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Previous NORC Symposium Events

A look back our Previous Symposiums

NORC Symposium, February 20, 2025

"FicD-mediated AMPylation Regulates Pancreatic Homeostasis"
Amanda Casey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern
"The Effect of Adiposity on Muscle and Microvascular Function in HFpEF"
Christopher Hearon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Clinical Research and Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine,UT Southwestern
"Identifying Strategies to Curtail Weight Regain After GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment Cessation"
Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition Initiatives & Community Health Equity Lab, UT Southwestern
"Regulation of Body Weight and Metabolism by Liver ISGylation"
Suraj Patel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases, UT Southwestern
"Diabetes and Obesity: Unraveling Their Impact on Health"
Binu Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Advanced Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern
"Mitochondrial Changes with Weight Loss"
Ana P. Valencia, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Division of Metabolsm, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington Diabetes Institute
"The Gut-liver Communication During Obesity and Rapid Weight Loss”
Nadejda Bozadjieva Kramer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan
"The Gut-liver Communication During Obesity and Rapid Weight Loss”
Nadejda Bozadjieva Kramer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan

McGarry Symposium 2024 

"Deletion of TorsinA, an AAA+ ATPase Results in Accumulation of Lipid Droplets in the ER and Severe Reductions in VLDL Secretion"
Henry Ginsberg, M.D., Ph.D. – Columbia University
"Exploring Dietary Interventions to Target Cancer and Obesity"
Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Ph.D. – UT Southwestern
"Thermogenic Adipose Tissue: From Form to Function"
Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. – The Rockefeller University
"Neural Mechanisms that Control Food Intake and Metabolism"
Martin Meyers, Ph.D. – University of Michigan
"Insights into Tumor-Host Interactions Driving Cachexia"
Rodney Infante, M.D., Ph.D. – UT Southwestern
"Searching for Diamonds in the Sand from GWAS to Molecular Insights into Islet Cell Dysfunction"
Anna Gloyn, Ph.D. – Stanford University