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Randy J Seeley

@seeleyrj.bsky.social

H.K. Ransom Professor of Surgery at Univ of MI and director of MNORC. New treatments for obesity and diabetes via basic research.

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Florida State University (Dept of Psychology) is hiring! We are recruiting a Tenure-stream Asst Prof in Systems Neuroscience, broadly defined. Email me for the job ad β€” LRinaman@FSU.edu.

29.09.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weight Loss Reverses Obesity-Associated Impairments in Acute Gastrointestinal Stretch-Induced Suppression of Food Intake and Glucose Homeostasis

That title is a mouthful πŸ˜† Congrats to Darleen, @seeleyrj.bsky.social, @henningfenselau.bsky.social and team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

25.09.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s exciting to finally see that my book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social is an actual physical object!

07.09.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Tenure Track - Physiology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor job with University of Michigan Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 674815 Tenure track assistant/associate professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Our department is recruiting a new tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor. Come join the #1 physiology department in the country and some awesome colleagues doing high impact science and training the next generation of scientists

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674815/a...

28.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling all collaborators! My colleagues in Biberach are interested in further understanding the mechanisms of GPR149 in both psychiatric- and obesity-related behaviors. Check out the funding opportunity here: www.opnme.com/opn2experts/...

28.08.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064 The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
@uofunuip.bsky.social

27.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ssibsociety.bsky.social check out this position at UM!

20.08.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amid lots of uncertainty, anger, and exhaustion I am excited to share this work from my incredibly talented MSTP and @nuincomm.bsky.social student Haley Province. In it we explore the fascinating and powerful anti-aversive properties of GIPR agonists

16.08.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You ain’t alone in this activity!πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

15.08.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kickstart your research career in Copenhagen with a PhD or Postdoctoral fellowship at CBMR!

Four PhD and four Postdoc positions are currently available:

cbmr.ku.dk/join-us/fell...

#phdposition #postdocposition

01.08.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’―. It is an essential part of your job as a scientist to validate your reagents.

02.08.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone. Please stop doing this. Validate your reagents. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

02.08.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Careers | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

Our department at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) is running two faculty searches. One is a joint hire with the Institute for Healthy Aging, one a cohire with the Math Dept cps.med.ubc.ca/careers-2/ Click on β€œFaculty Positions” on the page. Please help spread the word!

30.07.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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30.07.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are a student and postdoc interested in body-brain communication - check out Chris's lab!

16.07.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Food Intelligence by Julia Belluz, Kevin Hall, PhD: 9780593332306 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The essential guide for understanding what you’re eating, and the forces that are driving you to eat it. Nutrition isn’t rocket science; it’s harder. There are new diet fads, bold...

Excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist @juliabelluz.bsky.social‬! Cutting through the confusion about diet & health, #FoodIntelligence describes the fascinating science of how food both nourishes & harms us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334...

16.07.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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Congratulations to the incomparable Dan Drucker on being awarded the Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award at the Endocrine Society Meeting in San Francisco this morning! Spectacular πŸŽ‰ #ENDO2025 @endocrinesociety.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @danieljdrucker.bsky.social

12.07.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, a constant intensity intervention to reduce calorie intake typically results in exponential waning of the effect over time (not a sustained step reduction) and will therefore only result in about 20% of the weight loss they predicted.

05.07.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Soooooooooo looooooong.

04.06.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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P hacking β€” Five ways it could happen to you Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.

P hacking is the practice of tweaking the analysis or data to get a statistically significant result

https://go.nature.com/454pS5Z

08.05.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Full house at #DDW2025 for the #Obesity #Metabolism Section #BasicScience Symposium!
@seeleyrj.bsky.social @vpopovs.bsky.social @andresacosta.bsky.social

03.05.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral fellowships in proteogenomics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease We are looking to hire two highly motivated and dynamic Postdocs with a PhD or equivalent doctorate to join the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabol

The Loos Group is offering two Postdoctoral fellowships in proteogenomics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease.

Read more about the positions, below πŸ‘‡

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

29.04.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger

Nice article in NY Times today about AgRP neurons, GLP1s, and hunger. By Gina Kolata. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/h...

26.04.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor The newly launched Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism (CNM), in collaboration with the Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ), the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology (NCB), and the Rutg...

The new Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism is officially hiring faculty at all levels! Come be my colleague!

jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...

12.04.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Technician Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

We are (sadly) replacing our wonderful research tech who is headed to grad school in the fall. If you, or anyone you know, may be interested, please consider applying! Please RT. @latinasinneuro.bsky.social @blackinneuro.bsky.social #LGBTQInNeuro

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04.04.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep!

30.03.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The answer? My PhD is in Animal Psychology. Means my dog is well behaved but didn’t have any curriculum on iron homeostasis or nuclear receptors. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« Did anyone guess correctly?

19.03.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

About to give my talk to @ucsfdc.bsky.social. #randysphd

If you know, you know.

19.03.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Been a great event already! So much good science!!!!

18.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.

@elaineywchen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...

18.03.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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