🔥Telegram İfşa

Our latest installment of Get to Know the UCDC Researchers features Katherine Perez. Originally from Elkmont, AL, Perez contributes to multiple projects in the Bhatnagar Lab, which researches insulin secretion from beta cells. Read more: go.uab.edu/ucdcperez

Gregory Payne, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the UAB Department of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the school’s Featured Discovery award for his study, "Spatial transcriptomic approach to understanding coronary atherosclerotic plaque stability.” uab.edu/medicine/news/…

Last week we honored the legacy of David Wasserman with a symposium featuring 4 fantastic speakers - ⁦Curtis "Tug" Hughey⁩, Darleen Sandoval, ⁦Li Kang⁩, and ⁦Shawn C. Burgess⁩. We learned, we laughed, and we remembered our dear friend and colleague.

Go Nadia!

Dr. Ananda Basu has been appointed to the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center leadership team as associate director. UAB Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism UAB Heersink School of Medicine uab.edu/medicine/news/…

Dr. Alice Cheng ADA Professional Publications American Diabetes Association x.com/thewilliamslab…

For those interested: We have a spot for a new PhD student to work with me on GPCR/RTK dynamics. If you're interested in cutting-edge analysis of anti-obesity pharmacology, and the development of potentially new pharma strategies, check it out! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/k…

Guess who’s the focus of this month’s Diabetes Spotlight? Find out more about our co-host, metabolism expert, and lifelong running enthusiast, Dr. Sandoval.

Check out the August #DiabetesBio podcast 🎧 featuring UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center scientist Kirk M Habegger as cohost.

A new study by UCDC Associate Scientist Fernando Bril, M.D., finds prevalence of MASLD in people with #diabetes has decreased in the U.S., but rates of liver fibrosis are still rising. Read more:🔗 go.uab.edu/brilmasld UAB Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism UAB Heersink School of Medicine

🚨 NEW special #podcast Live crossover ep! DiabetesBio explores expert insights & key takeaways from the ADA's 2025 Sci Sessions. 👂 Listen at: ✨ diabetesbio.libsyn.com Dr. Alice Cheng Kirk M Habegger The Williams Lab American Diabetes Association American Diabetes Association - DiabetesPro ADA Professional Publications PuttingHealthFirst

Low-to-Moderate Dosed Cranial Irradiation in Young Mice Induces Sex-Specific Metabolic Disturbances Later in Life. Read Here➡️ doi.org/10.2337/db24-0… ADA Professional Publications

We’re so proud of Tulane University Neuroscience PhD alum Kevin W. Williams (’06)! Honored with the Xavier Pi-Sunyer Award from The Obesity Society, featured in American Diabetes Association’s Journal of Diabetes, and co-host of the ADA’s flagship podcast #DiabetesBio. obesity.org/the-obesity-so…

Congrats to UCDC scientist Amy Goss, Ph.D., FASN, associate professor in the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences, on being named one of the inaugural Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). uab.edu/shp/news/home/…

#1 In a paper just published online in Diabetes, we showed that homozygous loss-of-function mutations in the Glucagon receptor (GCGR) cause early-onset hepatic steatosis in people. DOI: doi.org/10.2337/db25-0…

🚨 New for September, a fresh episode of the #DiabetesBio #podcast! Featuring: ✨ Carmelo Quarta on GLP1s, inflammation, and obesogenic memory in male mice ✨ Dulaglutide & Hepatic Steatosis in Obesity ✨ Plus Sweet Talk with Alexander Nectow 🎙️Listen at: diabetesbio.libsyn.com

UCDC Director Anath Shalev, M.D., will present at the Innodia Symposia, held in conjunction with the #EASD25 Annual Meeting in Vienna, on Sept. 15. #T1Diabetes

UCDC Scientist and UAB Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Professor Kirk M Habegger, Ph.D., to investigate metabolic effects of glucagon receptor activation in emerging obesity treatments Read more: go.uab.edu/habegger092525

🚨 New for October, a fresh episode of the #DiabetesBio #podcast! Featuring: ✨ Glucagon Receptor Deficiency & Early-Onset Hepatic Steatosis ✨ Sweet Talk on childhood obesity ✨ Plus! Questions from kids about diabetes and obesity 🎙️Listen at: diabetesbio.libsyn.com

UCDC Scientist @KirKMHabegger, Ph.D., will present at the NIDDK glucagon physiology workshop, Feb. 9-10, 2026. Registration is now open for this event. Learn more: 🔗go.uab.edu/habeggerniddkw…