Cassie Spracklen

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms causal to type 2 diabetes across global populations and disease-relevant tissues Nature Metabolism - Analysing the causal links of gene expression and protein abundance on type 2 diabetes risk in blood and seven tissues related to the disease from individuals of four...

Our multi-ancestry, multi-tissue MR study for type 2 diabetes is out in Nature Metabolism!
Amazing collab with the Type 2 Diabetes Global Genetics Initiative.
We showed that causal effects are mostly shared across ancestries but are highly heterogeneous across tissues.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Can confirm that the grocery stores in Amherst and Hadley were stocked as normal today (but busy). Despite the 12-18”
we are supposed to get. 😉

Can’t wait for #ASHG26 in Montreal!

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Skeletal muscle eQTL meta-analysis implicates genes in the genetic architecture of muscular and cardiometabolic traits To investigate the underlying mechanisms of complex traits, we performed an eQTL meta-analysis in skeletal muscle and identified 18,818 conditionally distinct signals for 12,283 genes. Colocalization ...

📣New from @klmohlke.bsky.social & co!
📄Skeletal muscle eQTL meta-analysis implicates genes in the genetic architecture of muscular and cardiometabolic traits
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

We noticed this in London this summer too!

I have a message to the staff at CDC who have dedicated their careers to protecting Americans from health threats of all kinds: Thank you.

Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.

We’re with you.

About a year and a half ago, following some cardiac issues, I replaced doom scrolling with reading for enjoyment. Did wonders for my mental health and reduced stress levels enough that my cardiac issue greatly subsided. Kindle and Libby for the win!!

Imputation has some issues when you submit a small number of samples.

I am—Epidemiology

I was a strong advocate for removing the GRE and we stopped requiring it for Fall 2021 admissions. We are likely bringing it back for the next admissions cycle. Letters all good; GPAs hard to compare with grade
inflation across schools; essays are mostly just AI.

Some good news: just found out my PhD student @rachelwacks.bsky.social won our College Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for 2024-2025! So happy that her awesomeness has been recognized!! #ProudPI #EpiSky

They are never impressed by the things they should be. I did a word-for-word rendition of Ice Ice Baby, and mine could do nothing but roll her eyes and tell me I’m lame…

Please be sure to note this is UMass Med School, not all of the UMass schools. Amherst has not made this choice

Well…don’t I feel old now…

Same here—my family and in-laws are all midwestern-MAGA and think I’m over exaggerating the impact and am just bitter he won the election. It’s very hard…

And prevents already submitted grants from being discussed (indefinitely postponed study sections)

Heard from a friend on KEDD (scheduled for 2/19) was postponed with no rescheduled date.

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I am a first gen college student from a tiny rural farm town in the middle of nowhere in the Midwest where finishing high school wasn’t something everyone did, let alone go to college or even grad school.

And I am a scientist because of the National Institutes of Health.

I wondered this too…

Recent work from my lab, led by PhD student Chi Zhao, demonstrating just how much of an impact modifiable risk factors can have on T2D risk, no matter how high your genetic risk may be.

Glycerol-3-phosphate activates ChREBP, FGF21 transcription and lipogenesis in Citrin Deficiency Citrin Deficiency (CD) is caused by inactivation of SLC25A13, a mitochondrial membrane protein required to move electrons from cytosolic NADH to the mitochondrial matrix in hepatocytes. People with CD...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited that we could be part of this collaboration with the Brenner lab identifying that G3P is the metabolite that ChREBP directly senses!

I’d settle for one! 😉

😱

We’ve had them straight from KAF’s cafe and also made them ourselves—absolutely amazing!!

#lifegoals

I knew what they were on...the other platform...but I just joined this platform today and am trying to find them!!