Date

Speaker

Title

1/3

No Seminar

1/10

David L. Allen, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder

Expression of myostatin and myostatin regulatory proteins in adipose is altered by fasting, refeeding, and obesity

1/17

TBA

TBA

1/24

Juan Arroyo, Ph.D.,

Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal fetal Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Increased Expression of Phospho−mTOR, Phospho−p70, Phospho−AKT and Phospho−ERK in an Ovine Model of Fetal Growth Restriction

1/31

Sandy Martin, Ph.D.

Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology , University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Metabolic cycles in mammalian hibernation

*2/8
12 PM Hensel Phelps Auditorium East

Audrey Bergouignan

Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien – Département d’Ecologie, Physiologie, Ethologie Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

Physical inactivity energetics

2/14

Makoto Miyazaki, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes

Role of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Obesity

2/21

Dalan Jensen, M.S.

Senior Instructor in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

and Hong Wang, Ph.D.

Instructor in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Increased Thermoregulation in Cold Exposed Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Lipoprotein Lipase in Skeletal Muscle: An Avian Phenotype?

and

Skeletal Muscle-Specific Deletion of Lipoprotein Lipase Enhances Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle but Causes Insulin Resistance in Liver and White Adipose Tissue

2/28

Steven Daniels, M.D.

Professor, Pediatrician-in-Chief and L. Joseph Butterfield Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital

Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood Obesity

*3/6 TCH

No Seminar (Pediatrics Obesity Seminar)

TBA

3/13

Benjamin Miller, Ph.D.

Assistant professor, Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University

Role of nutrition in mitochondria biogenesis

3/20

Robert Eckel, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Program Director Adult General Clinical Research Center, Vice-Chairman for Research, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

TBA

3/26*

Arend Bonen, Ph.D.

Professor and Canada Research Chair  in Metabolism and Health, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences University of Guelph, Ontario

8 AM (Henzel Philips Auditorium West ) Role of FAT/CD36 mediated fatty acid transport in obesity and type 2 diabetes

11 AM (TBD) Regulation of protein-mediated fatty acid uptake into skeletal muscle and the heart

4/3

Marc T. Hamilton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Investigator & College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri

Metabolic, Molecular, and Clinical Effects of Sitting: A Hazard to Human Health?

4/10

Paul MacLean, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Regular exercise and the prevention of weight regain

**4/17

RC-1 South, 7109

Dan Marks, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatric Endocrinology and Neurosciences, Staff Scientist, Center for the Study of Weight Regulation, Oregon Health and Science University

The role of central melanocortins in cachexia

4/24

NO SEMINAR

*5/1 TCH

No Seminar (Pediatrics Obesity Seminar)

TBA

5/8

Moshe Levi, M.D .

Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of Medicine for Research, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

The role of the Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) and Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) in regulation of lipid metabolism and renal disease in obesity and diabetes

5/15

Ray Browning, Ph.D.

Research Instructor, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Recent advances in Physical Activity Monitoring

5/22

Leigh Perrault, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine

Phenotypes of Pre-diabetes

5/29

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Dongsheng Cai, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Inflammatory and circadian programs in neural dysregulation of energy balance