2011-2012
| Date | Presenter & Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2011 | Babak Razani, MD, PhD Instructor in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University, St Louis School of Medicine |
When the heart can't make its own fat: De novo lipogenesis in myocardial dysfunction |
| August 31, 2011 | Metabolic Signaling Symposium University of Utah |
From Mechanisms to Medicine |
| September 1, 2011 | Rolf Bodmer, PhD Professor and Program Head, Development and Aging, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California | Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in the Drosophila model |
| September 8, 2011 | Jerry Kaplan PhD Benning Presidential Endowed Chair, Professor of Pathology, Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine Assistant Vice President for Basic Sciences at the Health Sciences Center, University of Utah School of Medicine |
Hepcidin- dependent and hepcidin-independent regulation of vertebrate iron export |
| September 13, 2011 RIP Presentation by Stephen Jenkins, Donya Mohebali and Erik Ostler, Abel Lab |
Division of Endocrinology, University of Utah | Research in Progress |
| September 15, 2011 | No MIG Medical Student Research Symposium and Molecular Medicine Retreat |
Deer Valley |
| September 20, 2011 | Chalk Talk by Babak Razani, MD, PhD Instructor in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine |
Autophagy Links Inflammasomes to Atherosclerotic Progression |
| September 22, 2011 | Brian Shirts, MD, PhD Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow, University of Utah Health Sciences Center |
Gene-Environment Interaction in Lipid Levels: Multifaceted Informatics Puzzle |
| September 29, 2011 | Chris Gregg, PhD. Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Adjunct Professor of Human Genetics, University of Utah |
Genomic Imprinting and the Modulation of Neural Circuits Underlying Feeding and Foraging |
| October 6, 2011 | Tianxin Yang, MD, PhD. Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Physiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah |
Defining PPAR gamma/PGE2/VEGFR2 pathway in the vasculature: Implication for regulation of capillary permeability and energy metabolism in the adipose tissue |
| October 13, 2011 | John Chatham, D.Phil Professor and Director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Protein O-GlcNAcylation: How sugar signals |
| October 20, 2011 | Adam Wende PhD & Christian Riehle, MD, PhD, Abel Lab Division of Endocrinology, University of Utah |
Mechanisms of Glucose-Mediated Cardiac Mitochondrial Dysfunction/Understanding the Contribution of IRS Signaling in the Heart |
| October 27, 2011 | Lisa Lesniewski, PhD Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah |
Mechanisms underlying an age-associated exacerbation of western diet induced endothelial dysfunction |
| November 3, 2011 | Journal Club by Elizabeth Sloan, Ayer Lab Graduate Student, Ayer Lab, University of Utah |
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C promotes cell survival and tumor growth under conditions of metabolic stress. |
| November 10, 2011 | Li Wang, PhD Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, University of Utah |
Function of SHP in regulation of Mdm2/p53 signaling |
| November 17, 2011 | Yury Miller, MD, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of California San Diego |
Hypercholesterolemic Zebrafish |
| November 24, 2011 | Thanksgiving | N/A |
| December 1, 2011 | Yuriy Kirichok, PhD. Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, Department of Physiology, San Francisco, California |
The Mechanism of Fatty Acid-Dependent Mitochondrial Uncoupling in Brown Fat |
| December 8, 2011 | Personalized Health Care Retreat | |
| December 15, 2011 | Linda Peterson, MD, F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.S.E. Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) Washington University in St. Louis, Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Division |
In Search of the Sorcerer's Stone for Obesity and Heart Failure |
| December 22, 2011 | No MIG | Christmas break |
| December 29, 2011 | No MIG | Christmas break |
| January 5, 2012 | Doris Stoffers MD, PhD., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Pdx1 partners and targets in the development and function of pancreatic beta cells |
| January 12, 2012 | Brian Finck, PhD. Research Assistant Professor in Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science St. Louis, Missouri |
Unexpected roles for lipin 1 in regulating signaling and metabolism |
| January 19, 2012 | Gary Lopaschuk, PhD. Scientific Director, Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, President and CEO of Metabolic Modulators Research Ltd, University of Alberta |
