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News on the University of Iowa Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center featuring current publications and events.
Iowa City, Iowa
Joined December 2020
Read the impact of research @foedrc, that changes lives of those with #Diabetes and our success in developing future diabetes researchers. @UIAdvancement @DaretoDiscover @UIowaResearch @iowamed @ADA_DiabetesPro @NIDDKgov @IntMedatIowa @FOEGrandAerie
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FGF21 is EXPRESSED in the BRAIN!! Wait, hasn't that been shown? Studies in high profile journals @Cell_Metabolism and @NatMetabolism got it WRONG - bad methods. We show that FGF21 is NOT expressed in the hypothalamus but instead in the RSC and thalamus: https://t.co/6jVQQnEm49
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Two days in a row in @PLOSONE. This time, a collaboration b/w our faculty & members of @uiowaeye & @foedrc as they map the impact of diabetes on the eye’s aqueous humor. https://t.co/spHht3Oden
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Diabetes mellitus is a multiorgan systemic disease impacting numerous ocular structures that results in significant ocular morbidity and often results in more frequent corneal and glaucoma surgeries...
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Sam Stephens, PhD, and his lab team have developed a reporter system to visualize insulin production in live pancreatic islet beta-cells in Type 2 diabetes. Discover how they are using imaging techniques and biosensors to monitor insulin trafficking: https://t.co/z85Kmcz4zv
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Loss of FoxOs in muscle increases strength and mitochondrial function during aging | O’Neill Lab, @JordanFuquaPhD @VitorALira @IntMedatIowa #myotwitter
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Background Muscle mitochondrial decline is associated with aging-related muscle weakness and insulin resistance. FoxO transcription factors are targets of insulin action and deletion of FoxOs...
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Your mentor is very very proud right now @phdgprotein86 . Congratulations on this stellar achievement!! AJ is also a distinguished alumni of the @TheEndoSociety #FLARE2022 program.
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See our recent paper led by @RePereira in @Diabetes_ADA revealing an important role for OPA1 in the regulation of white adipose tissue lipogenesis and browning in response to cold. Thanks @potthofflab
diabetesjournals.org
Mitochondria play a vital role in white adipose tissue (WAT) homeostasis including adipogenesis, fatty acid synthesis, and lipolysis. We recently reported
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Check out this blog written by FOEDRC Co-Director, Andrew Norris, MD, PhD, discussing the study.
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Is it possible that improved blood sugar control offered by a hybrid closed-loop insulin pumps might reduce the adverse brain effects of type 1 diabetes in children? Eva Tsalikian and Michael Tansey were among a group of physicians who designed a study to answer this question.
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Congratulations @SatyaTadinada on the publication of chapter 1 of your thesis in @PhysRep. Important perspective on in vivo vs. ex vivo crosstalk between insulin and b-adrenergic signaling. https://t.co/AcNPQ7oiN9
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Acute euglycemic hyperinsulinemia does not impair baseline cardiac function or its response to beta-adrenergic stimulation induced inotropy.
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Congratulations to @calvinscarter who was recently appointed to the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council!
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Final version of our latest review on Ubiquitin ligases in aging and skeletal muscle is now online | @DrAdamPSharples @scbodine #myotwitter
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Three of our faculty were honored Tuesday with faculty appointments endowed by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. 🎉 Congratulations to Sue Bodine, PhD; Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, FACE; and Kamal Rahmouni, PhD. Details: https://t.co/pYcmriPzik
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Tuesday, 24 May at 3:30 pm, in the @IowaMed Prem Sahai Auditorium, @foedrc members Drs. Sue Bodine, Ayotunde Dokun, & Kamal Rahmouni will be honored in an investiture ceremony of 3 new chairs, one of which is named for @IntMedAbel. More info: https://t.co/odVz9CCb1R
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Check out this publication by @Bhagi43905530 posted earlier this month in @SciReports! The study demonstrates that a key lipid metabolite may be a useful targeting in preventing or even reversing diabetes and many of its comorbidities. https://t.co/hkyjgwcG84
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A recent @SciReports pub from @Bhagi43905530 finds that an extract from a commercially available fungus has the ability to block a key lipid metabolite's activity and reverse diabetes, obesity, and related comorbidities in mice. https://t.co/p260HubNXQ
internalmedicineiowa.org
A publication earlier this month in Scientific Reports demonstrates that a key lipid metabolite may be a useful target in preventing or even reversing diabetes and many of its comorbidities. Cerami…
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We’re going to count it! @IntMedAbel becomes the third elected member of @theNASciences from @iowamed. Only about a dozen in the Academy’s 160-year history have come from @uiowa. Congratulations, Dr. Abel! https://t.co/nopsG0EH6E
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E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, was named as one of the 120 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences last week. Abel is the William S. Adams Distinguished Professor of Medicine, chair, and …
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FOEDRC member, Ling Yang, is one of the recipients of the Stead Family Scholars Program! Congratulations @lingyanguiowa! https://t.co/T8L2L2afUf
medicine.uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa Stead Family Scholars Program's goal is to recognize and advance the development of outstanding early-career investigators. The 2022 Scholars are Drs. Mary Weber, Jennifer...
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Congratulations to @qianshi_uiowa on her @AHA_Research CDA as she investigates an insulin receptor’s ability to protect from heart disease. @foedrc @LongShengSong1
https://t.co/Vo0aVe6BIW
internalmedicineiowa.org
Qian Shi, PhD, research assistant professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, received a three-year, $231,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award (CDA). With this funding, Shi …
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Dr. Mark Yorek will partner w/Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui (@umichmedicine) on a 4-yr, $2.6M @NIDDKgov R01 to treat / prevent neuropathy associated w/#diabetes. @foedrc @UIowaResearch
https://t.co/Ehy4oNJ6BS
internalmedicineiowa.org
Mark Yorek, PhD, professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, along with his co-PI Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, received a four-year, $2.6M grant from the National Institute of …
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Congrats to @iowabme associate prof @JamesAnkrum who has been selected to receive a @FulbrightPrgrm Scholar Award! Ankrum will travel abroad this year to Ireland to study regenerative medicine. Congratulations! https://t.co/qPbFieSFcp
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