Puja Biswas

Got featured by the @ubcmedicine.bsky.social
Fall Graduation 2025 - UBC Faculty of Medicine url:https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/fall-graduation-2025/

I have gotten a bit behind at sharing the lab’s latest work - this paper is now published - check it out! www.cell.com/cell-reports... Long story short: insulin is the major determinant of female fat storage, with a relatively minor effect on males.

Sex-biased expression of enteroendocrine cell-derived hormones contributes to higher fat storage in Drosophila females Enteroendocrine (EE) cells in the Drosophila gut produce and release multiple factors, including Allatostatin A (AstA), Allatostatin C (AstC), neuropeptide F (NPF), tachykinin (Tk), Diuretic hormone 3...

The next paper from @pujabiswas.bsky.social PhD has been posted! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Puja found a sex difference in levels of hormones produced by gut enteroendocrine cells.

Can't even believe it's Dr. Biswas now! 🥂 Thanks Liz for all your support and guidance, you are truly an inspiration.
So excited to continue my research on sex differences in metabolism as a post-doc at @bcchresearch.bsky.social from next month.