Gregory Ducker
@gsducker
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Biochemist studying the intersection of cellular metabolism and disease. Assistant professor at the University of Utah @UUtah. Occasional skier
Salt Lake City, UT
Joined July 2009
🚨Postdoctoral position available now! 🚨We have an immediate fully funded position available in cardiac metabolism. We are looking for a highly motivated person to lead our animal model work in oxidative metabolism in heart! Pay is competitive with benefits offered. 1/2
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Excited to share our new preprint—the main project of my postdoc in the Kaelin lab! Blocking HIF2 doesn’t just slow tumors—it can reverse cachexia and hypercalcemia in kidney cancer. In the OSRC-2 model, HIF2 inhibition restored weight, preserved fat/muscle, and rescued survival.
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An amazing opportunity for postdocs/ junior PIs. I attended one of these many years ago and it was transformative.
If selected, all expenses, except your own travel, will be covered by the Company of Biologists. We have an amazing line up of speakers working on aspects of metabolism from atoms to animals; please apply to join us!
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New work from our lab describing a role for mitochondrial glutathione in breast cancer metastasis @nicoledelgaudio @RockefellerUniv
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Abstract. Cancer cells require substantial metabolic adaptations to metastasize to distant organs, but the metabolites essential for successful colonization remain poorly defined. Here, we used a...
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Reposting...applications open
For those of you hunting for your next position, please consider applying for a postdoctoral position in our lab. Our science is wild and exciting, and I promise to train and feed (yes, w/free food) you well. It doesn't hurt that we are on a publication hot streak.
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💡 Explain the Impact: Using data & AI to deliver a new cancer drug to clinic twice as fast as industry average Chase Neumann, PhD (@OncNTechStuff), Associate Director of Oncology, shares how we used the Recursion OS to discover new ways to target aggressive cancers and identify
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Huge congratulations to Xiling Shen @MDAndersonNews and @AyeletErez @WeizmannScience for their @CellCellPress paper: Vagal blockade of the brain-liver axis deters cancer-associated cachexia https://t.co/ITfwnEI8tR Clinical trials in patients with #PancreaticCancer forthcoming!
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I'm so honored to receive the 2025 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Thank you @ASCBiology and I look forward to this year's annual ASCB meeting in Philly!
Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: https://t.co/d8fjwc4OIA
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Classically activated macrophages undergo functionally significant nucleotide metabolism remodelling driven by nitric oxide
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Nature Metabolism - John et al. show that upon classical activation, macrophages undergo nitric oxide-driven reprogramming of nucleotide metabolism, which affects immune functions and responses.
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Really important survey for Slc residents. Speak up and don’t let udot turn all of salt lake back into lethal traffic sewers
ACTION ALERT: UDOT needs to hear how much you support Salt Lake City's efforts to make its streets safer. The survey was apparently influenced by suburban car commuters. Since these streets are our streets, I urge you to take the survey right now. https://t.co/Fikodw6YKz
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What's the best creator marketplace you've used (to buy featured reels and tiktoks) and why?
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Launched today- the Weill Cancer Hub West -supporting transformative cancer research collaborations btw @UCSF & @Stanford. Honored to co-lead, with @longlabstanford, our team who will study the impact of diet on pancreatic cancer initiation, progression and therapy response.
Backed by a $100M gift from Joan and Sandy Weill, UCSF and @StanfordMed @StanfordCancer are launching Weill Cancer Hub West, a $200M initiative in team science to accelerate cancer research and improve care over the next decade. https://t.co/4xTNCEmjBR
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“It’s frustrating to see the enormous political capital of the MAHA movement expended on actions like the proposed product formulation changes that have little chance of reducing prominent diet-related chronic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes,” Hall said in an email.
Getting Coca-Cola to use cane sugar rather and ice cream manufacturers to stop their use of synthetic dyes are the latest achievements trumpeted by the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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Many moons ago, @KevinH_PhD and I talked about a book we both wished existed. No fads, no weight loss hacks—just the nutrition and metabolism science. I’m thrilled to announce that we wrote it! Out September 23 @Avery_Books & available now for pre-order. https://t.co/ORR5pr80id
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“Food Intelligence dispels many popular myths we have about weight loss and breaks down the real drivers of the obesity crisis based on decades of research. I really hope everyone gets...
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Very cool study and excellent news for patients. But science can move slowly. 25 years from genetic ID of target to ph3 drug result.
Great for pts. One of the few drug targets to be discovered via genetics in dogs. Good day to revisit fantastic work from @EmmanuelMignot8 that led to discovery of HCRTR2 ( https://t.co/kRRrF3PXuj), and watch the tragic/hilarious narcoleptic dog videos ( https://t.co/jtEPr4UgY6)
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Phenomenal lab looking for a postdoc in Salt Lake!
🚨Postdoctoral position available now! 🚨We have an immediate fully funded position available in cardiac metabolism. We are looking for a highly motivated person to lead our animal model work in oxidative metabolism in heart! Pay is competitive with benefits offered. 1/2
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DM for more info. Utah is fantastic location and emerging hub in metabolism research. See our recent preprint on biorxiv for details on project area and to learn more about team.
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Lactate is the highest turnover circulating metabolite in mammals. While traditionally viewed as a waste product, lactate is an important energy source for many organs, but first must be oxidized to...
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Congrats Luis!!!
Congratulations to the eight recipients of the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award! This award recognizes outstanding early-career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds who are studying cancer, infectious diseases and basic sciences. Learn more: https://t.co/Jby4eY4Q4S
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The "Based Mike Lee" proposal to sell off the American public's hunting and fishing frontier commons to Black Rock is so instantly and deeply unpopular, that it's amazing the Democrats are basically dodging the issue rather than maximally exploiting it.
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