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Dr. Myers received his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology (summa cum laude) at Princeton University in 1988 and his M.D. and Ph.D. (Cell Biology) degrees from Harvard Medical School in 1997. He joined the faculty at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School in 1997, where he began to focus his independent research laboratory on mechanisms of leptin receptor signaling and links to the regulation of mammalian physiology. In 2004, Dr. Myers moved to the University of Michigan as a Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar and joined the faculty of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Dr. Myers is the Director of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute and the Michigan Diabetes Research Center.
Dr. Myers has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. He received the Michigan Biomedical Sciences Scholar Award in 2004, was elected to the ASCI in 2005, received the Jerome Conn Award for Excellence in Research in 2006, and the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award in 2010.
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Postdoctoral FellowHarvard Medical School/Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, 1997
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MDHarvard University, 1997
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PhDHarvard University, 1997
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ABPrinceton University, 1988
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
Dr. Myers’ research focuses on how the central nervous system controls processes that enable the body to control blood glucose and body weight, and how problems in these pathways contribute to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. His laboratory focuses on the crucial roles played by nerve centers in the unconscious part of the brain — including regions that control food intake and metabolism to regulate body weight, and “glycemic control centers” that regulate the body’s ability to control blood sugar.
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Sutton Hickey AK, Gonzalez IE, Sadagurski M, Rajala M, Lu C, Allison MB, Adams JM, Myers MG, White MF, Olson DP. Scientific Reports, 2025 Dec 1; 15 (1):Journal ArticleAuthor Correction: Paraventricular, subparaventricular and periventricular hypothalamic IRS4-expressing neurons are required for normal energy balance (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (5546), 10.1038/s41598-020-62468-z)
DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-85804-7 PMID: 39966516 -
Torres M, Lu Y, Pederson B, Wang H, Gretzinger A, Lin LL, Hwang J, Rupp A, Tomlinson A, Scott AJ, Zhao Z, Wahl DR, Myers M, Lyssiotis CA, Qi L. 2025 Jun 20; bioRxiv,PreprintNeuronal SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD regulates one-carbon metabolism and is essential for motor function and survival
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Wang Y, Qiu W, Kernodle S, Parker C, Padilla MA, Su J, Tomlinson AJ, Oldham S, Field J, Bernard E, Hornigold D, Rhodes CJ, Olson DP, Seeley RJ, Myers MG. Molecular Metabolism, 2025 Feb 1; 92:Journal ArticleRoles for Prlhr/GPR10 and Npffr2/GPR74 in feeding responses to PrRP
DOI:10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102093 PMID: 39755369 -
Yacawych WT, Wang Y, Zhou G, Hassan S, Kernodle S, Sass F, DeVaux M, Wu I, Rupp A, Tomlinson AJ, Lin Z, Secher A, Raun K, Pers T, Seeley RJ, Myers M, Qiu W. 2025 Jan 24;PreprintA single dorsal vagal complex circuit mediates the aversive and anorectic responses to GLP1R agonists.
DOI:10.1101/2025.01.21.634167 PMID: 39896596 -
Ludwig MQ, Coester B, Gordian D, Hassan S, Tomlinson AJ, Toure MH, Christensen OP, Moltke-Prehn A, Brown JM, Rausch DM, Gowda A, Wu I, Kernodle S, Dong V, Ayensu-Mensah M, Sabatini PV, Shin JH, Kirigiti M, Egerod KL, Le Foll C, Lundh S, Gerstenberg MK, Lutz TA, Kievit P, Secher A, Raun K, Myers MG, Pers TH. bioRxiv, 2025 Jan 15;Journal ArticleA Cross-Species Atlas of the Dorsal Vagal Complex Reveals Neural Mediators of Cagrilintide's Effects on Energy Balance.
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Polex-Wolf J, Deibler K, Hogendorf WFJ, Bau S, Glendorf T, Stidsen CE, Tornøe CW, Tiantang D, Lundh S, Pyke C, Tomlinson AJ, Kernodle S, Magrisso IJ, Conde-Frieboes KW, Myers MG, Knudsen LB, Seeley RJ. Science Translational Medicine, 2024 Dec 4; 16 (776):Journal ArticleGlp1r-Lepr coexpressing neurons modulate the suppression of food intake and body weight by a GLP-1/leptin dual agonist
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Sass F, Ma T, Ekberg JH, Kirigiti M, Ureña MG, Dollet L, Brown JM, Basse AL, Yacawych WT, Burm HB, Andersen MK, Nielsen TS, Tomlinson AJ, Dmytiyeva O, Christensen DP, Bader L, Vo CT, Wang Y, Rausch DM, Kristensen CK, Gestal-Mato M, In het Panhuis W, Sjøberg KA, Kernodle S, Petersen JE, Pavlovskyi A, Sandhu M, Moltke I, Jørgensen ME, Albrechtsen A, Grarup N, Babu MM, Rensen PCN, Kooijman S, Seeley RJ, Worthmann A, Heeren J, Pers TH, Hansen T, Gustafsson MBF, Tang-Christensen M, Kilpeläinen TO, Myers MG, Kievit P, Schwartz TW, Hansen JB, Gerhart-Hines Z. Nature, 2024 Nov 28; 635 (8040): 987 - 1000.Journal ArticleNK2R control of energy expenditure and feeding to treat metabolic diseases
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Sáenz de Miera C, Bellefontaine N, Allen SJ, Myers MG, Elias CF. 2024 Jul 15;PreprintGlutamate neurotransmission from leptin receptor cells is required for typical puberty and reproductive function in female mice
DOI:10.7554/eLife.93204
