Megan Beetch, PhD @drmegbeetch
Research Assistant Professor @UMN_IBP • Placental origins of cardiometabolic health 👩🏼🔬 Previously: @ubc Joined June 2020-
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Do you know someone considering a PhD or MD/PhD? If they’re looking to gain valuable research experience and want to get paid for it, the Postbac Readiness in Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes program is the perfect opportunity! Application due 11/1 postbac.umn.edu/fellowship-exp…
Do you know someone considering a PhD or MD/PhD? If they’re looking to gain valuable research experience and want to get paid for it, the Postbac Readiness in Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes program is the perfect opportunity! Application due 11/1 postbac.umn.edu/fellowship-exp…
Investigators from across the state unite for the first ever Minnesota Placenta Research Community symposium! Thanks to Regal & Scroggins labs (Duluth): @ea_enningaPhD @SGPlacenta (Mayo) : @CraigBierle @micahgearhart @kyokoyoshida @EmilynAlejandro Bayat & Schleiss (TC)
Absolutely thrilled to share that @drmegbeetch , our amazing and hardworking post-doctoral trainee, just secured a 3-year Career Development Award from the American Heart Association! HUGE Congrats Megan!!!
Please join us for the US DOHaD mixer at this year's annual @SRIWomensHealth conference! Our mixer will be held at 7:15pm Friday March 15th at Coal Harbor Bar at the Pan Pacific Vancouver. We hope to see you there! See more here: usdohad.org/2024/02/14/us-…
Recent research by Megan Beetch et al. @UMN_IBP showed deletion of placental mTOR nutrient sensing in utero programs hepatic response to #insulin action in a sexually dimorphic manner. Explore the open-access article 🆓👉ow.ly/rHQu50Q0a9k
Look inside the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism (IDOM), including the research partnerships, core services, and student funding opportunities. #UMNMedicine WATCH▶️z.umn.edu/8ykh
Featured study in #JES: Sex differences in pancreatic #BetaCell morphology and #Glucose homeostasis #OpenAccess #InMice #diabetes @TheEndoSociety doi.org/10.1210/jendso…
Most recent lab publication: Placental mTOR deficiency alters liver insulin signaling in adult mice offspring by @drmegbeetch, jme.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/…
New content online: Epigenetics of type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight change — a tool for precision medicine? dlvr.it/SPppdr
In our May issue - Niklas Mejhert & Mikael Rydén discuss a paper looking at the pathways that drive #insulin resistance in different strains of mice (£) go.nature.com/3gTPzMi
Sunny Friday in Minneapolis! ☀️ Great day to submit a grant!
Writing a grant is less frustrating (and even fun) if we think about it as having two separate aspects - night science and day science - where most of the time is spent on night science thinking and outlining.
The adipokine FABP4 is a key regulator of neonatal glucose homeostasis: buff.ly/3pppeLw @TelAvivUni #Endocrinology #Metabolism
Congratulations to trainees Mr. Brian Akhaphong, Dr. Megan Beetch, et al. Their study describing the effects of placental mTOR signaling on offspring's metabolic health trajectory is out. insight.jci.org/articles/view/…

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