2015
September 3, 2015
David P. Cistola, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President for Research & Innovation
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX
September 10, 2015
Joel Elmquist D.V.M., Ph.D.
Divison of Hypothalamic Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Tx
September 24, 2015
Ezra Burstein, M.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular Biology
UTSW Medical Center Dallas
October 1, 2015
Makato Fukuda
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
“Causes and Consequences of Leptin Resistance in Obesity”
October 15, 2015
Tamas L. Horvath, DVM, PhD
Professor and Chair of the Section of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology and Ob/Gyn at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Yale University
October 22, 2015
Minmin Luo, Ph.D.
Investigator, NIBS, Beijing, China
November 12, 2015
Martin G. Myers, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan Health Systems
November 19, 2015
Seung Kim
Department of Developmental Biology and Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
- Ashley Cowart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
“Complex roles of bioactive sphingolipids in the diabetic heart”
2016
January 7, 2016
Shingo Kajimura PhD
Principle Investigator
Biomedical Sciences
University of California, San
“Engineering Fat Cell Fate to Fight Obesity and Metabolic Diseases”
January 14, 2016
David H. Wasserman, PhD
Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Director, Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
“Pathogenesis of Muscle Insulin Resistance: Thinking Outside the Cell”
January 21, 2016
Alvin C. Powers, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
“Interruption of hepatic glucagon signaling reveals liver-islet axis controlling alpha cell proliferation”
March 3, 2016
Alyssa Hasty Ph.D
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
“A novel role for adipose tissue macrophages in iron metabolism”
March 10, 2016
Maike Sander, MD
Director of the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center
Dept. of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“Pancreatic beta cell identity in development, health and disease”
March 24, 2016
Richard D Palmiter
Professor, Department of Biochemistry; Investigator, HHMI; Adjunct Professor,
Genome Sciences, University of Washington
“A neural circuit that responds to peripheral threats”
March 31, 2016
Dr. Rotonya Carr M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania
“Lipid Mediators of Glucose Homeostasis in Alcoholic Liver Disease”
April 7, 2016
Alan Attie B.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“The Genetics of Insulin Secretion”
April 21, 2016
Paul J. Kenny, PhD
Ward-Coleman Professor and Chair
Dept. of Pharmacology & Systems Therapeutics
Experimental Therapeutics Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
“Mechanism of compulsive eating “
April 28, 2016
McGarry Symposium
Location D1-602
May 12, 2016
Denis Richard, Ph. D.
Director of research
Institut universitaire de cardiologie
et de pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ)
“Brown fat thermogenesis: physiological significance and control”
May 19, 2016
Matthew T. Andrews
McKnight Presidential Professor
Director, Bio-Translational Research Center
Department of Biology
University of Minnesota Duluth
“Nature’s fat burning machine: brown adipose tissue in a hibernating mammal”
May 26, 2016
Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.C.S.M.
Director, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
“Aging, Fitness, and Failure: The Effect of Age and Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Structure and Function”
June 2, 2016
Marcelo A. Nóbrega MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
“Noncoding genetic variation and metabolic diseases”
September 1, 2016
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
October 13, 2016
Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yale University School of Medicine
December 8, 2016
Vic Schuster
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“To burn or not to burn, fat is the question”
Hosted By Touchstone Diabetes Center
December 15, 2016
Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD
UCLA Path & Lab Med
“Lipoprotein receptor degradation in physiology and disease: common mechanisms, diverse pathways”
Hosted by Center for Human Nutrition
2017
January 19, 2017
Hongtao Yu, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology
Michael L. Rosenberg Scholar in Medical Research
The Serena S. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunopharmacology
“Mitotic checkpoint regulators in insulin signaling “
Hosted by Hypothalamic Research
January 26, 2017
Peter Crawford, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Cardiovascular Metabolism Program
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
February 2, 2017
Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Radiology
UTSW Medical Center Dallas
“Quantitative MRI biomarkers in NAFLD/NASH”
February 9, 2017
Clay F. Semenkovich, MD
Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor Chief, Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism & Lipid Research Washington University
Hosted By Touchstone Diabetes Center
“Lipid Signaling in Diabetes”
February 16, 2017
Alan Saltiel
UC San Diego
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Hosted By Touchstone Diabetes Center
“Inflammatory links between obesity and Type 2 diabetes”
March 2, 2017
Michael P. Czech
Isadore and Fannie Foxman Professor Chair,
Program in Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hosted By Touchstone Diabetes Center
“Crosstalk between fat metabolism and neuronal signaling”
March 9, 2017
Richard Simerly, PhD
The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Hosted by Division of Hypothalamic Research
“Constructing Neural Architecture for Metabolic Regulation”
March 23, 2017
Shane T. Hentges,
Ph.D. Associate Professor
Colorado State University Biomedical Sciences- Neuroscience
Hosted by Division of Hypothalamic Research
“Transmitter diversity and plasticity in hypothalamic neurons contributing to energy balance regulation”
Hosted by Division of Hypothalamic Research
March 30, 2017
Alan G. Watts
Professor Past-President,
The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors
Neuroscience Program & Dept. of Biological Sciences
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
“Neural Networks and Metabolic Control”
Hosted by Division of Hypothalamic Research
April 7, 2017 ( Friday )
- Ronald Kahn
Joslin Diabetes Center
“The Plasticity of Adipose Tissue and its Mechanisms of Communication with Other Tissues”
Hosted By Touchstone Diabetes Center
April 13, 2017
Joseph Bass
Hosted by Division of Endocrinology
“Genomic Basis for Molecular Clock control of Metabolism”
April 20, 2017
Robert V. Farese, Jr.
