Jason Bini, PhD

If you have patients or folks you know who have recently been diagnosed with stage 1 or 2 Type 1 Diabetes in the Northeast. Have them contact us! Recruiting for longitudinal PET/MRI studies!

Universities are not passive beneficiaries of government largesse. It is the federal government that depends on universities to conduct the research that keeps our nation healthy, safe and economically competitive.I discuss in the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Online now: The estrous cycle modulates hippocampal spine dynamics, dendritic processing, and spatial coding dlvr.it/TKlQHJ

The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress. ascb.org/science-policy…

Thrilled to announce that four Yale researchers were honored at the @SNM_MI #SNMMI2025! 🏆✨ Congratulations to Tianyi Zeng, Felicitas Bijari, Nakul Raval, and Qiong Liu m.yale.edu/c7gw

We are pleased to announce the appointment of our Associate Directors! Biomedical Imaging Technology: Dr. Chi Liu and Dr. Dustin Scheinost Biomedical Imaging Data Sciences: Dr. Xenophon Papademetris Biomedical Imaging Translation: Dr. Kelly Cosgrove

New research published in Nature Communications with UFDI collaborators Dr. Melanie Shapiro, Dr. Mark Atkinson, and Dr. Todd Brusko reveals immune cell disruptions in pancreatic lymphatic tissues may precede Type 1 Diabetes onset—offering key insights into early detection and…

I wrote an Op-Ed about the government's attacks on Harvard. Please share with anybody who thinks these attacks help anybody. prosyn.org/PhWi74r?h=KyJ1…

🔥 Chili peppers: nature’s portion control. In this study, making lunch spicier led to a 25% reduction in intake and 97 fewer calories consumed… without changing how much people liked the meal.

Check out our new review on the history and future of resting state fMRI 🧠 @restingstate @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

MRI study links insulin-dependence and smaller pancreas size in monogenic diabetes. Figure 2 best summarizes the article. @jordwrig; @VUMChealth; @VUMCdiscoveries @ADA_Pubs Read Here➡️diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/looku…

Just finished reading this fantastic review. Still a lot to understand about brain insulin resistance but this is a great resource for further hypothesis generation.

In the GRADE trial choice of second-line glucose-lowering medication class added to metformin is not associated with change in cognitive performance in persons with early #T2D jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Clear and compelling interview with @baym on the harm of cutting funding to antibiotic research: wbur.org/news/2025/05/1… This affects so much of modern medicine; many cancer treatments, including regimens with curative intent, are only safe because of effective antibiotics.

Funding reductions threaten the future of medical innovation. ow.ly/3R5x50VSPsX #NuclearMedicine #MolecularImaging #Theranostics @Czernin_Johannes @thomashopemd @ProKHerrmann @DorbalaSharmila @Calais_Jeremie @IreneBuvat @rdbadawi

Up front and free to read in our May issue #editorspicks: Beyond the loss of beta cells: a quantitative analysis of islet architecture in adults with and without type 1 diabetes link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This study combined with renewed interest in 11bhsd1 inhibitors for AD treatment, makes me think we still haven't solved the obesity/diabetes/cortisol cognition conundrum. We're trying to understand it with PET! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32133575/ And MRI! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Just a sad reflection of the fact that so many people are completely uncurious about learning ANYTHING.

there's only 3 states separating north carolina from wyoming

BiorXiv: Islet GLP1-R signaling has 2x effect on 1st phase amplitude, 4x effect on frequency of Ca2+ oscillations (proxy for 2nd phase insulin secretion), 1st responders, and hubs - all without gut - derived GLP. Alpha cells & glucagon are main suspects. doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

PET imaging in the local paper 😲