Henning Fenselau
@henningfenselau.bsky.social
Neurobiologist at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
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Exciting that our first post gets to share that our paper in Nature Communications is now available!
This work uncovers the circuits that mediate sex differences in responsiveness to social stress, but don't take our word for it, check it out!
Congrats, Marie Francois and team 🎉
This work uncovers the circuits that mediate sex differences in responsiveness to social stress, but don't take our word for it, check it out!
Congrats, Marie Francois and team 🎉
Amygdala AVPR1A mediates susceptibility to chronic social isolation in female mice - Nature Communications
Females are more sensitive to social exclusion and loneliness, risk factors for anxiety and stressrelated disorders. Here, the authors identified molecular signals in the amygdala that make females mo...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Exciting that our first post gets to share that our paper in Nature Communications is now available!
This work uncovers the circuits that mediate sex differences in responsiveness to social stress, but don't take our word for it, check it out!
Congrats, Marie Francois and team 🎉
This work uncovers the circuits that mediate sex differences in responsiveness to social stress, but don't take our word for it, check it out!
Congrats, Marie Francois and team 🎉
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New essay in @currentbiology.bsky.social special brain-body issue! Fly lab meets psychiatrist: how bodily signals shape cognition and mental health. Great collaboration with Albino Oliveira-Maia showing @champalimaudf.bsky.social discovery ↔️ clinic at its best. www.cell.com/current-biol...
From cognition in the body to the body in cognition
Carlos Ribeiro and Albino Oliveira-Maia propose how brain–body interactions may inform
the study of ‘higher’ cognitive functions such as learning and memory across model
systems.
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New essay in @currentbiology.bsky.social special brain-body issue! Fly lab meets psychiatrist: how bodily signals shape cognition and mental health. Great collaboration with Albino Oliveira-Maia showing @champalimaudf.bsky.social discovery ↔️ clinic at its best. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Rockefeller's Jeff Friedman has won the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman is recognized for his discovery of leptin, which established a biological basis for obesity. Congrats, Jeff!
Jeffrey M. Friedman is awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize - News
Jeffrey M. Friedman has been awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, one of the nation's most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman, who is Rockefeller's Marilyn M. Simpson Professor, a Howard Hughes Medic...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Rockefeller's Jeff Friedman has won the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman is recognized for his discovery of leptin, which established a biological basis for obesity. Congrats, Jeff!
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What a great Titisee Conference! “Warm, cold, and life” brought together brilliant minds exploring how temperature shapes the brain, physiology, and behaviour — from mice, wild animals to humans. Thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds for the support!
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What a great Titisee Conference! “Warm, cold, and life” brought together brilliant minds exploring how temperature shapes the brain, physiology, and behaviour — from mice, wild animals to humans. Thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds for the support!
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That title is a mouthful 😆 Congrats to Darleen, @seeleyrj.bsky.social, @henningfenselau.bsky.social and team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Weight Loss Reverses Obesity-Associated Impairments in Acute Gastrointestinal Stretch-Induced Suppression of Food Intake and Glucose Homeostasis
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September 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
That title is a mouthful 😆 Congrats to Darleen, @seeleyrj.bsky.social, @henningfenselau.bsky.social and team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🧪 @uvabio.bsky.social
UVA Biology is recruiting multiple tenure-track Assistant Professors in neuroscience as part of a $75M Brain & Neuroscience Initiative. 🧠
Apply by Oct 15, 2025. Start Aug 2026.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172892
#Neuroscience #FacultyJobs #NeuroJobs #Biology #UVA
UVA Biology is recruiting multiple tenure-track Assistant Professors in neuroscience as part of a $75M Brain & Neuroscience Initiative. 🧠
Apply by Oct 15, 2025. Start Aug 2026.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172892
#Neuroscience #FacultyJobs #NeuroJobs #Biology #UVA
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September 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 We’re hiring! 🧪 @uvabio.bsky.social
UVA Biology is recruiting multiple tenure-track Assistant Professors in neuroscience as part of a $75M Brain & Neuroscience Initiative. 🧠
Apply by Oct 15, 2025. Start Aug 2026.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172892
#Neuroscience #FacultyJobs #NeuroJobs #Biology #UVA
UVA Biology is recruiting multiple tenure-track Assistant Professors in neuroscience as part of a $75M Brain & Neuroscience Initiative. 🧠
Apply by Oct 15, 2025. Start Aug 2026.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172892
#Neuroscience #FacultyJobs #NeuroJobs #Biology #UVA
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We are proud of Omprakash Singh's new study just out in Cell Reports. Supported by Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui et al, Om's work identifies GHSR expressing SCN neurons as regulating food intake + feed efficiency at a single time of day, accounting for at least 7% of a mouse's BW
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
September 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We are proud of Omprakash Singh's new study just out in Cell Reports. Supported by Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui et al, Om's work identifies GHSR expressing SCN neurons as regulating food intake + feed efficiency at a single time of day, accounting for at least 7% of a mouse's BW
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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What's next for the #BetleyLab? We're diving deep into #EXERCISE! 🏃♀️💪
Our emerging studies show exercise doesn't just change your body – it literally rewires brain circuits and impacts #dopamine response. It’s a whole new world of #body-brain interaction. Stay tuned !
