News

We are delighted to welcome our newest team member, Yangmian Yuan, who joins us as a postdoctoral research fellow. Yangmian recently earned her PhD from the College of Life Sciences at Wuhan University, China, with a dissertation focusing on adipose tissue energy metabolism.

Lab alumnus Frankie Heyward and his wife Evida recently welcomed their first child Evie Amera Heyward into the world. Congratulations Frankie and Evida!

Erwei Li has identified oxytocin from the peripheral nervous system as an endogenous regulator of adipose and systemic metabolism. His manuscript titled “Control of lipolysis by a population of oxytocinergic sympathetic neurons” is now available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06830-x.

Erwei Li has been granted a two-year fellowship through the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Additionally, Erwei has been promoted to the position of Instructor. Congratulations, Erwei!

Established in 1944, the Endocrine Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the endocrinology field, including groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. The Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research recognizes meritorious contributions to research in endocrinology. Congratulations, Evan!  
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Frankie Heyward is starting his own lab in Dallas, Texas! Frankie is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Neuroscience at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and he is joining the Center for Hypothalamic Research. Best wishes, Frankie!

We extend a warm welcome to Zain Nichols, who has joined us as the Administrative Coordinator for Endocrinology. Zain is a recent graduate of the University of Rochester. Welcome aboard!

After a successful post-doctoral fellowship, Shuai is embarking on a new adventure in the pharmaceutical industry. We wish Shuai abundant success and happiness in this exciting next chapter!

We are thrilled to have Khushi and Eliza on board as research assistants in the Rosen and Tsai labs. Eliza joins us from St. Lawrence University, where she majored in biochemistry . Khushi arrives from the University of California, Irvine, bringing with her a background in neurobiology. Welcome!

Zinger Yang Loureiro has joined our lab as a Staff Scientist. She comes to us from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she recently completed her Ph.D. dissertation under the mentorship of Silvia Corvera.