| Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2010 | Abel Lab: Olesya Ilkun and Quanjiang Zhang |
University of Utah | Olesya Ilkun - Maintaining a balance: redox state influences insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function in the heart Quanjiang Zhang - Regulation of myocardial autophagy by insulin signaling |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Journal Club, presented by Judith Pickens-Simcox, McClain Lab | University of Utah | Circadian rhythm and diabetes: Disruption of core clock components in beta cells leads to hypoinsulinaemia |
| Sep 16, 2010 | No MIG/Medical Students Research Symposium, Deer Valley | ||
| Sep 23, 2010 | John Hanover, PhD | National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland | O-GlcNAc cycling: Epigenetic Determinant of Diseases of Aging |
| Sep 30, 2010 | No MIG/BioMetals Symposium at Fort Douglas Officers Club, South Conference Room | ||
| Oct 7, 2010 | No MIG/Wintrobe Lecture | ||
| Oct 14, 2010 | No MIG/Fall Break | ||
| Oct 21, 2010 | Raghu Mirmira, MD, PhD | Indiana University | Islet inflammation: a novel role for hypusine |
| Oct 28, 2010 | Jan Ehses, PhD, UBC (CANCELED) | University of British Columbia | IL-1 driven islet inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes |
| Nov 4, 2010 | Matthew Keefe, Graduate Student, Murtaugh Lab | University of Utah | The role of beta-catenin signaling in growth and regeneration of pancreatic acinar cells |
| Nov 11, 2010 | Russell Richardson PhD | University of Utah | Exercise and Oxygen Availability: The Cellular Impact |
| Nov 18, 2010 | Umut Ozcan, MD | Harvard Medical School | XBP1: A Central Regulator of Obesity Related Pathologies |
| Nov 25, 2010 | No MIG/Thanksgiving Day | ||
| Dec 2, 2010 | Betty Liebold, PhD | University of Utah | Role of iron in pancreatic beta cell function |
| Dec 9, 2010 | Felix Vazquez-Chona, PhD | University of Utah | Visualizing metabolic diversity during photoreceptor degenerations |
| Dec 16, 2010 | Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD | Northwestern University | Role of extranuclear estrogen receptors in islet protection |
| Dec 23, 2010 | No MIG/Holiday Recess | ||
| Dec 30, 2010 | No MIG/Holiday Recess | ||
| Jan 6, 2011 | Clay Semenkovich, MD | Washington University | Metabolic Signaling through De Novo Lipogenesis |
| Jan 13, 2011 | Brian Irving, PhD | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Minnesota | Skeletal Muscle Remodeling in Aging: The Impact of Exercise Training Modality |
| Jan 20, 2011 | No MIG due to Faculty Candidate Seminar by Benjamin F. Voight, Ph.D., The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT | University of Utah | Iron transport into mitochondria- consequences for cytosolic functions |
| Jan 27, 2011 | Amnon Schlegel, MD, PhD | University of Utah | Fasting hepatic steatosis: what zebrafish molecular genetics reveals about energy homeostasis |
| Feb 3, 2011 | Matt Vander Heiden, MD, PhD (CANCELED due to weather) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | The role of pyruvate kinase M2 in promoting biosynthetic metabolism |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Jared Rutter Lab | University of Utah | Hormonal and cellular control of hepatic lipid metabolism |
| Feb 17,2011 | Carl Thummel Lab | University of Utah | Coordinate Regulation of Triacylglycerol and Cholesterol Homeostasis by the Drosophila DHR96 Nuclear Receptor |
| Feb 24, 2011 | Clinical Director Candidate | University of Utah | When Demand Exceeds Supply: Discovery-based Strategies for Recovery of Functional Beta Cell Mass in Diabetes? |
| Mar 3, 2011 | Huali Zhang, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Pat Limphong PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Benjamin Lab | University of Utah | Role of Human CryAB mutants in Protein-induced Heart Disease in Mice/Role of Human CryAB mutants in Protein-induced Heart Disease in Mice |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Jinjin Cai, Ph.D, Post Doctoral Fellow & Ashot Sargsyan, Graduate Student, Graham Lab | University of Utah | Autophagy and Mitochondrial Turnover in Metabolic Disease |
| Mar 17, 2011 | No MIG today due to Cardiovascular, Hypertension and Diabetes Symposium | ||
| Mar 24, 2011 | No MIG/Spring Break | ||
| Mar 31, 2011 | Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA | Northwestern University | Alterations in Mitochondrial Iron homeostasis lead to Cardiomyopathy |
| Apr 7, 2011 | Pam Smith, PhD Student, Winge Lab | University of Utah | Characterization of a novel assembly factor for OXPHOS complex III |
| Apr 14, 2011 | Judith Simcox, Graduate Student, McClain Lab | University of Utah | Iron: For Whom the Clock Ticks |
| Apr 21, 2011 | Rutter Lab and Thummel Lab presentations | University of Utah | A role for the evolutionarily-conserved mitochondrial protein BRP44-Like in maintaining carbohydrate homeostasis by Dan Bricker, Graduate Student and A Protein Family potentially involved in pyruvate transport in yeast, fly, and human by Thomas Orsak, Graduate Student |
| Apr 28, 2011 | Li Wang, PhD | University of Utah | microRNA expression regulation and function by nuclear receptors |
| May 5, 2011 | No MIG - CANCELED due to special seminar by Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize Winner | University of Utah | |
| May 12, 2011 | Raj Soorappan, PhD | University of Utah | Sustained Activation of Nrf2/ARE Signaling: A Causal Mechanism for Reductive Stress |
| May 19, 2011 | Sihem Boudina, PhD | University of Utah | The Role of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase in Adipose Tissue Expansion in Diet-Induced Obesity |
| May 26, 2011 | Michael Sack, MD, PhD | NHLBI, NIH, Maryland | Mitochondrial protein acetylation - a potential link between mitochondria and insulin resistance? |
| Jun 2, 2011 | Tony Lam, MD | Toronto General Research Institute & University of Toronto | Diabetes and Obesity: Targeting the Gut and the Brain |
| Jun 9, 2011 | Elizabeth Sloan, Graduate Student, Ayer Lab | University of Utah | Metabolic Regulation by MondoA |
| Jun 16, 2011 | J. David Symons, PhD, FACSM | University of Utah | Ceramide mediates vascular dysfunction in diet-induced obesity by PP2A-mediated dephosphorylation of the eNOS-Akt complex |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Jingyu Huang Ph.D, Post Doc Fellow, McClain Lab | University of Utah | Role of iron in obesity |
| June 30, 2011 | No MIG |
* Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit