Renquist Lab

We research obesity induced pathophysiologies with the goal of improving human health and when possible we apply that information to improve animal production

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

We are excited to have our work published in companion papers at Cell Reports. I'll give a bit of a run down of the rationale and our main findings in the following tweets. Sorry it is long, but 2 papers means a tweetorial X 2 https://t.co/yZP0YCciSm

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design.

But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@NewsfromScience We'd love to have our work replicated independently.

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

Great opportunity!

[Svetlana Mastitskaya @SMastitskaya]

Yet another fully-funded PhD position is available in our team - and international students are welcome!

https://t.co/u2ZZFuQyzZ

[Liya Yin, MD, PhD @UAZ Medicine-Phoenix @yly99129]

Yin lab is recruiting for positions at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Phoenix. If you’re interested in coronary microcirculation in diabetes and Heart Failure, please join us!
Researcher/Scientist - https://t.co/pewUZmX1BK
Postdoc - https://t.co/hNvQZMGAFf

[Razvan Borza @rborza_]

🚨 Great alternatives to BioRender are now available!!

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[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@drosophilosophy Welcome to Tucson! Keep advertising for us. It is a great place to live.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

With a record number of early votes cast in Georgia today, @ForecasterEnten breaks down what the numbers mean so far.

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

Worth a read. I wish all faculty kept a lab bench. Science is fun. That's why we all got into the field. My best days are in the lab.

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Victor Ambros was denied tenure at Harvard.
But he was not a usual PI.

The Harvard Crimson describes:

1⃣ He took an especially hands-on role in mentorship:

“Duan recalled the experience of arriving in the U.S. for his Ph.D. as a non-native English speaker. Ambros spent time personally mentoring Duan in how to write and give presentations in English, which Duan said proved “very helpful.”

Duan said Ambros also taught him how to believe in himself as a scientist.

“Victor is just an intensely curious person, and that curiosity is infectious. You can’t help but be really curious around him because he’s always asking interesting questions and being provoking.” - H. Scott Silverman.

2⃣ He did not step away from lab work to focus on the administrative work and funding, unlike many other professors.

“Victor is NOT a very typical PI because he has his own bench,” Duan said. “He wants to stay closer to the science. He would work side by side with all the other people who were actively doing the same.”

📍Why tenure was denied?

David Baltimore’s opinion (Caltech president, 1975 Nobel laureate):

“The denial of tenure was consistent with Harvard’s hiring junior faculty and then not giving them tenure. The fate of junior faculty at the University was to teach and conduct research — but ultimately be replaced by new junior faculty before they could rise through the ranks. It just underlines the foolishness of that approach to building a great department.”

After Harvard, Victor Ambros moved to Dartmouth and then the University of Massachusetts.

📍 My view:

Tenure track is rarely about with Nobel-level work.

At most universities, tenure requires metrics to be fulfilled. This also includes recommendation letters from peers that should be excellent.

As a result, most professors are VERY careful during tenure track (outside the US too). They avoid risky research and focus on metrics (more papers, more funding, more students, etc). Too much at stake.

The problem is -
Every university wants to have a Nobel laureate but uses a metrics-based system to filter people out.

Instead of encouraging their young faculty members to pursue risky & groundbreaking research, most departments urge them to focus on other things.

❗️ Basically:
Tenure = something feasible, doable, countable
Nobel Prize = once thought infeasible but achieved

I think this gap is what many young scientists are so upset about.

Metrics are great for business, but in science it should be used with great care.

#science #AcademicChatter #chemtwitter

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Victor Ambros was denied tenure at Harvard.
But he was not a usual PI.

The Harvard Crimson describes:

1⃣ He took an especially hands-on role in mentorship:

“Duan recalled the experience of arriving in the U.S. for his Ph.D. as a non-native English speaker. Ambros spent time personally mentoring Duan in how to write and give presentations in English, which Duan said proved “very helpful.”

Duan said Ambros also taught him how to believe in himself as a scientist.

“Victor is just an intensely curious person, and that curiosity is infectious. You can’t help but be really curious around him because he’s always asking interesting questions and being provoking.” - H. Scott Silverman.

2⃣ He did not step away from lab work to focus on the administrative work and funding, unlike many other professors.

“Victor is NOT a very typical PI because he has his own bench,” Duan said. “He wants to stay closer to the science. He would work side by side with all the other people who were actively doing the same.”

📍Why tenure was denied?

David Baltimore’s opinion (Caltech president, 1975 Nobel laureate):

“The denial of tenure was consistent with Harvard’s hiring junior faculty and then not giving them tenure. The fate of junior faculty at the University was to teach and conduct research — but ultimately be replaced by new junior faculty before they could rise through the ranks. It just underlines the foolishness of that approach to building a great department.”

After Harvard, Victor Ambros moved to Dartmouth and then the University of Massachusetts.

📍 My view:

Tenure track is rarely about with Nobel-level work.

At most universities, tenure requires metrics to be fulfilled. This also includes recommendation letters from peers that should be excellent.

As a result, most professors are VERY careful during tenure track (outside the US too). They avoid risky research and focus on metrics (more papers, more funding, more students, etc). Too much at stake.

The problem is -
Every university wants to have a Nobel laureate but uses a metrics-based system to filter people out.

Instead of encouraging their young faculty members to pursue risky & groundbreaking research, most departments urge them to focus on other things.

❗️ Basically:
Tenure = something feasible, doable, countable
Nobel Prize = once thought infeasible but achieved

I think this gap is what many young scientists are so upset about.

Metrics are great for business, but in science it should be used with great care.

#science #AcademicChatter #chemtwitter

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@LaskerFDN @RockefellerUniv Scientific discoveries attributed to any single or a few people are not accurately describing the village it takes to make discoveries. Here, the role of machinsts is highlighted. Individual awards in science are a facade that ignores the multiskilled teams that are required.

[CBC @ UA @Biochem_Chem]

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the U of A invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2025. We seek candidates with a research and education program in analytical chemistry. This is a direct to job posting https://t.co/WuFxEjFXOx

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@DavidBarker_PhD @LucasCheadle https://t.co/IreVoLOPXU. This tweet has more info.

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

We are releasing a 3-D printed mouse holder for anyone to print. We've got files for lean and obese mice. Pictures that accompany directions and the video below. https://t.co/Sp7zv7gPMK

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@DavidBarker_PhD We have one for mice <35 g and one for mice 35-55g. Both at the link

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@DavidBarker_PhD https://t.co/6xi2RRp1hB

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

@SternLabAZ presenting their awesome research focused on glucagon and aging at #EASD2024

[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/🧵)

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Tonight, you will hear Donald Trump paint a dark vision, and a false picture of his accomplishments. Let me tell you the truth:

#TrumpLies

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Reminder of what life was like under Donald Trump:
- Murders rose 30% -- one of the largest increases in recorded history
- Cuts to law enforcement were proposed every year
- $8.4 trillion was added to national debt
- Real GDP declined its largest drop since 1947
- Trade deficit rose over 40% -- the worst ever in U.S. history
- 2.9 million jobs lost
- 154,000 manufacturing jobs lost
- Coal production declined 27%
- Coal-mining jobs dropped by 17%

[Renquist Lab @Renquist_Lab]

Can we all agree to teach trainees to use proper salutations in emails? "Hello," "Hi," or "Good Morning," are not appropriate ways to send an introductory email. Use the title and name for the person to whom you are addressing the email. Yes, I know I'm now the gif.