# @uofmhealthsci on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-05-31T17:24:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** University of Memphis College of Health Sciences (@UofMHealthSci) — https://gondola.cc/UofMHealthSci

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🧪 Dr. Melissa Puppa, assistant professor of Exercise, Sport & Movement Sciences (ESMS), treated her Integrative Muscle and Metabolism lab students to a day out and lunch to thank them for all their hard work.

GA Jason Lin graduated with his master's in ESMS, senior interns Noah Wallace and Nick Earnest graduated with a bachelor's in ESMS, and GA Zereque Powell joined the lab this year as an ESMS master's student and will continue with the lab this fall.

• Jason worked on a variety of projects, one focusing on the role of circadian dysfunction in the progression of cancer cachexia.
• Jason and Nick looked at the role of plant based fats on health span in the drosophila model. 
• Zereque and Noah headed up a large study looking at sex differences in diet induced obesity and metabolic syndrome.
• Noah is starting his PhD in our new Applied Physiology & Neuromechanics doctoral program this fall.

#memphisgrad2022 #gotigersgo #exercisescience #sportscience #uofmemphis #membound #choose901

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memphisgrad2022, membound, sportscience, uofmemphis, gotigersgo, choose901, exercisescience

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