In case you didn't know, LDL particles cause atherosclerosis. Now the European Atherosclerosis Society has just released very elegant state of the art paper summarizing the mechanistic features of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease driven by LDL particles. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

Congratulations to Dr. Shawn T Beug, recipient of a CIHR Early Career Investigator in Cancer Award! CHEO Ottawa

Targeting immunometabolism as an anti-inflammatory strategy nature.com/articles/s4142…

Honored to share this big fat review on Toll-like Receptors, which was a collaboration with Kate Fitzgerald. Many thanks to the editors at Cell for their enthusiastic support. And thanks to Janeway for showing us the way. Kate Fitzgerald cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Additional proof that the CDC primers for #SARSCoV2 have a lot of background. Science done by ⁦Benjamin Nilsson-Payant⁩

#METPHYS2020 is HAPPENING!!!! Access all webinars Free via Zoom @ zoom.us/j/645934428?pw…

Keystone Symposia or Gordon Research Conferences meeting on #immunometabolism canceled? Lab closed? Need your shot of immunometabolism? Stay tuned, we are now planning weekly Immunometabolism seminars every wednesday at 4pm (CET). Immunometabolism Network

Hematopoietic cell-expressed endothelial nitric oxide protects the liver from insulin resistance during high fat feeding. #endothelialnitricoxidesynthase #insulinresistance #macrophage ow.ly/j1tr50yfBxD

Lab closed? Conference cancelled? Need your shot of immunometabolism? Go to zoom.us/j/456774578 to watch Luke O'Neill presenting on #macrophage #immunometabolism

Endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation regulates mitochondrial dynamics in brown adipocytes Mitochondrial dynamics is such a hot topic at the moment! 🔥 Science Magazine #Science science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

Inflammation uses an ancient part of ER stress to increase lipolysis, which is separate from hormone control of lipolysis in adipocytes Congratulations team and excellent collaborators from Wuhan biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Integrating Mouse and Human Genetic Data to Move beyond GWAS and Identify Causal Genes in Cholesterol Metabolism dlvr.it/RTPqL7

An insidious role for the protein kinase activity of PEPCK (PCK1) in the activation of SREBPs, lipogenesis and the development of #hepatocellular #Cancer #Liver nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Circulation Research Atherosclerosis Compendium is Out! In this issue, you’ll find 13 review articles dedicated to various aspects of #atherosclerosis! Visit this compendium at ow.ly/N7LJ30qzTdd

Please join 2020 Immunometabolism mini-symposia! Thanks for all speakers and great help from Hongbo Chi and Jeff Rathmell! #immunometabolism Ludwig Cancer Université de Lausanne @VUMC_VCI St. Jude Luke O'Neill Lydia Lynch David Sancho Juan Cubillos-Ruiz Belkaid Lab

The QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) is happy to present our Virus-Human #SARSCoV2 Protein Interaction Map published in nature. We tested clinically-approved drugs/compounds derived from our map and found many with potential to treat #COVID19. nature.com/articles/s4158…

It’s up to all of us—Black, white, everyone—no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own.

First report of mother-to-baby transmission of SARS-CoV-2, likely via the placenta. Neurological manifestation of baby is also reported. It's too late for strict quarantine measures, but maybe this is one more reason to be extremely cautious. disq.us/t/3qdkbcu

A Calgary man thought it'd be a nice present for his son — ordering computer parts on Amazon so his newly minted high school grad could build his own PC. But when the $690 graphics card arrived, it turned out to be a fake. cbc.ca/1.6669601

Five women who have long accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them have filed the latest lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian — and this one calls NBCUniversal, a studio and a production company complicit in the abuse. cbc.ca/1.6676564