Welcome Evelyn! News: June 01, 2024 Welcome to the Banks Lab, Evelyn! She joined the lab as a research assistant in June, 2024.
Acute regulation of murine adipose tissue lipolysis and insulin resistance by the TGFβ superfamily protein GDF3 Publication: Journal Article Kotikalapudi, Nagasuryaprasad, Deepti Ramachandran, Daniel Vieira, William B. Rubio, Gregory R. Gipson, and Alexander S. Banks. 2025. “Acute Regulation of Murine Adipose Tissue Lipolysis and Insulin Resistance by the TGFβ Superfamily Protein GDF3”. Nature Communications.
Welcome K.C.! News: October 14, 2025 Welcome to the Banks Lab, Kyung Cheul (K.C.)! He joined the lab as a post-doctoral fellow in October, 2025.
Welcome Brad! News: September 02, 2024 Welcome to the Banks Lab, Brad! He joined the lab as a bioinformatician in September, 2024.
Publication from the International Indirect Calorimetry Consensus Committee, led by Alex Banks, in Nature Metabolism News: September 24, 2025 Congratulations! Alex`s paper is published in Nature Metabolism.
A consensus guide to preclinical indirect calorimetry experiments Publication: Journal Article Banks, Alexander S., David B. Allison, Thierry Alquier, , Steven N. Austad, Johan Auwerx, and Julio E. Ayala. 2025. “A Consensus Guide to Preclinical Indirect Calorimetry Experiments”. Nature Metabolism.
Microbial metabolism of mannitol as a tracer for the non-invasive measurement of oral-cecal transit Publication: Journal Article Vieira, Daniel E., Emily M. Langmeyer, Marissa D. Cortopassi, Deepti Ramachandran, William B. Rubio, Nagasuryaprasad Kotikalapudi, Yancheng Zhou, and Alexander S. Banks. Submitted. “Microbial Metabolism of Mannitol As a Tracer for the Non-Invasive Measurement of Oral-Cecal Transit”. BioRxiv, Submitted.
Prasad and Deepti Publish their work in Nature Communications News: May 13, 2025 Congratulations! Prasad and Deepti`s paper is published in Nature Communications.