Obesity Alliance Conference (TORS)

The UT Southwestern Obesity Alliance's weekly conference on metabolism, nutrition, and obesity is held at noon every Thursday on the sixth floor of the Green Science Building. The weekly conference was initiated by the Taskforce for Obesity Research (TORS) and is supported by the Center for Human Nutrition. The conferences emphasize human and translation research, but all aspects of metabolism and nutrition as related to obesity are considered. Out-of-town speakers are invited, to the extent possible. We hope that conference attendees will broadly represent the UT Southwestern faculty. 

Upcoming Conferences

  • May 31, 2012
    Jeffrey Pessin, PhD
    Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Professorial Chair in Diabetes Research
    Director, Diabetes Research Center
    Departments of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    "A novel signaling pathway regulating energy metabolism and muscle homeostasis" 
  • June 7, 2012
    Matthew Merrit, PhD
    Assistant Professor Advanced Imaging Research Center,Radiology,Graduate Program: Molecular Biophysics
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • June 14, 2012
    Joachim Herz, MD
    Professor of Molecular Genetics
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • June 21, 2012
    Al Merrill, Jr., PhD
    Professor and Smithgall Institute Chair in Molecular Cell Biology
    School of Biology and the Petiti Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology
    "An overview of sphingolipid metabolism and its analysis by 'omic' technologies: Get ready for a lot of surprises regarding sphingolipids and disease" 
  • July 5, 2012
    Holiday
  • July 12, 2012
    Ralph DiBerardinis, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics
    Program Director, Medical Genetics Residency Program
  • July 19, 2012
    Vanessa Sperandio, PhD
    Professor in Microbiology and Biochemistry
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • July 26, 2012
    Joel Elmquist, DVM, PhD
    Professor of Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Pharmacology
    Maclin Family Distinguished Professorship in Medical Science, in Honor of Dr. Roy A. Brinkley
    Carl H. Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research
  • August 2012
    Summer Recess
  • September 6, 2012
    Yihong Wan, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pharmacology
    "Inflammatory Milk Reveals Hidden Maternal Surveillance System in Lactation and Neonatal Health"
  • September 13, 2012
    Chad Grueter, PhD
    Department of Molecular Biology
    “A Cardiac MicroRNA Governs Systemic Energy Homeostasis by Regulation of MED13”
  • November 15, 2012
    Xiao-Song Xie, PhD
    Professor of Internal Medicine
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    “ABCG5/ABCG8 transporter complex: Its role in cholesterol metabolism and the underlying mechanism"
  • December 6, 2012
    Stephen Turley, PhD
    Professor of Internal Medicine
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    “The Importance and Challenges of Quantifying Both Esterified and Unesterified Cholesterol Concentrations in the Brain and Other Organs in Health and Disease”
  • December 13, 2012
    Philipp Scherer, PhD
    Professor and Director, Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research
    Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • December 20, 2012
    Winter recess

2013 Conferences