UMass Molecular Medicine

Official Twitter Account of the Program in Molecular Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School

[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

On behalf of Molecular Medicine, a big thank you to Katherine Luzuriaga, MD for her leadership on the renewal of the NIH CTSA (Clinical and Translational) grant! @RogerJDavis1 @UMassChan

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[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Dr. Roger Davis was honored with the ASBMB's Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science in Washington DC, recognizing his discovery of signaling protein JNK and the decades of insight that followed. Congratulations!! @RogerJDavis1 @UMassChan
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[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Congratulations to Dr. Jin Zhang, one of the recipients of the 2026 Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Awards! 👏🎉
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[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Two @UMassChan faculty have received a 2026 Child Health Research Award from the Charles H. Hood Foundation: https://t.co/G9Ks9azItg

Silvia Galván Peña, PhD, studies the gut’s immune cells. Jin Zhang, PhD, studies how artificial sweeteners desensitize sweet taste. @ProgMolMed

[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Congratulations to Nils Grotehans, postdoctoral fellow of the Spinelli Lab, for receiving an award from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation 👏
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[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Lina Marcela Carmona, PhD, and Nils Grotehans, PhD, are two of 26 early career researchers to receive competitive awards from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation: https://t.co/ks0aTHYfoE

The awards will support research on the biology of #aging.

[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Dr. Jessica Spinelli for recently being named to the renowned Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Freeman Hrabwoski Scholars Program👏👏👏 @UMassChan @HHMINEWS

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[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

🎉Congratulations, Chandler Friend, for receiving an award for her talk on breast cancer at the Cancer Biology Program retreat this week! 👏@RDavisLab

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Roger Davis, PhD, FRS, chair and professor of molecular medicine at @UMassChan, has received the 2026 Bert & Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science from @ASBMB for his outstanding accomplishments in basic biomedical research: https://t.co/GxnXSt2gNS @RogerJDavis1 @ProgMolMed

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

PhD student Claire Shamber has been awarded an @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her research redefining the mammalian metabolome and investigating metabolic adaptations in mammalian disease states: https://t.co/INJA3Z3uvG

#NSFfunded #NSFGRFP #PhDTwitter @ProgMolMed

[UMassDiabetes @UMassDiabetes]

Diabetes Virtual Camp, created by Jason Kim, PhD & family, is back! Originally started during the pandemic to connect students with diabetes experts worldwide, this FREE online program has reached over 2,700 students from 52 countries. Learn more at https://t.co/VZtdJZksiv

[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Congrats to our own @PetersonLab, Vice Chair of Molecular Medicine, and newest endowed chair at UMass Chan Medical School!

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

The UMass Board of Trustees voted to approve six new endowed chairs, appointing highly accomplished faculty to five chairs, and renaming an existing endowed chair to memorialize a cherished member of the community: https://t.co/eW9cBglqfC

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Research by Joel Richter, PhD, of @UMassChan licensed to @QurAlisCo for clinical adaptation for #FragileX, the most common single genetic cause of #autism: https://t.co/ROsZ6tjpmn

Symptoms include severe anxiety and seizures. There are no effective disease-modifying treatments.

[UMassDiabetes @UMassDiabetes]

Dr. Spinelli spoke to postdocs, grad students & research techs @UMassChan, drawing from her faculty job search experience, about how to present big scientific ideas and explain your research in a way that a varied audience will understand. https://t.co/yzOdDLmU27

[UMassDiabetes @UMassDiabetes]

Congratulations @KateKorobkina for successfully defending her PhD dissertation 🎓 with data from research she led in the @guertin_lab @UMassChan about brown fat thermogenesis & metabolism which could lead to new approaches for managing Type 2 diabetes & metabolic disorders 🥳🎉

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Jessica Spinelli, PhD, identifies rhodoquinone, a metabolite in bacteria and worms, as a fundamental electron transporter in the mammalian electron transport chain. Research could have clinical potential for protecting cells from hypoxia: https://t.co/V9spK49ONR @CellCellPress

[UMass Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed]

Congrats to the Spinelli Lab on their publication in Cell, and first-time first authors Madison and Jonathan!

[Roger J Davis @RogerJDavis1]

Rhodoquinone carries electrons in the mammalian electron transport chain: Cell https://t.co/kqBPYs7Mnu

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Victor R. Ambros, PhD, @UMassChan's Silverman Chair in Natural Sciences and professor of molecular medicine, has won a Nobel Prize. Media: Email [email protected] for news conference info and interview requests. #NobelPrize #BreakingNews #AdvancingTogether

[Roger J Davis @RogerJDavis1]

Congratulations to Victor Ambros from all of your Colleagues in Molecular Medicine @ProgMolMed @UMassChan

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