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Insulin resistance turns tidy brain cells into slobs — which could be a link between diet and neurodegenerative diseases
New work in fruit flies shows that a high-sugar diet impairs “housekeeping” brain cells
Dr. Akhila Rajan receives McKnight Award
Obesity researcher explores how mitochondria may be conduit by which fat influences brain health
Dr. Mroj Alassaf named a 2023 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow
Award will allow Rajan Lab postdoc to study why fat sends mitochondrial components to the brain
A high-sugar diet induces glia insulin resistance and disrupts their "eat-me" signaling
From the Rajan Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Finding the ‘sweet spot’: what hungry flies can teach us about human metabolism
From the Rajan Lab, Basic Sciences Division
Tip Sheet: Cancer health disparities, app to stop smoking, diversity in COVID-19 vaccine trials — and more
Summaries of recent Fred Hutch research findings and other news, plus resources for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Fruit flies add more weight to theory that individual bodies have set points
Researchers discover that a neural circuit responsible for sensing energy stores is designed to reset itself
Ways to improve body image in Drosophila
From the Rajan lab, Basic Sciences Division
Fruit fly study IDs missing links in fat-signaling system
Hormone alerts brain to fat-storage status, but its packaging system goes awry in obesity