Diabetes Day

12:30

Poster Set Up (Coffee Available)

1:00

Introductory Remarks

1:05

Keynote Speaker: Irfan Lodhi, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Washington University

Branched Chain Fatty Acids, Bile Acids, and Peroxisomes: New Insights into Metabolic Regulation

1:50

SLU Trainee of the Year: Jocelyn Cervantes

PhD Candidate, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Lipid-loaded Myeloid Cells Accumulate in Atherosclerotic and Kidney Lesions in a Mouse Model of Diabetes: Lack of Protective Effects of Hematopoietic CD36-deficiency

2:20

Break

2:40

McAbee Awardee: Christina Watts, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

The Role of a Novel Subset of Hypothalamic Neurons Involved in Energy Balance

3:00

VA Trainee of the Year: Lucas Caeiro, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

The Association Between IGFBP2, Muscle Mass, Function, and Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy

3:30

Poster Session and Happy Hour

4:45

Brunzell Award Announcement