“A dream come true”: A child walks again after breakthrough treatment for a rare genetic disorder—thanks in part to NIH-funded research. Scientists at @nyulangone discovered that a CoQ10 precursor can help brain cells restore energy production, offering new hope for families.

So cool, a novel archaeon with a super small genome and no metabolic genes! ."An unprecedented level of metabolic dependence on a host, a condition that challenges the functional distinctions between minimal cellular life and viruses.".

Fantastic HyperMet talk by @longlabstanford. His research makes your biochemistry textbook go out date because it does not cover "liminal metabolites"!.

Thanks to all who joined us at our Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase to learn about promising studies on brain resilience supported by the Knight Initiative. Congrats to our 2025 poster session winners: Vanessa Doulames, Lauren Duan, Shuke Xiao, and Shon Alimukhamedov!

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall as an Assistant Professor. My lab will focus on deorphanizing biochemical pathways that regulate nutrient metabolism @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib.

Metabolism (and horse) nerds: You have to check out this paper! Keap1 mutations in equine species permit increased Nrf2 activity and help explain why horses have such big, strong, oxygen consuming muscles 💪🏼🐴 The nature of the mutation is as provocative as the physiological.

Thrilled to share that my work is out in @Nature. Here, we introduce Peptide Predictor, a tool for identifying new bioactive peptides. Using this method, we discovered BRP, an anti-obesity peptide. Huge thanks to the @SvenssonLab and all our collaborators!

Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne became the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year.