male wigeon. Resplendent.

really looking forwards to this... lets hope there will be enough jet fuel to attend!!

Reducing the strain on calorie restriction @johnspeakman4.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

RACMEM 2025 is over and everyone is home safely. Time for some relaxation and photography. White throated kingfisher. zoom in for feather details. Nikon Z9 with 600m f4 lens. 1/1000s f5.6.

Immature black winged stilt. Shenzhen. October 2025. Nikon z9 600mm f4 1/10000s

RACMEM 2025 Important notice Registrations will close on the 30th September (or when venue capacity is reached if sooner). Late registrations will not be accepted. If you wish to attend and didn't yet register this is your last chance. Please register at www.racmem.com Please retweet.

Bee fly eye. Zoom in for detail of ommatidia. Nikon z9 with 105,, f2.8 macro and 250 Raynox. 1/6400 s f10

After years of work with @juliabelluz.bsky.social, it's hard to believe that our book FOOD INTELLIGENCE will be published this month! @barnesandnoble.com has 25% off pre-orders placed on Sept 3-5. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/food-intel...

Bee fly with pollen on its face. Nikon z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens and Raynox 250. 1/6400 s f10.

Two flies on a dead shrew. Nikon Z9 with 105mm f2.8 macro lens with raynox 250 fitted. !/6400 s f4

Singer and bassist. Meeting jazz club, Shenzhen. Nikon Z6

Li River. Guilin to Yongshou. 2006. Taken on film and now digitised.

flying carrion crow against blue sky. Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. August 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm f2.8 lens. 1/10000s

RACMEM 2025 Abstract submission for contributed short talks and posters is now open. There will be a bunch of 500 USD prizes for the best talks and posters, by ECRs, post docs and students. Abstract submission form at racmem.com

wood pigeon on silver birch tree. Aberdeen. May 2025.

Chinese pond heron in summer plumage. May 2025. Shenzhen. Nikon z6.

Food insecurity drives obesity and adiposity, but how is unclear. A recent study by @clemmensenc.bsky.social developed a mouse model for this phenomenon lnkd.in/d8pEp2qv Happy to share a commentary written with @johnspeakman4.bsky.social with our take on that study doi.org/10.1002/oby....

Check out this great commentary by @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social and @johnspeakman4.bsky.social on our recent paper, that investigates the role of #foodinsecurity on energy homeostasis and #adiposity in mice 💡

Issues of diet design in rodent studies discussed here with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @johnspeakman4.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37485302/

RACMEM 2025 to be held in Shenzhen 13th to 17th October is now open for registration. Please spread the word. www.racmem.org

Looking for new drugs to treat obesity by repurposing old ones. Very happy to have been part of this study looking at the weight loss effects of Halofuginone acting via both FGF21 and GDF15. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Coming soon. Registration for RACMEM 2025 to be held in Shenzhen China will open in early April. Keep an eye on the site www.racmem.com places limited to 230. please retweet (or whatever the equivalent is on here)

Thanks Dan for posting.

MAHA nutrition advisor & chiropractor says the 1st nutrition issue he wants addressed is the 'food pyramid', a USDA food guide tool that was sunset in 2011 (it's been MyPlate since). Glad to see we are finally taking nutrition very seriously. www.foxnews.com/food-drink/a...

Yellow-eyed penguin. OPERA Eco reserve. Otago peninsula, near Dunedin, South island, New Zealand.

Paradise shelduck in the afternoon sun. New Zealand endemic. Christchurch. Feb 2025. Nikon z6 with 120mm lens. F4 1/3200s

University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. Feb 2025

Gannet coming in to land looking like a ballerina. They are so graceful in the air but so clumsy on the ground. Murawai gannet colony, North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon z9 with 200mm 1/4000s f14.

Australasian Gannet in flight. Murawai gannet colony. North Island, New Zealand. February 2025. Nikon Z9 with 200mm lens. 1/3200s f14

Swamp hen adult. Auckland. New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm lens. 1/4000s f5.6.

How robust are the links between #diet, #obesity, and #health? A new study in @naturefood.bsky.social suggests some fundamental flaws. HT: @johnspeakman4.bsky.social conscienhealth.org/2025/01/the-...

Spur-winged plover. Auckland. New Zealand. Nikon z9 200mm lens. hand held 1/4000s f8

Immature swamp hen stepping out. PiHa North Island, New Zealand. January 2025. Nikon Z9 200mm + 2x converter. 1/4000 f8

A rather angry looking spotted dove. Auckland, New Zealand. Nikon Z9. 200mm lens with 2x converter. f5.6 1/1250s hand held.

Tikaokao Quail New Zealand. Auckland. North Island. Nikon Z9 200mm lens with 2x teleconverter. f 5.6 1/1250s January 2025

LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social and the final winner is Elijah Lowenstein @lowensteined.bsky.social from BIDMC, Harvard to attend the Keystone meeting on Ingestive behaviour. Congratulations...

LIFE METABOLISM Travel prizes @lifemetabolism.bsky.social Sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 3rd winner is Zeyuan Zhang from Stanford who will present his work on novel products of the CART gene at the Metabolic signalling cold spring harbor meeting Congrats...

LIFE METABOLISM Travel awards. @lifemetabolism.bsky.social sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social Our 2nd prize winner is @lundjens.bsky.social from the Novo-nordisk foundation to attend the keystone meeting in Banff to show his work on whether fatness drives obesity in mice on HFD Congrats..

LIFE METABOLISM Travel award @lifemetabolism2 Sponsored by @SableSys The first of our 4 winners is Enchen Zhou from UC San Diego who will go to the ADA meeting In Chicago this summer to present his work on Liver X receptors in the gut Congratulations...

@lifemetabolism.bsky.social LIFE METABOLISM travel awards Sorry for the delay in reaching a decision on these awards sponsored by @sablesys.bsky.social . This year we had a very strong field which has necessitated several rounds of review. Finally, the decisions about who has won have been made 1/2

Nice piece in Science about our recent paper in Nature Food on dietary misreporting. www.science.org/content/arti...

Sunset over Shenzhen. January 2025.

"measuring what people eat is essential for understanding health [but] >50% of the dietary reports had implausible energy intakes". Just waiting for @johnspeakman4.bsky.social to turn his hand to alcohol intake... www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Moth face. Nikon z9 with 105mm lens and 250dc Raynox. 1./200s f32 to maximise depth of focus.

Singer in old jazz bar, Peace hotel, Shanghai. January 2025

Hogmanay 2024, NYE The Stonehaven Fireballs, Scotland Fujifilm X-Pro1 XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lens #fire #fireballs #photography #fujifilm #scotland #stonehaven #newyearseve #newyear #hogmany #festival

Singer, Lavo jazz club. Shenzhen, China. Dec 2024.

What a nice Christmas present to have. Our latest accepted paper appear on Christmas day. It’s about transcriptome level changes during caloric restriction in two tissues of mice: the stomach and skeletal muscle. 1/5 Here is the link. academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...

I just donated 130 US$ (£100). I did it before he said this, but what better reason can you have than Elon doesn't want you to do it.

The beautiful lace of dragonfly wings nikon 105 mm on Z9 1/10000s f9