Honolulu ARCS Scholar Katie C.Y. Lee has demonstrated the importance of an energy regulating enzyme in heart health. “We discovered that your heart can't really be healthy without PKM2,” she says.
Building on research that Pyruvate kinase M2 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and energy expenditure, Katie demonstrated... Read more
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's National Insititues of Health grant to train graduate students and postdocs in cardiovascular health research has been renewed for another fiove years. The T32 grant will provide $385,000 per year to JABSOM's Center fort Cardiovascular Research... Read more
Congratulations to 2024 ARCS Scholar Arianna Brunnell, elected president of Graduate Women in Science Hawai‘i. GWISH unites women, girls, non-binary and gender non-conforming people across all science discipline and from diverse backgrounds to provide networking, professional development, and community presence. Arianna previously served as development coordinator for the organization. A PhD... Read more
