Jorge Lira Ruas

Our latest pre-print! reporting how the E3 ligase HECTD1 is needed to maintain muscle structure and mitochondrial function. We show that loss of HECTD1 function can potentially explain cases of myopathy without known genetic cause. researchsquare.com/article/rs-866…

Latest paper from our lab out @CellReports! What are sensory nerves doing in your adipose tissue? Congrats to Kyle Dumont for all the great work and thank you to our collaborators @liye_tsri and Jun Wu! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Huge congratulations to the recently graduated Dr. Kyle Dumont @kyleddumont! My last PhD student @karolinskainst! Special thanks to the dissertation opponent Dr. @CamillaScheele who led a very interesting discussion!

@KasiaWhysall @GalwayRNA @myriadjpnd @IrishRNA @MUHost_Path @kelliedean99 @mariaborjaa @DwyerLab @LaraOute Looking forward!!

This Friday @GalwayRNA @myriadjpnd @IrishRNA will host RNA seminar, all welcome - hybrid format. We look forward to great talks @ruaslab @MUHost_Path @kelliedean99 @mariaborjaa @DwyerLab @LaraOute

@UMPharmacology Congrats! 🎊

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Jenkins, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Chair for Education in Pharmacology, on his appointment as the inaugural Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology!

Thank you @DrYatesB for the very nice journal club article @NatureRevEndo about our Exercise/Kynurenine/Mental health work! nature.com/articles/s4157…

Our latest @AJPEndoMetab! The metabolic benefits of kynurenic acid (KYNA) depend on its intermittent increase in circulation, as for other #Metabokines. Great work by @kyleddumont and the team at KI! @UM_IHBH @UMPharmacology journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

@UMPharmacology Welcome to the lab!

Please welcome our newest postdoc, Dr. Alisson da Rocha! He will receive his postdoctoral training in Dr. Ruas’s lab.

Save the date! The next #SCWDConference2025 is happening on 11-13 December 2025 in Rome. Stay tuned for more details on the event, bringing together global experts in sarcopenia, cachexia, and wasting disorders. #CancerCachexia #SCWD2024

The answer from the @Delta airport lounge “concierge” when I asked “so would I have access if I made it to the top membership tier?” Reply: Who knows!? lol.

Holiday season approaching!

A truly remarkable 2024 Ulf von Euler Lecture by Prof. Jens Juul Holst.

@megankillian @umichmedicine Thank you neighbor :)

The Ruas Lab @UMich is 1 year-old today! I am truly inspired by how welcoming and supportive everyone has been. Thanks to the team!! and to @UM_IHBH @UMPharmacology @rosenzweig_a @LoriLIsom1.

Great meeting and great speaker lineup!

Congratulations to Dr. Jens Juul Holst @UCPH_Research @Metabolcenter who is the 2024 Ulf von Euler Lecturer! On Nov 18 @karolinskainst “Treatment of Metabolic Diseases with Gut Hormones”! news.ki.se/this-years-ulf… Join us by registering at:

Very cool paper from @AnaDomingosLab!

Happy to welcome our first @UMichMedSchool PhD student, Rafael Justiniano from the @NGPMichigan program. Welcome to @UM_IHBH @UMPharmacology. And congrats on being awarded the Frankel IHBH Graduate Student Scholar award! More about our lab and Rafael at ruaslab.science.

@pnas @UMichMedSchool @UM_IHBH @UMPharmacology @karolinskainst

Our latest paper just out @PNAS! We report the first biological function for the gene Zfp697/ZNF697, as a regulator of muscle regeneration. @UMichMedSchool @UM_IHBH @UMPharmacology @karolinskainst #myotwitter pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…