NUTRITION AND OBESITY AFFINITY GROUP (NORC) RESEARCH SEMINARS

Meeting Time: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 pm

Meeting Location: Beckman B302
Spring 2024
DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
March 20thPeter Jackson, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology; Professor of Pathology, Stanford University
"Localized GPCR Signaling in Primary Cilia Controls Obesity, Drives Adipogenesis, and Enhances Insulin Secretion"
April 3rdSaranya Reghupaty, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Svensson Lab, Stanford University
"Physiological and molecular mechanisms of hepatic lipid metabolism by Isthmin-1"
April 17thMichele L. Patel, PhD
Instructor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
"Your iPhone updates every year, why not your intervention? Using an optimization framework in obesity research"
May 15thJonathan Long, PhD
Jonathan Long, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Stanford University
"Diet, exercise, and the chemical control of energy balance"
May 29thXin Zhou, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Synder Lab, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
"Longitudinal Human Microbiome-Host Dynamics Across Body Sites"
June 5thDimpi Desai, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
"Navigating complexities in Obesity Management: Clinical Insights and Therapeutic Challenges"