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Research in Nature Metabolism

To understand a weight-loss drug, scientists mapped a brain circuit older than humanity

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Zach Gerhart-Hines receives 61st EASD Minkowski Prize

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Professor Kei Sakamoto elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Camilla Schéele promoted to Professor from February 1, 2026

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Born in Germany and raised mostly in Sweden, Svenja Hansson joined CBMR as a PhD Student in the Barrès Group, where she established a CRISPRi screening system in human stem cells differentiated into skeletal muscle to…

To understand a weight-loss drug, scientists mapped a brain circuit older than humanity

Researchers have traced one drug's appetite-suppressing power to a single population of neurons buried deep in the brainstem.

Zach Gerhart-Hines receives 61st EASD Minkowski Prize

EASD awards Zach Europe's most prestigious diabetes prize in recognition of research that is transforming how we understand fat, metabolism, and obesity treatment

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2026