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Kenichi Skamoto has been awarded the Busch Biomedical Grant Program Early Career Pilot Award. This funding will support his project titled: “Is Increased Sympathetic Nervous System Activity a Key Driver of Glucose Toxicity in Type 1 [...]

Kenichi Sakamoto has been awarded a Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation grant to Investigate the Role of Sympathetic Nervous System in Glucose Toxicity-Induced Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes.

Kavira Thakker, a third year Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major, won second place for the 2024 Division of Life Sciences Research Reels competition with her Reel entry: "How Obesity can Induce Insulin Resistance". The DLS Research [...]

Adham Shawkat started medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine 2023 Fall.

Buettner Lab's summer garden outing: harvesting fresh produce from our community garden, fostering teamwork in a relaxed setting.

Likhitha Patlolla, recognized as the Valedictorian of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, embarks on her first year at Mount Sinai Medical School after being a highly productive undergraduate in the Buettner lab for the [...]

Kenichi Sakamoto was selected as a short talk speaker at Keystone symposia: Type 2 Diabetes: Understanding its Early Drivers and the Road to Therapeutics (Palm Springs, CA)

Kenichi Sakamoto received Bob Handa Early Career and Trainee Award and made an oral presentation at The Mechanisms of Allostasis Conference: Stressed or Stressed Out (Jointly hosted by FASEB and the Endocrine Society) (New Orleans, LA)

Kenichi Sakamoto has received funding from Department of Defense office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Title of award: Understanding How Obesity Increases Risk for Diabetes