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Want more bat content? Check out this recent NPR feature with Hanna Gray Fellow Jasmin Camacho, who studies wild bats using cutting-edge metabolomics to identify and map the mechanisms that protect against the damaging effects of sugar consumption: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?
Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and whether humans can learn from their sugar response.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Want more bat content? Check out this recent NPR feature with Hanna Gray Fellow Jasmin Camacho, who studies wild bats using cutting-edge metabolomics to identify and map the mechanisms that protect against the damaging effects of sugar consumption: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
🧠Uncovering the neural pathways, genes, and molecules that underlie these behaviors could help develop treatments for conditions like autism and depression in which these behaviors are weakened.
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🧠Uncovering the neural pathways, genes, and molecules that underlie these behaviors could help develop treatments for conditions like autism and depression in which these behaviors are weakened.
🧠Uncovering the neural pathways, genes, and molecules that underlie these behaviors could help develop treatments for conditions like autism and depression in which these behaviors are weakened.
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🧠Uncovering the neural pathways, genes, and molecules that underlie these behaviors could help develop treatments for conditions like autism and depression in which these behaviors are weakened.
🥇 @virusesimmunity.bsky.social's work focuses on antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis, with the goal of developing and improving vaccines and therapies.
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🥇 @virusesimmunity.bsky.social's work focuses on antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis, with the goal of developing and improving vaccines and therapies.
🥇 @brangwynnelab.bsky.social studies phase separation in cells and its role in intracellular signaling, which could potentially help researchers better understand diseases like Alzheimer’s.
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🥇 @brangwynnelab.bsky.social studies phase separation in cells and its role in intracellular signaling, which could potentially help researchers better understand diseases like Alzheimer’s.
🥇 HHMI Investigator Kim Orth, who studies bacterial strategies for infection and survival, received the ASM Award for Basic Research. She was also recently honored by the @asbmb.bsky.social with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Science Award! 🎉 www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🥇 HHMI Investigator Kim Orth, who studies bacterial strategies for infection and survival, received the ASM Award for Basic Research. She was also recently honored by the @asbmb.bsky.social with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Science Award! 🎉 www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
🥇In recognition of her distinguished career, including her pioneering work on CRISPR gene editing, Nobel Prize winner and HHMI Investigator @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social received the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award.
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🥇In recognition of her distinguished career, including her pioneering work on CRISPR gene editing, Nobel Prize winner and HHMI Investigator @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social received the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award.
🥇 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @maribyndloss.bsky.social received the ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. She studies the link between beneficial host-microbiota metabolic interactions and human disease.
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🥇 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @maribyndloss.bsky.social received the ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. She studies the link between beneficial host-microbiota metabolic interactions and human disease.