Lectures/Seminars
October 2009

October 1st

"Modest Weight Loss and Cardiac Glucose Metabolism:
A Sweetheart Deal?”
C. Huie Lin MD, PhD
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Weekly Seminar
West Building, 2nd Floor, Rm. 213
12:00 – 1:00 pm

October 8th

"Beyond Taste: Glustducin Receptors and Taste Receptors in Endocrine Function”
Robert F. Margoskee MD, PhD
Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Weekly Seminar
West Building, 2nd Floor, Rm. 213
12:00 – 1:00 pm

“Metabolic and physiological effects of the ketogenic milieu in diabetic cardiomyopathy ”
Dr. P. Crawford
Cardiology Research Seminar
801 CSRB
4:00p

October 15th

“Recent discoveries with respect to control of human muscle metabolism”
Michael J Rennie PhD FRSE FHEA
Professor of Clinical Physiology
University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Weekly Seminar
West Building, 2nd Floor, Rm. 213
12:00 – 1:00 pm

October 22nd

“Long-term metabolic effects of bariatric surgery” & “Effect of TUDCA onmulti-organ insulin sensitivityin obese men and women”
Elisa Fabbrini, M.D., Ph.D. & Marleen Kars, Ph.D.
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Weekly Seminar
West Building, 2nd Floor, Rm. 213
12:00 – 1:00 pm

October 29th

“Ketone body metabolism as a sensor/effector of myocardial metabolic homeostasis”
Peter Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiology
Metabolism Research Seminar
9:45 -10:30 a.m.