Dr Rob Fowkes (PhD)
@cnpdr.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Endocrinology and department chair, #veterinary endocrinology, #pituitary, #cats, #Spartan. MSU Vets. Pro-Europe.
Ah, the Friday afternoon rejection - how I've missed you.
Not.
Not.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah, the Friday afternoon rejection - how I've missed you.
Not.
Not.
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Excited to release the Consensus Pituitary Atlas, which brings a shared framework to process, annotate, and analyze single-cell datasets in the mouse pituitary.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excited to release the Consensus Pituitary Atlas, which brings a shared framework to process, annotate, and analyze single-cell datasets in the mouse pituitary.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Extremely grateful for catching up and spending time with my awesome visitor @cnpdr.bsky.social on beautiful Rottnest Island - another example of the wonders that the @endocrinesociety.bsky.social make possible!
June 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Extremely grateful for catching up and spending time with my awesome visitor @cnpdr.bsky.social on beautiful Rottnest Island - another example of the wonders that the @endocrinesociety.bsky.social make possible!
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To coincide with the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting, the Journal of Neuroendocrinology is calling for submissions of original studies, review articles, & commentaries relating to any aspect of the melanocortin system within the journal’s remit. @jne-editor.bsky.social
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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library
<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> covers all aspects of neuroendocrine research, publishing high-quality articles on both fundamental and translational neuroendocrinology.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
To coincide with the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting, the Journal of Neuroendocrinology is calling for submissions of original studies, review articles, & commentaries relating to any aspect of the melanocortin system within the journal’s remit. @jne-editor.bsky.social
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Global Entry finally starts working again for me after 15 months…
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Global Entry finally starts working again for me after 15 months…
The coffee in the lounge at Zurich airport is einfach klasse - hoping the coffee in Copenhagen for #ESPE-ECE2025 is just as great.
May 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The coffee in the lounge at Zurich airport is einfach klasse - hoping the coffee in Copenhagen for #ESPE-ECE2025 is just as great.
A seriously great group of #endocrinology researchers profiled here:
Lift Every Voice: Endocrine News Celebrates Black History Month - Endocrine News url:https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/lift-every-voice-endocrine-news-celebrates-black-history-month/
Lift Every Voice: Endocrine News Celebrates Black History Month - Endocrine News url:https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/lift-every-voice-endocrine-news-celebrates-black-history-month/
April 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A seriously great group of #endocrinology researchers profiled here:
Lift Every Voice: Endocrine News Celebrates Black History Month - Endocrine News url:https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/lift-every-voice-endocrine-news-celebrates-black-history-month/
Lift Every Voice: Endocrine News Celebrates Black History Month - Endocrine News url:https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/lift-every-voice-endocrine-news-celebrates-black-history-month/
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I am so fed up of politicians and media outlets telling us all that the NHS is less productive than pre-pandemic, while completely ignoring the enormous collective trauma endured by its workforce during the largest public health crisis in 75 years.…
Britain’s NHS Is 20% Less Productive Than Before the Pandemic
Britain’s National Health Service is almost 20% less productive than it was five years ago, adding to concerns that the Labour government is not getting value for the extra money it’s putting into par...
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I am so fed up of politicians and media outlets telling us all that the NHS is less productive than pre-pandemic, while completely ignoring the enormous collective trauma endured by its workforce during the largest public health crisis in 75 years.…
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The #hypothalamus plays a large role in coordinating the neuronal signals that are responsible for keeping the body in a stable state.
A special issue unpacked this brain region’s impact on physiological and behavioral homeostasis. scim.ag/41FRESU #BrainAwarenessWeek
A special issue unpacked this brain region’s impact on physiological and behavioral homeostasis. scim.ag/41FRESU #BrainAwarenessWeek
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The #hypothalamus plays a large role in coordinating the neuronal signals that are responsible for keeping the body in a stable state.
A special issue unpacked this brain region’s impact on physiological and behavioral homeostasis. scim.ag/41FRESU #BrainAwarenessWeek
A special issue unpacked this brain region’s impact on physiological and behavioral homeostasis. scim.ag/41FRESU #BrainAwarenessWeek
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We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
IMSI Summer Institute 2025: Now Recruiting Trainees! – Center for Integrative Movement Science
cims.uci.edu
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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An enormous number of grants are not getting reviewed. Every day that goes by is another lab that might lose critical funding. Totally unacceptable.
We're on day 5 (approx) of the NIH new grant freeze.
We're on day 5 (approx) of the NIH new grant freeze.
NIH Study sections that will likely "not meet as scheduled" today: BMBI, MRAD, MSFA, NDPR, POMD, SMEP, ZRG1 IIDB-F, ZRG1 SCIL-G. Will mark them down once the CSR page updates!
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
An enormous number of grants are not getting reviewed. Every day that goes by is another lab that might lose critical funding. Totally unacceptable.
We're on day 5 (approx) of the NIH new grant freeze.
We're on day 5 (approx) of the NIH new grant freeze.
Reposted by Dr Rob Fowkes (PhD)
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
All true - whilst the potential loss of these academic jobs is bad, the loss of STEM jobs is no worse than losing others; STEM might provide us with the discoveries that extend lives, but humanities/culture make those lives worth living.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters
Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
All true - whilst the potential loss of these academic jobs is bad, the loss of STEM jobs is no worse than losing others; STEM might provide us with the discoveries that extend lives, but humanities/culture make those lives worth living.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Our world-leading #endocrinology section at #MSU is recruiting - if you are a DVM and have a love of all things to do with hormones, this is a great opportunity. Please share.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assist-...
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assist-...
Assist/Assoc Professor Health Programs Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title
Assist/Assoc Professor Health Programs Fixed Term
Position Summary
The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) and the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation (...
careers.msu.edu
January 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our world-leading #endocrinology section at #MSU is recruiting - if you are a DVM and have a love of all things to do with hormones, this is a great opportunity. Please share.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assist-...
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assist-...
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December 30, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Any other runners benefit from jet lag bounce? Turns out a 26hr journey was excellent prep for this morning’s rainy run. Pretty sure cortisol is involved #endocrinology #running
December 21, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Any other runners benefit from jet lag bounce? Turns out a 26hr journey was excellent prep for this morning’s rainy run. Pretty sure cortisol is involved #endocrinology #running
4.30am start at Detroit airport for 6am flight to Newark and then flight home to London - 16hrs later and I'm somehow stuck in Houston. Thanks #United!
December 20, 2024 at 1:40 AM
4.30am start at Detroit airport for 6am flight to Newark and then flight home to London - 16hrs later and I'm somehow stuck in Houston. Thanks #United!
December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Go big or go home - really shouldn’t leave the old man in the lab at the weekend with 1728 wells of #pituitary cells and 16 treatments #EndoSky #EDCs #acromegaly
December 8, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Go big or go home - really shouldn’t leave the old man in the lab at the weekend with 1728 wells of #pituitary cells and 16 treatments #EndoSky #EDCs #acromegaly
Just checked my most recent 10 publications for species: cat, cat, zebrafish, rat, cat, cat/rat, human, cat, fox, cat. The joys of # comparative #endocrinology
November 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Just checked my most recent 10 publications for species: cat, cat, zebrafish, rat, cat, cat/rat, human, cat, fox, cat. The joys of # comparative #endocrinology