Alex Caron

Great to see @efole_bernie’s work being recognized by @APSPublications!

Coming up Wednesday! Our public event "Demystifying obesity, together - a discussion between scientists and citizens" (presented in French) already has 220 registrations. Free, with an expert panel at @IUCPQ or online. Registration: eventbrite.ca/e/billets-demy…

The 2nd Denis Richard International Symposium on Obesity is this week in Quebec City! Excited to gather leading experts to discuss obesity science across four sessions: Highway to Hunger, Metabolism in Sync, Genetic Codes & Surgical Roads, and Beyond BMI, Beyond Willpower!

Maladie du foie gras: le dysfonctionnement d'un récepteur cellulaire serait en cause @IUCPQ @efole_bernie @sarrahbjj ow.ly/xsSC50XfERn

Comment un médicament contre l'épilepsie fait perdre du poids: l'effet du topiramate, contenu dans le Qsymia, sur le cerveau ow.ly/2Hx850X6o4A

See new job opportunity in our lab. •Collaborate with world-leading industry partner •Join a dynamic team advancing metabolic disease research and shaping the future of obesity treatments unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External_C…

Another tour de force from the Tong lab!

Are you a #Postdoc in #Canada or #Canadian abroad? We are selecting #speakers for the 2025 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars: Postdoctoral Series. Apply by July 6th, 2025 @ 23:59PT. 🔴 You can find more details here: tinyurl.com/56m946jh

@marie_solheim @MPI_Metabolism @NeuroCellPress Congrats on the great work!

📣 ✨🌟Thank you for shining a spotlight on our paper with your thoughtful review! We truly appreciate your insights and recognition. @MPI_Metabolism @NeuroCellPress

Happy to share our @NeuroCellPress Spotlight on Dr. Brüning’s latest @CellCellPress paper uncovering PNOC/NPY neurons as new players in the leptin orchestra! 🧠🍽️@Olivier_Lavoie1 @Nat_Mich @IUCPQ Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHqA3BtfHC%… Original paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are excited to welcome @ClaudioVillanu (@UCLA) next Wednesday for the 7th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries at @IUCPQ!

My lab at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada, is looking for a postdoc to study how neuromodulatory systems impact cortical processing during foraging behavior. This fully-funded position offers a collaborative environment in a great city. can-acn.org/postdoctoral-p…

🚨 Last Chance to Submit! 🚨 The 2025 Neurometabolic Summer Seminars are just around the corner, and this is your final opportunity to submit an abstract! The top 2 trainee talks will be awarded - a great opportunity to share your science and gain recognition!

We are excited to host Dr. @AbizaidAlfie from @NeuroCarleton next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of @IUCPQ!

🚨Thrilled to announce the 2nd Denis Richard Intl. Symposium – Nov 21, Quebec City! Theme: The Science of Obesity: From Biology to Behavior Speakers: @LoraHeisler, @DrGregSteinberg, @PSchauerMD, Jens Brüning, Joe Bass, Ruth Loos, Steven Heymsfield & Kelly Allison

@KevinH_PhD How sad. Come back home 🇨🇦

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on unravelling the reasons why diets high in ultra-processed food are linked to epidemic proportions of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Our research leads the world on this topic. Given recent bipartisan goals to prevent diet-related chronic diseases, and new agency leadership professing to prioritize scientific investigation of ultra-processed foods, I had hoped to expand our research program with ambitious plans to more rapidly and efficiently determine how our food is likely making Americans chronically sick. Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science. Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction. I was hoping this was an aberration. So, weeks ago I wrote to my agency’s leadership expressing my concerns and requested time to discuss these issues, but I never received a response. Without any reassurance there wouldn’t be continued censorship or meddling in our research, I felt compelled to accept early retirement to preserve health insurance for my family. (Resigning later in protest of any future meddling or censorship would result in losing that benefit.) Due to very tight deadlines to make this decision, I don’t yet have plans for my future career. The NIH has been a wonderful place because it allows scientists to take risks, form unique collaborations, and do studies difficult to conduct elsewhere. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished and I’m fortunate to have had such wonderful colleagues and scientific collaborators. I hope to someday return to government service and lead a research program that will continue to provide gold-standard science to make Americans healthy.

We are excited to host Dr. @TonyKTLam from @BBDC_UofT tomorrow for the 5th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of @IUCPQ!

Les chercheur⸱ses du Canada doivent se faire entendre lors des prochaines élections fédérales. En savoir plus : core-coeur.ca #ResearchersVote #VotonsRecherche @Core_Coeur

@LaplanteMathieu @oncogenejournal Congrats Math and team! 🍾

Excited to share our study published today in Oncogene (@oncogenejournal)! 'ZNF768 loss amplifies p53 action and reduces lung tumorigenesis in mice' Here comes a summary of our findings! (1/17) rdcu.be/eeYtT

Please to host Dr. Vincent Poitout from @CRCHUM @UMontreal next Wednesday for the 4th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of @IUCPQ!