🎉Thrilled to share that our second paper of the summer has just been published in PLOS ONE! 😃 Six Providence College students are co-authors on this study, where we investigated the role of the mTORC1 pathway in the development of microglia in a mouse model of NPC
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•Flattening of #circadian glucocorticoid oscillations causes rapid #hyperinsulinemia
•Hyperinsulinemia drives adipocyte hypertrophy and a lean-to-fat mass shift
•Hyperinsulinemia occurs without hyperglycemia
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This is a coaching video but also true of teaching STEM. Block training doesn't work if the goal is to teach them how to apply science and math. x.com/peabodyhitde...

Mass firing a generation of new scientists is lazy, stupid, & counterproductive. I've been a fed. researcher. Sure, there's 'waste' in these systems. Some programs should be sunsetted. But figuring out what should go takes smart and energetic management. Not this.

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Researchers made “RNA lanterns” by tagging mouse RNA with the enzyme that makes fireflies glow.

Dr. Andrej Lupták and Dr. Jennifer Prescher join us to explore how this technology could help us understand how viruses and memories work.

Our study looking at global trends in urban rat numbers is out now in @science.org Advances. This project started b/c we were frustrated that there were lots of media reports about rat increases, but not backed by solid data. Here, we tried to provide that data: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Great news! The American Academy of Neurology has just endorsed the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's position statement that middle and high schools should start no earlier than 8:30 am!
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Re-scoping ultradian #rhythms in the context of #metabolism

Model of the impact of #energy balance on the expression of ultradian rhythms.
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