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Kyoko Yoshida

April 3, 2026

CMPR faculty member Dr. Kyoko Yoshida named University of Minnesota Land Grant Professor. This award is given to early-career faculty who have the potential to make big impacts in their fields. Dr. Yoshida is Advancing research on pregnancy and soft tissue biomechanics

Min Du PhD

March 26, 2026

Dr. Min Du was invited to give a seminar at the IBP seminar series. "AMPK as a Central Mediator of Matenral Obesity-Induced Fetal Brown Fat and Muscle Programing"

Min Du, PhD
Regents Professor and Endowed Chair in Nutrigeonmics and Growth Biology
Dept of Animal Sciences
Washington State University

lion diabetes foundation logo

March 16, 2026

MN Lions Diabetes Foundation Grant  - Congratulations to Drs. Alejandro and Wernimont who received $25K funding for their grant submission titled: Pregnancy-Inspired Pathways for β-Cell Regeneration: Harnessing Placental Signals to Cure Diabetes. The project is led by Postdoc Fellow, V Pszczolkowski in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Wernimont.