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Linda Rinaman @neurorinaman.bsky.social · 10d

Florida State University (Dept of Psychology) is hiring! We are recruiting a Tenure-stream Asst Prof in Systems Neuroscience, broadly defined. Email me for the job ad — [email protected].

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Aaron Mercer @a-mercer.bsky.social · 14d

That title is a mouthful 😆 Congrats to Darleen, @seeleyrj.bsky.social, @henningfenselau.bsky.social and team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Weight Loss Reverses Obesity-Associated Impairments in Acute Gastrointestinal Stretch-Induced Suppression of Food Intake and Glucose Homeostasis

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s exciting to finally see that my book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social is an actual physical object!

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Lyssiotis Lab @lyssiotislab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our department is recruiting a new tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor. Come join the #1 physiology department in the country and some awesome colleagues doing high impact science and training the next generation of scientists

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674815/a...

Assistant/Associate Professor - Tenure Track - Physiology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor job with University of Michigan Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 674815

Tenure track assistant/associate professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

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Aaron Mercer @a-mercer.bsky.social · Aug 28

Calling all collaborators! My colleagues in Biberach are interested in further understanding the mechanisms of GPR149 in both psychiatric- and obesity-related behaviors. Check out the funding opportunity here: www.opnme.com/opn2experts/...

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Katsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · Aug 27

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064

The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

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Carrie Ferrario @cferrario.bsky.social · Aug 20

@ssibsociety.bsky.social check out this position at UM!

Paul f Kramer @paulkramer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our department is hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist or physiologist at the Assistant Professor level! Details found here: lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

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Lisa Beutler @lbeutler.bsky.social · Aug 16

Amid lots of uncertainty, anger, and exhaustion I am excited to share this work from my incredibly talented MSTP and @nuincomm.bsky.social student Haley Province. In it we explore the fascinating and powerful anti-aversive properties of GIPR agonists

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 16

GIP receptor agonism suppresses inflammation-induced aversion and food intake via distinct circuits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669936v1

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Randy J Seeley @seeleyrj.bsky.social · Aug 15

You ain’t alone in this activity!😵‍💫

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NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research @cbmr.science · Aug 1

Kickstart your research career in Copenhagen with a PhD or Postdoctoral fellowship at CBMR!

Four PhD and four Postdoc positions are currently available:

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#phdposition #postdocposition

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Randy J Seeley @seeleyrj.bsky.social · Aug 2

💯. It is an essential part of your job as a scientist to validate your reagents.

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Randy J Seeley @seeleyrj.bsky.social · Aug 2

Everyone. Please stop doing this. Validate your reagents. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · Aug 2

The authors detect GLP-1R using an antibody from Uping Bio, that also detects GLP-1R in HepG2 cells and HeLa cells, cell lines that do not express the GLP-1R. More than 3 decades after cloning of the GLP-1R, many of the papers reporting GLP-1R expression remain compromised by non-validated reagents

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Elizabeth Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on “Faculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!

Careers | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

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Randy J Seeley @seeleyrj.bsky.social · Jul 30

a picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on it

ALT: a picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on it

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Zachary Knight @zknight.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you are a student and postdoc interested in body-brain communication - check out Chris's lab!

Chris Zimmerman @czimmerman.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️

My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?

University of Utah Health Campus in winter. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · Jul 16

Excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist @juliabelluz.bsky.social‬! Cutting through the confusion about diet & health, #FoodIntelligence describes the fascinating science of how food both nourishes & harms us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334...

Food Intelligence by Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall, PhD: 9780593332306 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The essential guide for understanding what you’re eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it. Nutrition isn’t rocket science; it’s harder. There are new diet fads, bold...

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Denise Belsham @denisebelsham.bsky.social · Jul 12

Congratulations to the incomparable Dan Drucker on being awarded the Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award at the Endocrine Society Meeting in San Francisco this morning! Spectacular 🎉 #ENDO2025 @endocrinesociety.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @danieljdrucker.bsky.social

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · Jul 5

Unfortunately, a constant intensity intervention to reduce calorie intake typically results in exponential waning of the effect over time (not a sustained step reduction) and will therefore only result in about 20% of the weight loss they predicted.

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Randy J Seeley @seeleyrj.bsky.social · Jun 4

Soooooooooo looooooong.

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Nature @nature.com · May 8

P hacking is the practice of tweaking the analysis or data to get a statistically significant result

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P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you

Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.

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Rohit Kohli @liver4kids.bsky.social · May 3

Full house at #DDW2025 for the #Obesity #Metabolism Section #BasicScience Symposium!
@seeleyrj.bsky.social @vpopovs.bsky.social @andresacosta.bsky.social

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NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research @cbmr.science · Apr 29

The Loos Group is offering two Postdoctoral fellowships in proteogenomics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease.

Read more about the positions, below 👇

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Postdoctoral fellowships in proteogenomics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease

We are looking to hire two highly motivated and dynamic Postdocs with a PhD or equivalent doctorate to join the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabol

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Zachary Knight @zknight.bsky.social · Apr 26

Nice article in NY Times today about AgRP neurons, GLP1s, and hunger. By Gina Kolata. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/h...

What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger

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Mark Rossi @markrossi.bsky.social · Apr 12

The new Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism is officially hiring faculty at all levels! Come be my colleague!

jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

The newly launched Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism (CNM), in collaboration with the Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ), the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology (NCB), and the Rutg...

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Ames Sutton Hickey @specificames.bsky.social · Apr 4

We are (sadly) replacing our wonderful research tech who is headed to grad school in the fall. If you, or anyone you know, may be interested, please consider applying! Please RT. @latinasinneuro.bsky.social @blackinneuro.bsky.social #LGBTQInNeuro

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Research Technician

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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