Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Physiology
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2014
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THRILLED to announce that I will be returning to the University of Toronto this September as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology! The Prentice Lab will continue to explore mechanisms contributing to the development of diabetes. I’m coming home!!!! 👩🏼🔬🍾🥂❤️🇨🇦
Latest paper is online this month at @jlipidres! A perplexing observation with opposite phenotypes in vivo vs ex vivo led to an enhanced understanding of how secretion of hormonal FABP4 is regulated by sympathetic tone, independent of lipolysis
Recent work by @KaceyPrentice, and fellow researchers demonstrate that secretion of FABP4 from adipocytes can be induced through sympathetic signaling, providing important clues into metabolic health and disease. Congrats to all involved!
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Postdoctoral students? Excuse me what?
Postdoctoral students and academic researchers at the University of California said they will return to work on Monday after ratifying a new contract. But workers who help teach undergraduates and assign grades remain on strike. nyti.ms/3uHBjxg
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😭 Not the UC Provost claiming that postdocs and grad students are only "part-time" workers. 😭😭😭 #FairUCNow
ALT A letter from the UC Provost with the following sentence underlined in red: "The part-time, professionally relevant work in which student employees engage helps recruit and support them while they earn their graduate degrees or, particularly in the case of postdocs, prepare to advance their careers as scholars."
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Accepting a fellowship should not punish the trainee!
Yet @harvardmed changes the status of postdocs, from “salary” to “stipend” when a postdoc becomes a fellow, resulting in a net loss of ~$3k/yr in compensation due to:
My latest work from the @ghotamis lab and @sabriulkerctr is online now!
A new study from @sabriulkerctr by Kacey Prentice et al uncover yet another surprising mechanism of lipolysis-induced FABP4 secretion. In the absence adipocyte ATGL (ie no lipid breakdown), the brain can signal to promote secretion from fat cells.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Scientists have developed tattoos that change color in response to glucose, albumin, and pH levels. The new tech could let people with diabetes or kidney disease track and control their health without having to take frequent blood samples. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2019044…
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Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
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A child at Robb Elementary repeatedly called 911 during the hour the gunman was inside, per press briefing just now. Gunshots could be heard over the line. "Please send the police now," the child asked.
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New review on 'Adipocyte function and the development of cardiometabolic disease' from @BarteltLab @GiroudMaude @KaceyPrentice @ipekresearch @CRC1123_Athero @MET_HSPH @LMU_Uniklinikum @LMU_Muenchen @CRC1123_Athero @dzhk_germany @ERC_Research 👉 buff.ly/36eUXYt
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Our paper is online @Nature! FIBSEM imaging of native tissue & automated segmentation led us to identify that regulation of ER architecture is part of metabolic mal/adaptation. @apsarruda @ghotamis @HHMINEWS @HHMIJanelia @refikanadol @MET_HSPH @Harvard
go.nature.com/3hQOK7t
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As I’m watching husbands and fathers say goodbye to their loved ones, their children, not knowing if they will ever see them again, I just cannot believe that for two years we’ve been watching people cry and protest over having to wear a fucking mask.
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#NatMetabPicks | In case you missed it, in @Nature, the lab of @ghotamis (@HarvardChanSPH, @broadinstitute) identify the hormone fabkin (FABP4) as a critical regulator of an endocrine axis, which coordinates energy state & metabolic organ function.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
