2026 Annual Symposium | Small but “Mit-y”: Mitochondria and Metabolism

9:00

Opening Remarks

9:10

Wang Wang, MD, PhD, Professor

UW, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Emerging Roles of Redox and Mitochondrial Dynamics in Metabolic Heart Disease

9:45

Andrea Hevener, PhD, Professor

University of California, Los Angeles, Endocrinology

Building Metabolic Resilience for Diabetes Prevention and Care

10:20

David Marcinek, PhD, Professor

UW, Radiology

Mitochondrial Aging: From Mechanisms to Targeted Interventions

10:55

Break

11:10

Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

Yale University, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Mitochondrial Satiety and Energy Balance: Implications for Obesity

11:45

Sakeneh Zraika, PhD, Research Professor

UW, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Vulnerabilities of Islet Mitochondria to Effects of Cholesterol and Statins

12:20

Lunch

1:35

John Thyfault, PhD, Professor

University of Kansas Medical Center, Cell Biology and Physiology

Liver Power: How Exercise Fuels Metabolic Health

2:10

Jon Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor

Washington University, Pathology and Immunology

Mitochondria Transfer in Obesity and Metabolic Disease

2:45

Break

3:00

Mariya Sweetwyne, PhD, Assistant Professor

UW, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Cell-Specific Mitochondrial Dysfunction Links Kidney Aging and Diabetic Nephropathy

3:35

Ana Valencia, PhD, Research Assistant Professor

UW, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Investigating Changes in Mitochondrial Metabolism Following a Weight Loss Plateau

4:10

Concluding Remarks