Alex Banks
@Bankslab
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Metabolic scientist, dad, husband, and fencer. https://t.co/OhSPo3s51C
New England, USA
Joined February 2013
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.
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So proud of wife and partner @SarahFlierMD and all of her accomplishments being recognized tonight by the crohns and colitis foundation @CrohnsColitisFn this evening.
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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.
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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.
@Bankslab is working up an idea to standardise mouse calorimetry. Maybe what we all wear in the respirometry lab should be part of that.
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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/🧵)
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Imagine winning a gold medal at the Olympics then next week you’re on rounds with a nephrologist answering questions about free water deficit
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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
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Can't wait to read the methods section on this one.....
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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100% yes. Shout it from the rooftops.
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.
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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!!
joslin.org
Joslin's Post-Baccalaureate Program is a 2-year program that provides a full-time, mentored research experience in the field of diabetes and metabolism.
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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.
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I have not found a better or more intuitive resource than Rafa's course (which i took years ago) or his books (which i still use for reference). If you're thinking that you have data too big or complex to wrangle and plot using Excel and Prism, then check this out.
📣A second edition of our Introduction to #DataScience is on its way, now split into two books. After teaching the course this semester, we've made significant improvements. Current drafts are online: 📘Intro: https://t.co/8DaGbDP4nq 📙Advanced: https://t.co/boveOOXb5Q
#rstats
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A reminder of not taking things for granted. Fasting prior to glucose-tolerance test (GTT) increases variability @Bankslab @MolMetab
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Our results suggest fasting mice before glucose tolerance testing, and perhaps other experiments, can have the opposite of the intended effect where fasting can increase, rather than decrease,...
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Are you passionate about molecular metabolism? Do you love working with a dynamic team of scientists? Do you crave epic fishing stories? If you answered yes (and have a BA/BS in science) we have an opportunity for you! Spiegelman lab is hiring a research technician!
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We are hiring a new manager for the BIDMC/Harvard Energy Balance Core in Boston. Must love mice, metabolism, big data, and fancy machines. We can teach the rest. Apply here: https://t.co/TXqF5Z2dOL
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In-person today at 3pm: First ever joint BIDMC and Joslin Diabetes Center event for #WorldDiabetesDay2023 @JoslinDiabetes @BIDMChealth @harvardmed
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Dr. Emont is a superstar and a phenomenal presenter. This will be excellent.
📢 Join us on Nov. 17 at 11 am PT for a dkNET webinar on “A Single Cell Atlas of Human and Mouse White #AdiposeTissue”! Dr. Margo Emont will be presenting the webinar and providing insights on this useful resource! Link: https://t.co/N2RiWaOoOa
#t2d #diabetes #gene
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Very excited to share the news: BIDMC and DFCI future collaboration and first free standing hospital in Boston 🙌
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We want to work with you! Less than a week to go- funding opportunity deadline for novel computational tools, improved cell models & assays to analyze effector transcript functions, & more. Link👇 @NIDDKgov @FNIH_Org @CMDGA_AMP
Join the AMP® CMD partnership! Take a look at our Funding Opportunity Announcement for the next cycle of the AMP CMD Opportunity Pool: https://t.co/NLJnH767gc. Applications are due September 5th.
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