Associate Professor @UWBiochem studying lipid signaling and regulation | HHMI FHS | opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer

Madison, WI
Thrilled to have our story on the regulation of lysosomal lipids out in @Cell_Metabolism! The work was led by two outstanding grad students @_JessDavidson and Raghav Jain probing mechanistic control of energy expenditure @HHMINEWS @UWBiochem
New! Online now: Hepatic lipid remodeling in cold exposure uncovers direct regulation of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate lipids by phospholipase A2 group XV dlvr.it/TKmVgH
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Our latest study is out in Nature Protocols 🥳 We present tissue expansion mass spectrometry imaging (TEMI) for high-resolution multiomics mapping of lipids, metabolites, N-glycans, peptides, and proteins 👏 Congrats to all co-authors! 🎉 nature.com/articles/s41596-0…
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I was so lucky to be trained by the late Bob Cooksey as a grad student the McClain lab. Bob was the senior scientist who taught me to respect the HPLC, mentored me through troubleshooting, and led by example. Such an impressive legacy of more than 200 scientific publications.
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Our MGH Dept of Molecular Biology is hiring. It’s an exceptional *basic* science dept with a longstanding track record for curiosity driven science, great colleagues / infrastructure and generous support. Assistant Professor nature.com/naturecareers/job…
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Our preprint is now published: In collab. w/ Ruma Banerjee we show how the B12 chaperone MMADHC spends its life in two cellular 'zip codes' dictated by the mitochondrial PMF (similar to PINK1). Co-led by @Sneha_Rath_, Zhu Li. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2537797…
Excited to share new work in collaboration w/ Ruma Banerjee’s group. Following mitochondrial depolarization, the vitamin B12 chaperone MMADHC is stabilized and boosts B12-dependent MTR activity in the cytosol. Regulation is reminiscent of PINK1, ATFS1. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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🧵 the Krah Lab opens this month and our first preprint is live on bioRxiv! This was a highly collaborative project with the Chaix Lab, @Dorrance_Lab and @RutterLab asking: does the modality of weight loss change how blood and inflammatory cells are made? biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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🚨New preprint led by the fearless @AyushDMidha. We find evidence for mammalian branched chain amino acid (BCAA) fermentation in hypoxia and beyond. Preprint: lnkd.in/gAw75DeQ Also check out our tissue hypoxia metabolomics dataset: lnkd.in/gZt5ksE4!!
New preprint! biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… We uncovered surprising roles for a little-known metabolic pathway, branched-chain amino acid fermentation, with implications for hypoxia, mitochondrial dysfunction, alcohol toxicity, and fertility.
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Excited to share our paper on identification of secreted proteins during aging! Using proximity labeling and mass spectrometry, we identify secreted proteins that change during aging in C. elegans! Congrats to Jason Miklas and all collaborators! @JayJWM50 cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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My department is hiring, join us! Madison is a great place to start a lab. Feel free to ask any questions.
We're hiring! The Biochemistry Dept is looking for a professor at any level to join our creative community. Candidates in all biochemistry areas will be considered. Apply by Oct. 15: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant…
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Our department @UMPhysiology at @umichmedicine is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor open to all areas of biomedical research. Come join a supportive department focused on ground-breaking research and training the next generation of scientists! apply.interfolio.com/192361
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Check out the latest pre-print from our lab, the work of star graduate student @mmsonsalla! If you (a mouse who is extremely online) reduces dietary protein and increase dietary carbohydrates, does it matter what type of carbohydrates you are eating? Find out from our paper:
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Excited to share our new study, spearheaded by talented former graduate student Kübra B. Akkaya-Colak! Stearoyl-CoA desaturases regulate intestinal stem and progenitor cell metabolism and function in response to nutrient abundance: Cell Reports cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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Canonical cold sensing begins at the skin with TRP channels. A new paper suggests it can also begin in the lung, through TREK-1; an entirely different organ and channel family. My student Andrew Tu wrote a nice piece in Developmental Cell: cell.com/developmental-cell/…
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Link to the commentary written by Andrew cell.com/developmental-cell/…
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We're hiring! The Biochemistry Dept is looking for a professor at any level to join our creative community. Candidates in all biochemistry areas will be considered. Apply by Oct. 15: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assistant…
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The exciting part is the possibility of a non-adrenergic route to stimulate adaptive thermogenesis for metabolic benefit, bypassing the cardiovascular side effects. And breathing cold air is a much easier ask than a cold plunge. Congratulations Andrew on a sharp first commentary!
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