https://t.co/duNAqDKtEP
Hi kids .. #HandmaidsTale (the book not the series!) has just been banned in #Edmonton…don’t read it, your hair will catch on fire! Get one now before they have public book burnings of it.
This is a highly informative, well-researched piece on 2500 NIH grants that were terminated or delayed (i.e. frozen) under the current administration and the deleterious impact to the study and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases. https://t.co/0yBTnEZsGI
Now online! Review article written by myself & PhD student Jessica Wager, focused on the role of adipose tissue stromal cells in the development of cardiometabolic disease in obesity.
WE’RE HIRING!
Our group is looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow to investigate sex differences in cellular crosstalk in the adipose tissue. Click here to apply and see more details: https://t.co/LBbwpFdb69
Very excited to announce that our group has been awarded funds from CIHR to continue studying sex- and estrogen- dependent adipose tissue remodeling in obesity!
This has been needed for a long time!
Redefining obesity
A new report of @TheLancetEndo commission that overrides current BMI categories and better defines features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
https://t.co/iH7NC2tCJ5 open-access
(such as an athlete with no fat excess is not obese, but is according to current BMI based definition)
Redox Signaling Mediates Differentiation of Adipose Progenitors in Response to Inflammatory Cytokines in the Adipose Tissue Secretome https://t.co/EemXVlPQUy
Writing is too easy! You just type a sentence, take a break, google a synonym for a word, take a break, try to write another sentence, complain about fatigue, then delete everything
🎓 Trainees: Apply to the CIHR Fellowship Fall 2024 Priority Announcement in sex, gender and health!
💲 Up to two awards are available, valued at up to $60K/ year for three years.
⏰ Apply by Oct. 2
ℹ️ https://t.co/1kfCOOq9C9
Diet-induced hyperplastic expansion in subcutaneous adipose tissue and protection against adipose progenitor exhaustion in female mice are lost with ovariectomy. https://t.co/mhK807JSKX