Our emerging studies show exercise doesn't just change your body – it literally rewires brain circuits and impacts #dopamine response. It’s a whole new world of #body-brain interaction. Stay tuned !
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What's next for the #BetleyLab? We're diving deep into #EXERCISE! 🏃♀️💪
Our emerging studies show exercise doesn't just change your body – it literally rewires brain circuits and impacts #dopamine response. It’s a whole new world of #body-brain interaction. Stay tuned !
Our emerging studies show exercise doesn't just change your body – it literally rewires brain circuits and impacts #dopamine response. It’s a whole new world of #body-brain interaction. Stay tuned !
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🚀 What’s it like to launch a new lab? Hans-Georg Sprenger shares challenges, early wins & the joy of mentoring in molecular metabolism research. @mpiage.bsky.social
Read the interview: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ScienceCareers #Mentoring #ResearchLife
Read the interview: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ScienceCareers #Mentoring #ResearchLife
August 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚀 What’s it like to launch a new lab? Hans-Georg Sprenger shares challenges, early wins & the joy of mentoring in molecular metabolism research. @mpiage.bsky.social
Read the interview: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ScienceCareers #Mentoring #ResearchLife
Read the interview: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ScienceCareers #Mentoring #ResearchLife
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The brain is the master regulator of food intake and energy balance. A brilliant new @cellpress.bsky.social review, including the mechanism of GLP-1 drugs, by @clemmensenc.bsky.social and colleagues, open-access
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
August 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The brain is the master regulator of food intake and energy balance. A brilliant new @cellpress.bsky.social review, including the mechanism of GLP-1 drugs, by @clemmensenc.bsky.social and colleagues, open-access
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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‼️ We're looking for a postdoc to join our team starting January 1st, 2026! ‼️
Are you curious about how exercise promotes positive changes at the molecular level in obesity and diabetes? If so, consider applying or reach out with any questions.
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Are you curious about how exercise promotes positive changes at the molecular level in obesity and diabetes? If so, consider applying or reach out with any questions.
ddz.de/job/postdoct...
ddz.de/en/research/...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Ph.D./Dr. rer. nat., m/f/div., E13 TV-L, 100%) - Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ)
Institut für Klinische Biochemie und Pathobiochemie (Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hadi Al-Hasani), Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe Crosstalk (Leiterin: Melanie Mittenbühler, Dr.) (25019)
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July 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
‼️ We're looking for a postdoc to join our team starting January 1st, 2026! ‼️
Are you curious about how exercise promotes positive changes at the molecular level in obesity and diabetes? If so, consider applying or reach out with any questions.
ddz.de/job/postdoct...
ddz.de/en/research/...
Are you curious about how exercise promotes positive changes at the molecular level in obesity and diabetes? If so, consider applying or reach out with any questions.
ddz.de/job/postdoct...
ddz.de/en/research/...
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And you thought #metformin lowered glucose via the liver? Here loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies suggest that VMH Rap1 is indispensable for the antidiabetic effects of metformin in mice #diabetes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Low-dose metformin requires brain Rap1 for its antidiabetic action
Metformin lowers blood glucose by inhibiting Rap1 in ventromedial hypothalamic neurons that regulate glucose balance.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And you thought #metformin lowered glucose via the liver? Here loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies suggest that VMH Rap1 is indispensable for the antidiabetic effects of metformin in mice #diabetes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Guess who’s the focus of this month’s Diabetes Spotlight? Find out more about our co-host, metabolism expert, and lifelong running enthusiast, Dr. Sandoval.
July 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Finally… BBQ, and excellent and very creative journal club on our rooftop! Enjoying Cologne summer with the amazing team!
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Finally… BBQ, and excellent and very creative journal club on our rooftop! Enjoying Cologne summer with the amazing team!
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Not feeling hungry after cooking? Janice Bulk chatted about the latest study by the Steculorum Lab in an interview with German radio. 👃 🍲 📻
Great job, Janice!
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Great job, Janice!
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Geruch von Essen kann Sättigung auslösen – neue Erkenntnisse
Essverhalten: Schon der Geruch von Essen kann das Sättigungsgefühl auslösen – zeigen Forschende am Max-Planck-Institut. Bei Übergewicht scheint dieser Mechanismus gestört zu sein.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Not feeling hungry after cooking? Janice Bulk chatted about the latest study by the Steculorum Lab in an interview with German radio. 👃 🍲 📻
Great job, Janice!
www.swr.de/leben/gesund...
Great job, Janice!
www.swr.de/leben/gesund...
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Stephanie A. Fernandes selected for Minerva Fast Track Programme! 🎉 Congrats on this amazing achievement!
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social
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@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social
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Stephanie A. Fernandes selected for the Minerva Fast Track Programme
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July 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Stephanie A. Fernandes selected for Minerva Fast Track Programme! 🎉 Congrats on this amazing achievement!
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social
www.age.mpg.de/428071/25071...
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social
www.age.mpg.de/428071/25071...
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Excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist @juliabelluz.bsky.social! Cutting through the confusion about diet & health, #FoodIntelligence describes the fascinating science of how food both nourishes & harms us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334...
Food Intelligence by Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall, PhD: 9780593332306 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The essential guide for understanding what you’re eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it. Nutrition isn’t rocket science; it’s harder. There are new diet fads, bold...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist @juliabelluz.bsky.social! Cutting through the confusion about diet & health, #FoodIntelligence describes the fascinating science of how food both nourishes & harms us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334...
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Molecular mechanisms and brain regions that promote hyperphagia in the clinical expression of fructose-mediated #obesity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fructose-induced synaptic and neuronal adaptations at Neuropeptide Y/agouti-related peptide neurons
Fructose is a naturally-occurring sugar, consumed in excess as sweeteners, and is linked to the development of obesity. Fructose is consumed with gluc…
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July 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Molecular mechanisms and brain regions that promote hyperphagia in the clinical expression of fructose-mediated #obesity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The gut hormone mimetic era in medicine is just getting started
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Shaping the future of cardiometabolic innovation: advances and opportunities - Nature Metabolism
Obesity is a global public health concern closely linked to cardiometabolic complications. This Comment provides our views on recent breakthroughs, emerging innovations and future needs of therapeutic...
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July 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The gut hormone mimetic era in medicine is just getting started
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...
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Obesity is a global public health concern closely linked to cardiometabolic complications. This Comment provides views on recent breakthroughs, emerging innovations and future needs of therapeutic interventions to counteract obesity and its associated health risks. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Shaping the future of cardiometabolic innovation: advances and opportunities - Nature Metabolism
Obesity is a global public health concern closely linked to cardiometabolic complications. This Comment provides our views on recent breakthroughs, emerging innovations and future needs of therapeutic...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Obesity is a global public health concern closely linked to cardiometabolic complications. This Comment provides views on recent breakthroughs, emerging innovations and future needs of therapeutic interventions to counteract obesity and its associated health risks. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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We have a new research group at MPI for Metabolism Research!👩🔬
A warm welcome to @svaltcheva.bsky.social !👋
For a first impression find her introduction below⬇️
and further informations under sf.mpg.de/2112068/Silvan
A warm welcome to @svaltcheva.bsky.social !👋
For a first impression find her introduction below⬇️
and further informations under sf.mpg.de/2112068/Silvan
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We have a new research group at MPI for Metabolism Research!👩🔬
A warm welcome to @svaltcheva.bsky.social !👋
For a first impression find her introduction below⬇️
and further informations under sf.mpg.de/2112068/Silvan
A warm welcome to @svaltcheva.bsky.social !👋
For a first impression find her introduction below⬇️
and further informations under sf.mpg.de/2112068/Silvan
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📅 Next week, we are excited to welcome Dr. @yoavlivneh.bsky.social from Weizmann Institute of Science. He will share his research on the #insular #cortex.
🥳 As always, everyone is welcome to join us at our Institute, and registration is not necessary! All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/40140...
🥳 As always, everyone is welcome to join us at our Institute, and registration is not necessary! All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/40140...
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📅 Next week, we are excited to welcome Dr. @yoavlivneh.bsky.social from Weizmann Institute of Science. He will share his research on the #insular #cortex.
🥳 As always, everyone is welcome to join us at our Institute, and registration is not necessary! All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/40140...
🥳 As always, everyone is welcome to join us at our Institute, and registration is not necessary! All info here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/40140...
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Writing this was like any other act of love - awkward at the start, frustrating at times, but something to be proud of. Very grateful to Dr Kristi Griffiths for agreeing to take on this challenge with me for @natrevneuro.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Recent years have seen a growth in our understanding of the biological drivers of eating disorders and their interactions with environmental and psychosocial factors....
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June 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Writing this was like any other act of love - awkward at the start, frustrating at times, but something to be proud of. Very grateful to Dr Kristi Griffiths for agreeing to take on this challenge with me for @natrevneuro.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...