Dan Michele

The U-M PRIME postbac program is accepting applications. This is a great way for recent graduates to prepare and get more research experience for entering graduate school. Applications are due by Aug 14 for start in Sept 2026. medschool.umich.edu/programs-admis…

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student @ChestaJain5 and the @YatrikShahLab for her paper in @Cell_Metabolism demonstrating that colorectal cancer cells, which use lots of iron, can survive normally toxic iron levels through altered metabolism. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

1. Biology is awesome and often surprising 2. Investments in basic science research are still uncovering new discoveries 3. We don't yet know how magnetic iron in immune cells will be used to help human health, but I am confident someone will find a way science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Allie Duensing for defending her dissertation today. Allie worked in Martin Myers' lab studying how specific populations of leptin receptor/GLP1-receptor neurons regulate energy balance and autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system

Last year, U-M federal grants supported more than 16,000 jobs and generated nearly $396 million in research-related spending nationwide, including more than $164 million received by Michigan-based businesses. myumi.ch/zNVzG

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Lisa Leung from the Lawrence and Sisson labs for receiving a F31 Fellowship from @NIH @NHLBI. Lisa's research is focused on understanding how plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) drives pulmonary fibrosis

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Kathryn Buscher from the @yatrikshahlab for receiving a F31 Fellowship from @NIH @NIDDK. Kathryn's research is trying understand how metabolism regulates fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction steatotic liver disease

He added, “You cannot go to watch in the U.S. a college game, not even speaking about a top professional game of a certain level, for less than $300." abcnews.com/Sports/wireSto… My season tickets for @UMichFootball at the Big House are $700 each incl seat fees for 8 home games.

Sending Swen off to his postdoc at @WashU in style. Congrats on your degree and happy sailing!

Congrats to our award winners at our 2026 @UMPhysiology Bishr Omary Postdoctoral Fellow Program Symposium. Mariana Ruckert - Early Postdoc Research Award Micki Quintero - Teaching/Service Award Dominik Awad - Senior Postdoc Research Award Qiantao Zhang - Res Investigator Award

Congrats to all of our @UMPhysiology PhD students and now Doctors, and their proud mentors, who participated in @umichgradschool commencement today #GoBlue

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Chrystian Phillips for defending his dissertation. Chrystian has been working in the Moenter lab on understanding how astrocytes help regulate the neural circuits that control reproduction.

Thanks to all the @UMPhysiology grad students for giving back to their community by packing 200 sack lunches for our neighbors at @TheHopeClinicMI. Many hands make light work.

Congrats to Karyn Esser for giving the Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship at the #APS2026 @APSPhysiology

American science continues to shrink despite the story being told to the public. And it’s the long term consequences that will be most devastating.

The proposed FY2027 budget includes a $5.8B (−12.3%) cut to the NIH. United for Medical Research calculated this could cost ~50,000 jobs and $11.6B in economic activity, with 26 states losing >$100M each. A tragedy for science, patients, and the economy. #NIH

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Diana Zhang for her first author paper with the @YatrikShahLab in @ajpgi showing GPX4 limits lipid peroxidation and epithelial ferroptosis in inflammatory bowel disease journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

Congrats to @UMPhysiology PhD student Diana Zhang for her first author paper with the @YatrikShahLab in @ajpgi showing GPX4 limits lipid peroxidation and epithelial ferroptosis in inflammatory bowel disease journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

The NIH funded T32 Postdoctoral Program in Basic Diabetes Research is accepting applications. A number of great mentors and labs in @UMPhysiology @UMIntMed and across @umichmedicine, working on basic mechanisms of diabetes and metabolic disease. medschool.umich.edu/departments/in…

HAIL TO THE VICTORS!