Role of fatty acid oxidation in cardiac dysfunction in obesity and diabetes |
| January 26, 2012 | Rutter Lab Yu-Chan Chen, Graduate Student, Rutter Lab, Department of Biochemistry Eric Taylor, Research Instructor Rutter Lab, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah |
Respiratory Supercomplex Assembly The Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier |
| February 2, 2012 | Matt Vander Heiden, MD, PhD Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Cambridge, MA |
Understanding how altered metabolism promotes biosynthesis |
| February 9, 2012 | Kun-Liang Guan, PhD Professor of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology, La Jolla, California |
Metabolism Regulation and Cancer |
| February 16, 2012 | Dan Bricker, B.S. Graduate Student, Thummel Lab, University of Utah |
Identification of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier and its role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila |
| February 23, 2012 | Dr. Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD Director, BioScience Center, Professor of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California |
Role of Mitophagy in Cardioprotection |
| March 1, 2012 | Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, PhD/JAB Chair in Diabetes Research, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco |
Dissecting the Response of Innate Immune Cells to Toxic Lipids |
| March 8, 2012 | Navdeep Chandel, PhD Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois |
Mitochondrial ROS regulate signaling |
| March 15, 2012 | Journal Club by Ashot Sarsgyan Graduate Student, Graham Lab, University of Utah |
A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis”Bostro¨m et al, Nature, 2012 |
| March 22, 2012 | Hyung Kim, PhD, Winge Lab | Putting Together Respiratory Complex II: The Interplay Between Cofactor Insertion and Subunit Assembly |
| March 29, 2012 | Metabolism & Cardiovascular Disease Symposium EIHG Auditorium |
Diabetes, Metabolism, and Vascular Complications |
| April 5, 2012 | Laura Young, M.S, PhD Student, Exercise Physiology, Symons Lab, University of Utah |
Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human |
| April 12, 2012 | Donald A. McClain, MD, PhD. Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for U2M2;Bettilyon Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research; Director, GCRC;Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Program; Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry; University of Utah |
Metabolic Adaptations to High Altitude |
| April 19, 2012 | Lourdes Cruz Garcia, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine Program, School of Medicine, Schlegel Lab, University of Utah |
Using Zebrafish to Study Liver X Receptor Regulation of Lipid Metabolism |
| April 26, 2012 | Erica Graham, PhD Candidate Department of Mathematics |
Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance: Insights from Mathematical Modeling |
| May 3, 2012 | Renata Pereira, PhD. and Yi Zhu Post-Doctoral Fellow, Abel Lab Graduate Research Assistant Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes |
Glucose Transport in the Heart |
| May 10, 2012 | Karin Bornfeldt, PhD Professor in the Department of Pathology and Associate Director of the Diabetes & Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington School of Medicine, South Lake Union Campus, Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence Department of Pathology. Seattle, Washington |
Diabetes-Accelerated Atherosclerosis and Inflammation – Revealing the Picture One Piece at a Time |
| May 17, 2012 | Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC, Christi T. Smith Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Research, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry |
Cross-talk between Redox Signaling Networks and Metabolic Pathways |
| May 24, 2012 | No MIG | |
| May 31, 2012 | J. David Symons, PhD. Associate Professor, COH, Endocrinology, University of Utah |
Lipotoxicity and Endothelial Dysfunction – a Review |
| June 7, 2012 | Russell S. Richardson, PhD. Professor of Medicine, Professor of Exercise and Sport Science, Associate Director for Research, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, SLC VAMC |
Determinants of maximal respiration (VO2max) in humans: Implications in Health and Disease |
| June 14, 2012 | Alejandro Caicedo, PhD. Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Diabetes Research Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida |
Determinants of maximal respiration (VO2max) in humans: Implications in Health and Disease |
| June 21, 2012 | Timothy Graham, MD |
Autophagy in Adipocytes: Chewing the Fat |
| June 28, 2012 | Brett Baumgartner, Murtaugh Lab Graduate Student |
TBD |
* Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit