On the heels of receiving nearly $10 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD, discusses how his team will use this grant to pursue new approaches to studying type 2 diabetes and obesity by exploring gene expression and regulatory activity in multiple metabolic cells. ...
Discussing endocrine science with the 2024 Early Investigator Award Winners Every year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers with the Early Investigator Awards. Endocrine News spoke to the five award recipients from around the world to find out more about their award-winning research, the award’s potential...
Fourth-year graduate student Tanya Pierre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center talks to Endocrine News about when she realized that she could “do science” as a career, how she hopes her research will help her community, and the importance of awards to help young researchers continue their work. For many young... A conversation with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD As part of Endocrine News LGBTQ+ Pride Month coverage, we caught up with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD, who had a lot to say about being openly gay in the world of endocrinology, both in the U.S. and abroad,...
Full Circle: Q&A with New Endocrinology Editor-in-Chief, Zane Andrews, PhD
When Zane Andrews, PhD, published his very first scientific paper while working on his PhD in 2001, it was in the pages of the Endocrine Society’s Endocrinology. This month, he assumes his newest role as Endocrinology’s editor-in-chief. This month, Zane Andrews, PhD, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, will begin his tenure as editor-in-chief of...
When Evan D. Rosen, MD, PhD, first began researching adipose biology many years ago, not much was known about it and its impacts on so many diseases. He talks to Endocrine News about how far the science has advanced regarding adipose tissue as well as his own lab’s research, the importance of collaboration, and why... When he was only 16, Vincent Prevot, PhD, became the youngest member of the French Society of Herpetology. Endocrine News finds out how a teen’s fascination with snakes gradually evolved into a passion for neuroendocrinology that resulted in being the recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2024 Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic...
Word of Honour: John William Honour, PhD, FRCPATH, Discusses His Recent Book on Steroids
An Endocrine Society member since 1979, John William Honour, PhD, FRCPath, used his time in lockdown to write a voluminous tome on steroids. He talks to Endocrine News about his recent book, Steroids in the Laboratory and Clinical Practice, how it was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and why it may just be the definitive...
