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johnspeakman4.bsky.social
Scientist interested in energy balance - hence obesity and aging. Running labs in China (Shenzhen) and Scotland (Aberdeen). Co_EIC life metabolism. Also likes photography: especially wildlife.
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RACMEM 2025 to be held in Shenzhen 13th to 17th October is now open for registration. Please spread the word. www.racmem.org

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Looking for new drugs to treat obesity by repurposing old ones. Very happy to have been part of this study looking at the weight loss effects of Halofuginone acting via both FGF21 and GDF15. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Coming soon. Registration for RACMEM 2025 to be held in Shenzhen China will open in early April. Keep an eye on the site www.racmem.com places limited to 230. please retweet (or whatever the equivalent is on here)

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Thanks Dan for posting.

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MAHA nutrition advisor & chiropractor says the 1st nutrition issue he wants addressed is the 'food pyramid', a USDA food guide tool that was sunset in 2011 (it's been MyPlate since). Glad to see we are finally taking nutrition very seriously. www.foxnews.com/food-drink/a...

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Yellow-eyed penguin. OPERA Eco reserve. Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, South island, New Zealand.

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Paradise shelduck in the afternoon sun. New Zealand endemic. Christchurch. Feb 2025. Nikon z6 with 120mm lens. F4 1/3200s

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University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. Feb 2025

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Gannet coming in to land looking like a ballerina. They are so graceful in the air but so clumsy on the ground. Murawai gannet colony, North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon z9 with 200mm 1/4000s f14.

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Australasian Gannet in flight. Murawai gannet colony. North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm lens. 1/3200s f14

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Swamp hen adult. Auckland. New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm lens. 1/4000s f5.6.

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How robust are the links between #diet, #obesity, and #health? A new study in @naturefood.bsky.social suggests some fundamental flaws. HT: @johnspeakman4.bsky.social conscienhealth.org/2025/01/the-...

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Spur-winged plover. Auckland. New Zealand. Nikon z9 200mm lens. hand held 1/4000s f8

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Immature swamp hen stepping out. PiHa North Island, New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm + 2x converter. 1/4000 f8

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A rather angry looking spotted dove. Auckland, New Zealand. Nikon Z9. 200mm lens with 2x converter. f5.6 1/1250s hand held.

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Tikaokao Quail New Zealand. Auckland. North Island. Nikon Z9 200mm lens with 2x teleconverter. f 5.6 1/1250s January 2025

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LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour. Congratulations...

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LIFE METABOLISM Travel prizes @lifemetabolism.bsky.social Sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting Congrats...

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LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards. @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD Congrats..

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LIFE METABOLISM Travel award @lifemetabolism2 Sponsored by @SableSys The first of our 4 winners is Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut Congratulations...

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@lifemetabolism.bsky.social LIFE METABOLISM travel awards Sorry for the delay in reaching a decision on these awards sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social . This year we had a very strong field which has necessitated several rounds of review. Finally, the decisions about who has won have been made 1/2

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Nice piece in Science about our recent paper in Nature Food on dietary misreporting. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Sunset over Shenzhen. January 2025.

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"measuring what people eat is essential for understanding health [but] >50% of the dietary reports had implausible energy intakes". Just waiting for @johnspeakman4.bsky.social to turn his hand to alcohol intake... www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Moth face. Nikon z9 with 105mm lens and 250dc Raynox. 1./200s f32 to maximise depth of focus.

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Singer in old jazz bar, Peace hotel, Shanghai. January 2025

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Hogmanay 2024, NYE The Stonehaven Fireballs, Scotland Fujifilm X-Pro1 XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lens #fire #fireballs #photography #fujifilm #scotland #stonehaven #newyearseve #newyear #hogmany #festival

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Singer, Lavo jazz club. Shenzhen, China. Dec 2024.

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What a nice Christmas present to have. Our latest accepted paper appear on Christmas day. It’s about transcriptome level changes during caloric restriction in two tissues of mice: the stomach and skeletal muscle. 1/5 Here is the link. academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...

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I just donated 130 US$ (£100). I did it before he said this, but what better reason can you have than Elon doesn't want you to do it.

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