
Romana Stark
@stark_brainsci
Trying to be a scientist while raising 3 kids. Sugar connects me with kids 😉
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https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute/stark-lab 14-07-2019 04:01:57
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Proud to share our latest work in Kidney International showing protective effects of #GLP-1 receptor agonists on the #kidney Outstanding collaboration with Daniel J Drucker Prof Sam El-Osta Prof Andrew Murphy Andrew Advani Dr Karly Sourris Monash University Baker Institute kidney-international.org/article/S0085-…



Take home message: If U want big islets quickly, reduce your ghrelin levels. The culmination of a multi-yr project by postdoc turned Instructor Deepali Gupta Dr. Deepali Gupta and middle schooler turned high school graduate Avi Burstein. More to come from them. With help from John Campbell




Back-to-back papers in Nature Metabolism today: a surprising connection between the appetite-suppressing metabolite Lac-Phe and metformin-associated weight loss. From Lydia Lynch and Shuke Xiao 肖舒克 Sarafan ChEM-H nature.com/articles/s4225… nature.com/articles/s4225…



New insights into #appetite regulation: Research uncovers the role of the vagus nerve in mediating the effects of gut hormone PYY3-36 on food intake. Understanding this mechanism could pave the way for novel anti-#obesity treatments. 👩🔬🧑🔬Imperial College London 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



GLP-1 medicines produce adverse events, predominantly gastrointestinal, transient in most. Yet controversy continues surrounding what AEs are rare but real vs. alleged but not rigorously proven in RCTs or real world data. Free to read Diabetes Care, a research journal of the ADA 🌟 diabetesjournals.org/care/article/d…




Molecular connectomics identify local inputs to AgRP neurons and reveal a circuit through which GLP-1RAs suppress appetite in mice Nature Metabolism nature.com/articles/s4225…

New studies in mice revealing distinct roles for prolactin-related peptide and its receptors in control of food intake Molecular Metabolism Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D. University of Michigan sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

