Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Michigan @UMPhysiology @umichCVC @umich SeeDisclaimer.com
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The @UM_MNI has opened a tenure track faculty search for neuroscientists. The MNI is a cross campus institute and candidates will join a department on campus including @UMPhysiology. We hope to recruit a great new neuroscience colleague in MIP! apply.interfolio.com/192977
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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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Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student alum Jer-En Hsu and the Jun Hee Lee lab for his first author paper in @JCI_Insight applying SeqScope spatial transcriptomics and histology to link histopathology and gene transcription at single fiber/single cell resolution
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Great to have all of our volunteers, mentors, and family members here to see the presentations of our summer scholars in our high school Biomed Focus Program. Thanks to our individual donors, @UMPhysiology, @UMRogelCancer and Cancer Bio, Caswell Diabetes Institute for support
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Pleased to have the opportunity to talk about heart disease in muscular dystrophy with the @MDAorg patient community, and provide some research updates. Heart disease in muscular dystrophy is important to patient health and still without many effective treatments
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Congrats to @UMPhysioogy graduate student (now alumni) Dr. Stephanie Steltzer and the Killan/Abraham lab for her first author paper in @Dev_Journal that shows hypoxia signaling through HIF is required for maintaining the integrity of the contact between tendon and bone.
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Congrats to @UMPhysiology and #MSTP student Elizabeth Delgado for her first author paper in @ajpgi with the Samuelson lab demonstrating that Wnt signaling is required for the survival of stem cells that maintain the lining of the stomach.
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Great to celebrate the end of summer with our FCVC SURF program symposium. Twenty-seven outstanding 10 min talks over two days by our fellows. Grateful for the support from @umichcvc and @AHA_Research for the program. Looking forward to see these fellows' careers grow.
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Brief but important meeting with @SenatorSlotkin to discuss funding for biomedical research and the importance of peer review in grant funding. Thank you for your support of federal funding for biomedical research! #APSHillDay
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Great to meet with @RepDebDingell to discuss research funding and proposed changes to federal grantmaking. Thank you for your strong support of research funding from @NIH @NSF and @DeptVetAffairs and supporting its positive impact on human health
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Excited to be on Capitol Hill with @APSPhysiology to speak with representatives and senators about the importance of federal research funding for discovering the next biomedical breakthroughs #APSHillDay
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The U-M PRIME postbac program is accepting applications. This is a great way for recent graduates to prepare and get more research experience for entering graduate school. Applications are due by Aug 14 for start in Sept 2026.
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Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student @ChestaJain5 and the @YatrikShahLab for her paper in @Cell_Metabolism demonstrating that colorectal cancer cells, which use lots of iron, can survive normally toxic iron levels through altered metabolism. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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1. Biology is awesome and often surprising
2. Investments in basic science research are still uncovering new discoveries
3. We don't yet know how magnetic iron in immune cells will be used to help human health, but I am confident someone will find a way science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Allie Duensing for defending her dissertation today. Allie worked in Martin Myers' lab studying how specific populations of leptin receptor/GLP1-receptor neurons regulate energy balance and autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system
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Last year, U-M federal grants supported more than 16,000 jobs and generated nearly $396 million in research-related spending nationwide, including more than $164 million received by Michigan-based businesses. myumi.ch/zNVzG
ALT A member of the U-M Life Sciences institute working on research.
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Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Lisa Leung from the Lawrence and Sisson labs for receiving a F31 Fellowship from @NIH @NHLBI. Lisa's research is focused on understanding how plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) drives pulmonary fibrosis
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Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Kathryn Buscher from the @yatrikshahlab for receiving a F31 Fellowship from @NIH @NIDDK. Kathryn's research is trying understand how metabolism regulates fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction steatotic liver disease
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