Understanding Your Metabolism: How Nutrition Affects Energy Use
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Blake Rushing, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI), where his lab applies multi-omics approaches to investigate the metabolic mechanisms underlying cancer and other chronic, age-related diseases.
As summer winds down and routines fall back into place, it’s the perfect time to reset your approach to nutrition and wellness. Good news: we've got simple science to help you start strong.
Join us for a free virtual Appetite for Life event at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, August 20, featuring Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition at UNC Chapel Hill and researcher at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute.
In this practical and easy-to-understand session, Rushing will explore:
- What is metabolism, really – and why does it matter for your everyday energy?
- How does your body burn energy throughout the day?
- Why do certain foods leave you feeling full and energized, while others leave you crashing?
- What are scientists at the NRI learning about metabolism that could change the way we eat?
You’ll leave with simple, science-backed knowledge about how your body uses energy and how simple nutrition choices can help you feel your best.
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💡 This glowing effect helps scientists visually confirm when two specific proteins interact inside a living cell—bringing abstract molecular activity to light.
Figure A: Depiction of the Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation mechanism used to visualize the interaction between p53 and the lipid molecule, CerS6.
Figure B: Visualization of real fluorescent interactions under different treatment conditions.
Images provided by UNC NRI N. Krupenko Lab.
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