Alex DiFeliceantonio
@difeliceantonio.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. at Virginia Tech. My lab studies brain/metabolism interactions in food reward. Scifi reader. Plant killer. She/her
DONNUT: https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/labs/difeliceantonio.html
DONNUT: https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/labs/difeliceantonio.html
I made it to the land of fat squirrels!
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I made it to the land of fat squirrels!
You can register to view them online with The Obesity Society but there’s a registration fee.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You can register to view them online with The Obesity Society but there’s a registration fee.
2:15 not 2:30! But come for the whole session!
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
2:15 not 2:30! But come for the whole session!
Lily will also be at the Neuroscience Section Data Blitz on Wednesday night! Where all the cool kids will be, obviously.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Lily will also be at the Neuroscience Section Data Blitz on Wednesday night! Where all the cool kids will be, obviously.
On Thursday don’t miss the Blackburn Symposium at 10am. @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, Aviva Musicis, and I will be presenting on ultra-processed foods!
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On Thursday don’t miss the Blackburn Symposium at 10am. @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, Aviva Musicis, and I will be presenting on ultra-processed foods!
Tonight Lillian Brouwer will be at the poster session with her work examining hypothalamic gliosis and its relationship to diet and peripheral inflammation. I’ll be there too with @davybrenda.bsky.social with our study that was recently accepted at Obesity!
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Tonight Lillian Brouwer will be at the poster session with her work examining hypothalamic gliosis and its relationship to diet and peripheral inflammation. I’ll be there too with @davybrenda.bsky.social with our study that was recently accepted at Obesity!
I'm both Italian American and from the American South, I call people my aunt who aren't even technically related to me. lol. I'm pretty sure we call almost everyone on my Italian side by the "incorrect" name.
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm both Italian American and from the American South, I call people my aunt who aren't even technically related to me. lol. I'm pretty sure we call almost everyone on my Italian side by the "incorrect" name.
Teaching, research, service, jamina
October 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Teaching, research, service, jamina
I think this was the real reason but maybe I smell worse than I thought…
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I think this was the real reason but maybe I smell worse than I thought…
People saying they couldn’t meet because they were going to study section.
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
People saying they couldn’t meet because they were going to study section.
That’s what I thought and then I heard some conflicting information and got confused.
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
That’s what I thought and then I heard some conflicting information and got confused.
The study section for mine was last week. I assume it didn’t happen?
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The study section for mine was last week. I assume it didn’t happen?
The estimate for my town (in SW Vriginia) was also about 2K, which is at least 10% of the population. And it was competing with a very popular outdoor festival happening across town at the same time.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The estimate for my town (in SW Vriginia) was also about 2K, which is at least 10% of the population. And it was competing with a very popular outdoor festival happening across town at the same time.
::insert America Ferrera’s Barbie monologue here::
While I run screaming into the woods.
While I run screaming into the woods.
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
::insert America Ferrera’s Barbie monologue here::
While I run screaming into the woods.
While I run screaming into the woods.
And SMILE MORE. No not like that.
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
And SMILE MORE. No not like that.
I just can’t get over the (this isn’t meant as an insult) a bunch of really insulting things sequence.
Straight trash.
Straight trash.
October 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I just can’t get over the (this isn’t meant as an insult) a bunch of really insulting things sequence.
Straight trash.
Straight trash.
I should have said that’s for the US! I should also look up how that differs in other countries.
October 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I should have said that’s for the US! I should also look up how that differs in other countries.
Also a good reminder that the supplement industry is completely unregulated and the wellness industry is about 4 times the size in $ as the pharmaceutical industry.
Aaaaaand the major health survey tracking environmental and dietary exposures just took a big blow www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
Aaaaaand the major health survey tracking environmental and dietary exposures just took a big blow www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also a good reminder that the supplement industry is completely unregulated and the wellness industry is about 4 times the size in $ as the pharmaceutical industry.
Aaaaaand the major health survey tracking environmental and dietary exposures just took a big blow www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
Aaaaaand the major health survey tracking environmental and dietary exposures just took a big blow www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...