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Mark Meyer
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Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences UW-Madison studying the genomics of inflammatory disease and vitamin D metabolism.

All views and opinions are my own and not reflective of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. @UWmadison
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Research from Professor Ci Ji Lim's (@cijilim.bsky.social) lab, published today in @science.org, could provide patients and doctors with new protein mutations to test for certain cancers and bone marrow diseases. Read more: biochem.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/r...
Researchers Link Mutations in RPA Protein to Cancer, Other Diseases
Researchers in the Lim Lab reveal that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining stability in our chromosomes may be responsible for serious diseases.
biochem.wisc.edu
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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New findings from @cijilim.bsky.social in @uwbiochem.bsky.social identify a protein essential to maintaining the end-caps on chromosomes — helping doctors around the world connect a genetic mutation to their patients' illnesses. biochem.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/r...
Researchers Link Mutations in RPA Protein to Cancer, Other Diseases
Researchers in the Lim Lab reveal that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining stability in our chromosomes may be responsible for serious diseases.
biochem.wisc.edu
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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TODAY: Join @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social and DSI for back-to-back, AI-related seminars in Chem 1435. At 2:30, Frank Noé will present the Hirschfelder seminar. At 4, Cecilia Clementi will present an AI for Science seminar. Refreshments will be served between the talks. dsi.wisc.edu/events/
October 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Metabolism and Nutrition Training Program (MANTP) postdoctoral trainee Lauren Lucas was awarded an F32 fellowship from the National Health Institute for her project, “Impact of environmental factors on bacterial bile acid transforming activity.” Congratulations, Lauren!
September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Join us for Biochemistry Colloquium on Sept. 22 with Stephen Bell. The Bell Lab studies the assembly of multi-enzyme replisomes that replicate animal chromosomes and how events are regulated during the cell cycle to ensure genome maintenance. More info: today.wisc.edu/events/view/...
Biochemistry Colloquium: Stephen Bell | UW–Madison Events Calendar
today.wisc.edu
September 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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G&D's Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Dillin will be at the 2025 Frontiers in Metabolism – Mechanisms of Metabolic Disease meeting at the Morgridge Institute for Research @<a href="https://uwmadison.bsky.social." class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">uwmadison.bsky.social. If you’d like to chat about publishing your work with us, feel free to reach out to dillin<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:berkeley.edu" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@berkeley.edu
September 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Join us this Thursday, September 11th, from 11:00-12:00pm for Courtney Karner's seminar titled "Glutamine Metabolism and the Control of Bone Mass" #seminarseries
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We are excited to welcome Dr. Courtney Karner (UT-Southwestern) to the @uwmadisonnutrisci.bsky.social seminar series as our first speaker of the semester. Dr. Karner is a leader in the skeletal field and in glutamine #metabolism.

@uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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#ASBMBMemberMonday | Please join us in congratulating ASBMB member Alan Attie, who was named the Henry and Annrita Lardy Professor of Biochemistry by @warfnews.bsky.social! This award recognizes faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Very sad to learn of the death of Dave Mangelsdorf. He was an amazing scientist with whom I had the privilege of serving on the Morgridge Institute Science Advisory Board. A very smart and thoughtful man gone far too soon. www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
In Memoriam: David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., pioneer in orphan nuclear receptor research and Chair of Pharmacology
www.utsouthwestern.edu
August 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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New preprint: we developed a method that uses phosphoproteome-derived peptide libraries (PhosPropels) for deep specificity profiling of phosphatases and phospholyases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It is egregious that RFK Jr requested @annalsofim.bsky.social retraction of this paper because he didn't like the data www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
August 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Don't forget to register before June 15th to take advantage of our early bird registration pricing. Register today! #FrontiersinMetabolism @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social
Registration for our 2025 Frontiers in Metabolism meeting is open. Space is limited and we'd love to welcome many of you to Madison in September. Register today! #FrontiersinMetabolism @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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We @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social, in partnership with
@bmolchem.bsky.social , are looking for a great new metabolism researcher to join our @morgridgemeta.bsky.social team. Please see ad below and send along to your colleagues!
morgridge.org/job-posting/...
Assistant Professor in Metabolism Research - Morgridge Institute for Research
The Morgridge Institute for Research, in partnership with the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, seeks a joint tenure track assistant professor to lead a vibr...
morgridge.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Picking up brats for the lab! Bring your brat to work day. #bratfest @uwmadisonnutrisci.bsky.social #madison
May 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Spring finally springing in Madison. Redbuds coming back to life, ivy starting to green @uwmadisonnutrisci.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Five of our faculty discuss what inspires their research, their drive to innovate, and their entrepreneurial pursuits on and off the @uwmadison.bsky.social campus: biochem.wisc.edu/2025/04/14/f...
Five Biochemistry Faculty Turning Quest for Knowledge into Entrepreneurship
Biochemistry researchers are pushing the boundaries of scientific exploration in pursuit of knowledge and to better the world.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Undergraduate Poster session in UW CALS. Shivam from my group doing an excellent job explaining his project in #VitaminD 's effects during atherosclerosis @uwmadisonnutrisci.bsky.social @uwmadscience.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Congratulations to N&M grad student Kevin Shih of the Bolling lab, who received the Institute of Food Technologists Wisconsin scholarship for his academic achievements and commitment to bridge nutrient metabolism to food science application!
April 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Yesterday we held the UW-Madison Indigenous Research Forum. I’m proud my postdoc Yowelunh McLester-Davis for organizing the conference, and to former Simcox lab undergrad Mariaya Jackson for winning second place award for a flash talk. My heart is full and ready to rise another day.
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The #VitaminD Workshop 2025 is in beautiful Montreal @mcgill.ca June 25-27.

Details vitamindworkshop.org/montreal-2025

Program vdw.swoogo.com/vdw2025/Agen...

Registration vdw.swoogo.com/VDW2025

Organized by: John White (McGill), Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi (Washington U), Carmen Reynolds (Mayo)
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Congratulations to Professor Katherine Henzler-Wildman, who was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! biochem.wisc.edu/2025/03/27/k...
Katherine Henzler-Wildman Elected 2024 AAAS Fellow
Henzler-Wildman is known for her exploration of the dynamics, mechanisms, and functions of transport proteins that control movement of molecules across cell membranes.
biochem.wisc.edu
April 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM