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class="entry-content"> The Endocrine Society’s 2025 Outstanding Mentor Laureate Award recipient Ellen Seely, MD, mentors both early-career endocrinologists as well as peers both in the U.S. and abroad. She discusses this unique arrangement as well as the excitement she feels when previous mentees become her research colleagues. For Ellen Seely, MD, mentoring is a rewarding, reciprocal relationship...</div></article><article id="post-15612" class="post-15612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-member-news category-q-a category-research-2" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/sobering-science-qa-with-2025-endocrine-society-laureates-david-mangelsdorf-phd-and-steven-kliewer-phd/" st_title="Sobering Science: Q&A with 2025 Endocrine Society Laureates David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and Steven Kliewer, PhD" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-47"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/member-news/">Member News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-65"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/research-2/">Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/sobering-science-qa-with-2025-endocrine-society-laureates-david-mangelsdorf-phd-and-steven-kliewer-phd/" rel="bookmark">Sobering Science: Q&A with 2025 Endocrine Society Laureates David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and Steven Kliewer, PhD</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> <img width="660" height="925" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20660%20925'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="Davo&Steve Headshot" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-lazy-srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-214x300.jpeg 214w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-107x150.jpeg 107w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2.jpeg 1500w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" data-lazy-src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-731x1024.jpeg" /><noscript><img width="660" height="925" src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-731x1024.jpeg" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="Davo&Steve Headshot" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-214x300.jpeg 214w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-107x150.jpeg 107w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/DavoSteve-Headshot-2.jpeg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></noscript> Recipients of the Endocrine Society’s 2025 Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science, David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and Steven Kliewer, PhD, have spent a lot of time in the lab with drunken mice. Find out how these besotted rodents may hold the secrets behind the evolution of how fibroblast growth factor 21 might...</div></article><article id="post-15599" class="post-15599 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-lab-notes category-q-a" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/deciphering-science-qa-with-v-krishna-chatterjee-md/" st_title="Deciphering Science: Q&A with V. Krishna Chatterjee, MD" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-38 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/">Lab Notes</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/deciphering-science-qa-with-v-krishna-chatterjee-md/" rel="bookmark">Deciphering Science: Q&A with V. Krishna Chatterjee, MD</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> <img width="300" height="300" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20300%20300'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="V-Chatterjee" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee.jpeg 300w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee-150x150.jpeg 150w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-lazy-src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee.jpeg" /><noscript><img width="300" height="300" src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee.jpeg" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="V-Chatterjee" decoding="async" srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee.jpeg 300w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/V-Chatterjee-150x150.jpeg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></noscript> The Endocrine Society’s 2025 recipient of the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research, V. Krishna Chatterjee, MD, tells Endocrine News why it’s so important for clinicians and basic scientists to work together to improve human health. In 2021, when our lives were still gripped by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, V. Krishna Chatterjee, MD,...</div></article><article id="post-15516" class="post-15516 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-q-a" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/setbacks-and-successes/" st_title="Setbacks and Successes: Q&A with Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/setbacks-and-successes/" rel="bookmark">Setbacks and Successes: Q&A with Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> On the heels of receiving nearly $10 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD, discusses how his team will use this grant to pursue new approaches to studying type 2 diabetes and obesity by exploring gene expression and regulatory activity in multiple metabolic cells. ...</div></article><article id="post-15133" class="post-15133 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-q-a" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/2024-researchers-roundtable/" st_title="2024 Researchers Roundtable" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/2024-researchers-roundtable/" rel="bookmark">2024 Researchers Roundtable</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> <img width="660" height="440" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20660%20440'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="JNP w all 5 at podium" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-150x100.jpg 150w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-768x512.jpg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" data-lazy-src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1024x683.jpg" /><noscript><img width="660" height="440" src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1024x683.jpg" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="JNP w all 5 at podium" decoding="async" srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-150x100.jpg 150w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-768x512.jpg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/JNP-w-all-5-at-podium-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></noscript> Discussing endocrine science with the 2024 Early Investigator Award Winners Every year the Endocrine Society recognizes endocrinologists who are in the early stages of their research careers with the Early Investigator Awards. Endocrine News spoke to the five award recipients from around the world to find out more about their award-winning research, the award’s potential...</div></article><article id="post-15108" class="post-15108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-q-a" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/sweet-homeostasis-alabama-qa-with-tanya-pierre/" st_title="Sweet Homeostasis Alabama: Q&A with Tanya Pierre" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/sweet-homeostasis-alabama-qa-with-tanya-pierre/" rel="bookmark">Sweet Homeostasis Alabama: Q&A with Tanya Pierre</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> <img width="660" height="930" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20660%20930'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="Tanya" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-727x1024.jpg 727w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-213x300.jpg 213w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-107x150.jpg 107w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-768x1082.jpg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-1454x2048.jpg 1454w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-scaled.jpg 1818w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" data-lazy-src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-727x1024.jpg" /><noscript><img width="660" height="930" src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-727x1024.jpg" class="post-thumbnail alignleft wp-post-image" alt="Tanya" decoding="async" srcset="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-727x1024.jpg 727w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-213x300.jpg 213w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-107x150.jpg 107w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-768x1082.jpg 768w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-1454x2048.jpg 1454w, https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Tanya-scaled.jpg 1818w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></noscript> Fourth-year graduate student Tanya Pierre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center talks to Endocrine News about when she realized that she could “do science” as a career, how she hopes her research will help her community, and the importance of awards to help young researchers continue their work. For many young...</div></article><article id="post-15075" class="post-15075 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-member-news category-q-a" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/pride-without-prejudice/" st_title="Pride Without Prejudice" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-47"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/member-news/">Member News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-48 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/lab-notes/q-a/">Q&A</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/pride-without-prejudice/" rel="bookmark">Pride Without Prejudice</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> A conversation with Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza, MD, PhD, and Stephen M. 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This month, he assumes his newest role as Endocrinology’s editor-in-chief. This month, Zane Andrews, PhD, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, will begin his tenure as editor-in-chief of...</div></article></div><div class="show-more visuallyhidden"> <a href="#" class="load-more-posts button button-has-icon larger-font"> <span class="icon icon-plus-circle"></span> Show More </a></div><div class="category-desc"></div></div><div id="secondary" class="secondary col sidebar"><div id="widget-area" class="widget-area" role="complementary"><div class="widget"> <a class="widget-current-issue" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/magazine-issues/february-2025/"> <img width="825" height="510" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20825%20510'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/wp-content/uploads/Feb2025CoverEndoNews-825x510.jpg" /><noscript><img width="825" height="510" 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