Mikky
@mikkyatser.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Johnson lab at UBC working on a better understanding of cardiometabolism using multiomics techniques.
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Mikky
@mikkyatser.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 controls triacylglycerol hydrolysis in cardiomyocytes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) 1 is one of four isozymes that inhibit the oxidative
decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA via pyruvate dehydrogenase. PDK activity
is elevated in fasting or st...
www.jbc.org
We are excited to share our recently published study, Identifying a non-canonical role for pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 in cardiomyocyte metabolism. Many thanks to @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social , all contributors and the reviewers. www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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"I am..leaving the United States to the University of Toronto.. I would not to this if I saw all of our universities banding together. But it's not only universities..It's the law firms, it's all of our American institutions..We face a fascism regime"
-Jason Stanley,the author of "How Fascism Works"
-Jason Stanley,the author of "How Fascism Works"
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"I am..leaving the United States to the University of Toronto.. I would not to this if I saw all of our universities banding together. But it's not only universities..It's the law firms, it's all of our American institutions..We face a fascism regime"
-Jason Stanley,the author of "How Fascism Works"
-Jason Stanley,the author of "How Fascism Works"
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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We love this country with every fibre of our being.
I know that during this crisis, Canadians will remain united. We will keep Canada Strong.
I know that during this crisis, Canadians will remain united. We will keep Canada Strong.
March 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We love this country with every fibre of our being.
I know that during this crisis, Canadians will remain united. We will keep Canada Strong.
I know that during this crisis, Canadians will remain united. We will keep Canada Strong.
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Please join us in congratulating Lawrence Tabak, who was named winner of the 2025 ASBMB Howard K. Schachman Public Service Award!
➡️This award recognizes an individual who best demonstrates dedication to public service in support of biomedical science: bit.ly/4c9yb1Z.
#ASBMB25 #Glycobiology
➡️This award recognizes an individual who best demonstrates dedication to public service in support of biomedical science: bit.ly/4c9yb1Z.
#ASBMB25 #Glycobiology
ASBMB honors Lawrence Tabak with public service award
He will deliver prerecorded remarks at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting in Chicago.
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please join us in congratulating Lawrence Tabak, who was named winner of the 2025 ASBMB Howard K. Schachman Public Service Award!
➡️This award recognizes an individual who best demonstrates dedication to public service in support of biomedical science: bit.ly/4c9yb1Z.
#ASBMB25 #Glycobiology
➡️This award recognizes an individual who best demonstrates dedication to public service in support of biomedical science: bit.ly/4c9yb1Z.
#ASBMB25 #Glycobiology
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
Make no mistake. A society run by greed is inherently primed for human cruelty.
apple.news/AHi58epDIT1O...
apple.news/AHi58epDIT1O...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped — Guardian US
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
apple.news
March 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Make no mistake. A society run by greed is inherently primed for human cruelty.
apple.news/AHi58epDIT1O...
apple.news/AHi58epDIT1O...
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🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
We are excited to share our recently published study, Identifying a non-canonical role for pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 in cardiomyocyte metabolism. Many thanks to @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social , all contributors and the reviewers. www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 controls triacylglycerol hydrolysis in cardiomyocytes
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) 1 is one of four isozymes that inhibit the oxidative
decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA via pyruvate dehydrogenase. PDK activity
is elevated in fasting or st...
www.jbc.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are excited to share our recently published study, Identifying a non-canonical role for pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 in cardiomyocyte metabolism. Many thanks to @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social , all contributors and the reviewers. www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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Jimmy Butler is saving the dynasty.
February 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jimmy Butler is saving the dynasty.
What???? 😳😳😳
The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick in a blockbuster deal, sources told Shams Charania on Saturday night.
More:
More:
Sources: Luka to Lakers, AD to Mavs in stunner
The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.
spr.ly
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
What???? 😳😳😳
Mahomes is just too good! You can trust he’ll not beat himself
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Mahomes is just too good! You can trust he’ll not beat himself
What do they have against the 1 pt? 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
January 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What do they have against the 1 pt? 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Ooff… I don’t know why that’s not an incompletion. Tough breaks for the bills
January 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ooff… I don’t know why that’s not an incompletion. Tough breaks for the bills
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I think we should be cautious about embracing the "NIH needs reform" nonsense. The sort of reform you are all thinking about bears little resemblance to what the right wingers have in mind. Don't be naive.
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I think we should be cautious about embracing the "NIH needs reform" nonsense. The sort of reform you are all thinking about bears little resemblance to what the right wingers have in mind. Don't be naive.
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Proud of my part in helping this happen as a Bluesky Elder.
🧪 🐡 #scicomm
🧪 🐡 #scicomm
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Proud of my part in helping this happen as a Bluesky Elder.
🧪 🐡 #scicomm
🧪 🐡 #scicomm
I’m not even a ravens fan and those drops hurt my soul
January 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m not even a ravens fan and those drops hurt my soul