Professor of Genetics and Complex Diseases
Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health
May 4, 2017
Carol Elias
Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Michigan
“Neural circuits linking leptin and reproduction”
Hosted by Division of Hypothalamic Research
May 11, 2017
Steven Wolf M.D.
UTSouthwestern Medical Center Dallas
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
May 18, 2017
McGarry Symposium
Guest Speaker Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D
Meyer Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
at Weill Cornell Medicine/ Ronald P. Stanton Clinical Cancer Program at
NewYork-Presbyterian
October 12. 2017
Alan R. Saltiel, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Diabetes and Metabolic Health
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
“At the crossroads of inflammation and energy metabolism”
October 19, 2017
Bradford B. Lowell, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
November 2, 2017
Steve Young, UCLA
“Intravascular processing of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins”
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition
November 9, 2017
Professor Michael Cowley
Head – Department of Physiology
Monash University VIC 3800
Australia
November 30, 2017
Saswata Talukdar
Merck
“Evolving Mechanisms and Continued Challenges of FGF21 Pharmacology”
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition
December 7, 2017
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D.
James S. Simmons Professor of Genetics & Metabolism
Chair, Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases
Director, Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research,
Assoc. Member, Harvard-MIT Broad Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
“Immunometabolism and the New Biology of the Endoplasmic Reticulum”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
December 14, 2017
Bruce Spiegelman, Ph.D.
Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professor Of Cell Biology And Medicine
Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
“Molecular Pathways of Thermogenic Adipose Cells”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
2018
Meng Wang Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
“Metabolic Drivers in Longevity Regulation”
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition +
January 11, 2018
Philip Shaul
UTSouthwestern Medical Center Dallas
“Pivotal Role of the Endothelium in Type 2 Diabetes”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
January 18, 2018
Kathryn Moore, NYU
“Non-coding RNAs in the Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis”
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition
February 8, 2018
Claudio Villanueva
Assistant Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
February 15, 2018
Sekar Kathiresan
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition
“Inherited basis for myocardinal infarction”
February 22, 2018
Johnathan Cohen
UTSouthwestern Medical Center Dallas
Center for Human Nutrition
March 1, 2018
Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine
Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
“Transcriptional Regulation of Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism ”
Hosted by the Center for Human Nutrition
March 22, 2018
Johan Auwerx, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Integrative and Systems Physiology
EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
“Cross-Species Genetic Mapping of Targets in Mitochondria, Metabolism and Aging”
Hosted by Human Nutrition
April 5, 2018
Marcia Haigis
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
“New Roles for Mitochondria in Homeostasis and Disease.”
April 12, 2018
Erin E. Kershaw, M.D.
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
“Fat Catabolism in Cardiometabolic Disease: Friend or Foe?”
Hosted by Hypothalamic Division
April 19, 2018
Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and of Structural and Chemical Biology,
Director, Mount Sinai Bone Program,
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY
“Can we treat obesity and osteoporosis with a single drug?”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
April 26, 2018
Ormond A. MacDougald, Ph.D.
John A Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
“Development, endocrine functions, and metabolism of marrow adipose tissue.”
University of Michigan Medical School
May 3, 2018
Jorge Ruas
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
May 24 2018
Nicholas Betley
Assistant Professor Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
“Rapid signaling along the gut -> brain axis regulates homeostatic hunger neuron activity”
June 7, 2018
Dr. Van de Sluis
Thursday October 25, 2018
Genevieve S. Neal-Perry, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology
Thursday November 1, 2018
Christoph Buettner, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
2019
Thursday January 24, 2019
Ira Goldberg M.D.
Director, NYU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Thursday March 7, 2019
Andrea L Hevener, PhD
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
“Strong enough for a man, made for a woman – The impact of ERa on mitochondrial function and metabolic health”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday March 14, 2019
Sheila Collins Ph.D.
Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Signaling Systems in Adipocytes for Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Health”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday March 21, 2019
Mary-Ellen Harper Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Ottawa
“Skeletal muscle metabolic and structural factors in diet-resistant obesity”
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday March 28, 2019
Gregory Steinberg Ph.D.
Professor, McMasters University
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday April 4, 2019
Zoltan Arany M.D. Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine / University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday April 11, 2019
Stephen R Farmer Ph.D.
Professor, Boston University school of Medicine
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center
Thursday April 18, 2019
Emily Goldberg, Ph.D.
Department of Comparative Medicine and
Department of Immunobiology
Yale University
“Metabolic Regulation of Protective Immunity”
Thursday April 25, 2019
John P. Thyfault Ph.D.
Professor University of Kansas
Hosted by the Division of Hypothalamic Research
Thursday May 30, 2019
Matthew Hirschey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Duke University Medical Center
Hosted by Touchstone Diabetes Center