Check it out! In a new article, Hill et al. report that specific microbes are important in newborn mice for development of pancreatic cells that regulate metabolism throughout life. These studies were a collaboration between the Murtaugh lab in Human Genetics and others at the UofU, as well as researchers at U Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the University of Oregon.

"Neonatal fungi promote lifelong metabolic health through macrophage-dependent beta cell development" Science 387, 1056 (2025) Jennifer Hampton Hill, Rickesha Bell, Logan Barrios, Halli Baird, Kyla Ost, Morgan Greenewood, Josh K. Monts, Erin Tracy, Casey H. Meili, Tyson R. Chiaro, Allison M. Weis, Karen Guillemin, Anna E. Beaudin, L. Charles Murtaugh*, W. Zac Stephens*, June L. Round*

Links: full article and a press release from the UofU