
Jorge Lira Ruas
@ruaslab
Research on Metabolism and Molecular Mediators of the Benefits of Exercise.
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Very cool work from Martin. Jastroch’s lab just out Science Magazine. Looking at evolution to learn about adipose tissue thermogenesis. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The lab is growing! Happy to welcome Melissa Quinn Melissa Quinn who started her postdoc in our group this week. University of Michigan Umich Pharmacology Institute for Heart and Brain Health




Happy to welcome our first University of Michigan Medical School PhD student, Rafael Justiniano from the Michigan Neuroscience Graduate Program program. Welcome to Institute for Heart and Brain Health Umich Pharmacology. And congrats on being awarded the Frankel IHBH Graduate Student Scholar award! More about our lab and Rafael at ruaslab.science.

Very cool paper from Ana Domingos!

Congratulations to Dr. Jens Juul Holst University of Copenhagen Research NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) who is the 2024 Ulf von Euler Lecturer! On Nov 18 Karolinska Institutet “Treatment of Metabolic Diseases with Gut Hormones”! news.ki.se/this-years-ulf… Join us by registering at:



The Ruas Lab University of Michigan is 1 year-old today! I am truly inspired by how welcoming and supportive everyone has been. Thanks to the team!! and to Institute for Heart and Brain Health Umich Pharmacology Anthony Rosenzweig, MD Dr. Lori L. Isom.






Our latest AJP-Endocrinology and Metabolism! The metabolic benefits of kynurenic acid (KYNA) depend on its intermittent increase in circulation, as for other #Metabokines. Great work by Kyle Dumont and the team at KI! Institute for Heart and Brain Health Umich Pharmacology journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Thank you Brandon Yates, PhD, CSCS for the very nice journal club article Nature Reviews Endocrinology about our Exercise/Kynurenine/Mental health work! nature.com/articles/s4157…

Huge congratulations to the recently graduated Dr. Kyle Dumont Kyle Dumont! My last PhD student Karolinska Institutet! Special thanks to the dissertation opponent Dr. Camilla Scheele who led a very interesting discussion!
