Big thanks to David Sokolov and Lucas Sullivan Fred Hutch Cancer Center & University of Washington for their insightful highlight on a recent Cell paper: A metabolic signaling role for arginine in liver cancer Life Metabolism John Speakman Learn more: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/advan…

The final 'VOR' for our aspartate sensor manuscript has now been published after peer review eLife - the journal. Updates include additional sensor characterization and demonstration of response to aspartate restoration in cells. Thanks to the editors and reviewers! doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

So proud of our work (Brian Do and MVH Lab) exploring how nucleotide metabolism can impact cell fate which is now Developmental Cell. This was a fascinating and rewarding journey that started in metabolism and led us far afield (plus add in a pandemic and my move University of Michigan).

Check out our Spotlight article, written by grad student David Sokolov, highlighting two excellent papers describing purine salvage as an important metabolic resource for tissues and tumors. Impressive work from @RJDLab, Min Ni, and Gerta Hoxhaj Lab labs! authors.elsevier.com/a/1jPbE3vVUPRm…

🚨We are hiring! Tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor) in the area of cancer metabolism, diet, tumor-host interactions. Apply below 👇 …cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/1883440-t…

Glad to finally see this paper online. Using observations in humans and functional data in mice, we demonstrate that mitochondrial complex I is both necessary and sufficient for efficient kidney cancer metastasis. @RJDLab 1/ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Very proud to share that my postdoc work from @mvhlab is now published Nature Metabolism! 📢nature.com/articles/s4225… See below for details…

An award at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center pumpkin carving contest might be my lab’s crowning achievement. Tough competition! The team had the great idea to do a live, pumpkin-based demonstration of how a triple quad MS works (with fragmentation) 😂

Hello everyone! I am helping to organize a one-day symposium on fluorescent metabolite biosensors and their use in metabolism research. It will be May 12-13 and associated with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory “Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling” Symposium. Our field needs to be

Congratulations to ⁦Aparna Kesarwala⁩ Emory SOM and all awardees on receiving the Keystone Tumor Metabolism Awards and for their exciting advancement of the field!

Our latest work, led by Benjamin Jackson and Angela Montero Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center demonstrates how intracellular metabolic gradients induce dependence on exogenous pyruvate in embryonic stem cells

We are excited to announce our 2025 UofU Diabetes Postdoctoral Rising Stars in Metabolism Symposium! This is truly a unique opportunity to network, present your research, and enjoy the breathtaking views that Salt Lake City has to offer. Deadline is May 15th, 2025. Please share!

Niemi lab grad student Hannah Pletcher recently joined preLights and wrote up a nice highlight of recent work from Lucas Sullivan - check it out here! bit.ly/3Z0VeXo

Check out this great interview with a true rising star in metabolism research (and lab alumni)! 🙌