| Date | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 1/12/15 | Thomas Rutkowski, PhD, University of Iowa | ER protein folding, redox, and lipid catabolism: why they matter for fatty liver disease and liver cancer |
| 1/16/15 | Gail Bishop, PhD, University of Iowa | CD40 & diet-induced obesity: An unexpected new role for an important receptor |
| 2/2/15 | William Sivitz, MD, University of Iowa | Mitochondrial physiology: Novel concepts |
| 2/9/15 | Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, PhD, Vanderbilt University | A Novel 7TM Receptor Signaling Pathway and its Role in Energy Homeostasis |
| 2/16/15 | Aloysius Klingehutz, PhD & Patrick Schlievert, PhD, University of Iowa | Adipocytes are Targets for Environmental and Bacterial Toxins: Role in Diabetes |
| 2/23/15 | Sean Davies, PhD, Vanderbilt University | Engineering the gut microbiota to treat metabolic diseases |
| 3/2/15 | Chad Grueter, PhD, University of Iowa | Regulation of Cardiac Transcription by the Mediator Complex |
| 3/9/15 | Jiandie Lin, PhD, University of Michigan | The brown fat secretome: metabolic functions beyond thermogenesis |
| 3/23/15 | Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Autophagy and regulation of lipid metabolism |
| 3/30/15 | Ira Goldberg, MD, New York University | White blood cell and glucose, unhappy together |
| 4/6/15 | Charles Burant, MD, PhD, University of Michigan | Oxidative capacity, skeletal muscle fuel use and their relationship to aging |
| 4/13/15 | Karin Bornfelt, PhD, University of Washington | Diabetes and Atherosclerosis – Insights Gained from Mouse Models |
| 4/20/15 | Lori Sussel, PhD, Columbia University | Regulation of Pancreatic Beta cell Identity and Function |
| 4/27/15 | Nicholas Stylopoulos, MD, Harvard University | Bypassing Diabetes by Reprogramming Intestinal Metabolism |
| 5/4/15 | Heike Muenzberg, PhD, Louisiana State University | Central Circuits of thermoregulatory leptin action |
| 5/11/15 | Donald McClain, MD, PhD, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Iron and hypoxia: Novel targets for treating and understanding diabetes |
| 5/18/15 | Mehboob Hussain, MD, Johns Hopkins University | A novel endocrine regulatory mechanism between liver and islet of Langerhans |
| 6/1/15 | Steven Lentz, MD, PhD, University of Iowa | Dysregulation of PAI-1 in Obesity and Thrombosis |
| 6/8/15 | W. Jack Rejeski, PhD, Wake Forest University | Weight Loss Interventions and Functional Health in an Aging Society |
| 6/15/15 | Justin Grobe, PhD, University of Iowa | Tissue-Specific Roles of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Energy Balance Physiology |
| 6/22/15 | Filipe Cabreiro, PhD, University College London | Worms need microbes too: microbiota, metabolism and ageing in C. elegans |
| 6/29/15 | Paul Cohen, MD, PhD, Rockefeller University | Transcriptional Mediators of the Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissue Phenotype |
| 7/8/15 | Leonard Epstein, PhD, SUNY University, Buffalo | Family-Based Obesity Treatment: A cost-effective platform for treating multigenerational obesity |
| 7/13/15 | Nancie MacIver, MD, PhD, Duke University | The Effects of Nutrition on T cell Immunity: Malnutrition and immunodeficiency vs. Obesity and inflammation |
| 7/20/15 | Sue Bodine, PhD, University of California, Davis | Sarcopenia: What accounts for the attenuated growth of skeletal muscle with aging? |
| 8/3/15 | Matthew Brady, PhD, University of Chicago | Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease |
| 8/10/15 | Kathleen Janz, EdD, University of Iowa | Preventing Obesity in Youth via Physical Activity: The Observational Evidence |
| 8/17/15 | Blake Rasmussen, PhD, University of Texas, Galveston | Role of Physical Activity in Amino Acid Sensing, Insulin Sensitivity and the Development of Anabolic Resistance in Human Skeletal Muscle |
| 8/24/15 | Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Charles Brenner, PhD, University of Iowa Justin Grobe, PhD, University of Iowa |
Nicotinamide Riboside Improves Whole Body Metabolism and Nerve Function in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Non-Aerobic Resting Metabolism: Major Contributor to Energy Balance & Novel Target for Obesity Therapeutics |
| 8/31/15 | Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Vitor Lira, PhD, University of Iowa Philip Polgreen, PhD, University of Iowa |
Potential regulation of fatty acid oxidation in muscle by ULKs Physical Activity Surveillance |
| 9/14/15 | Dongsheng Cai, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Hypothalamic control of metabolic syndrome and aging |
| 9/21/15 | Yumi Imai, MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School | The role of lipid droplets in lipid metabolism and insulin secretion |
| 9/28/15 | Peter Crawford, MD, PhD, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute | Ketogenesis and protection from steatohepatitis |
| 10/5/15 | Curt Sigmund, PhD, University of Iowa | Novel Independent PPARg Pathways in Vascular Smooth Muscle and Endothelium Regulate Vascular Tone and Arterial Pressure |
| 10/12/15 | Anthony Ferrante, MD, PhD, Columbia University | Immune regulation of adipose tissue function |
| 10/19/15 | Jed Freidman, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver | New Insights into the Early Origins of Obesity in Mouse, Monkey, and Man |
| 10/26/15 | Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Robert Piper, PhD, University of Iowa Michael Lutter, MD, PhD, University of Iowa |
Search for Effectors of Glut4 translocation Characterization of the HDAC4 A778T mouse model of eating disorders |
| 11/2/15 | Carl Thummel, PhD, University of Utah | Studies of Metabolism and Diabetes in Drosophila |
| 11/3/15 | Amelia Linnemann, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison | Molecular Mechanisms of Beta-cell Mass Regulation in Obesity |
| 11/9/15 | Andrew Norris, MD, PhD, University of Iowa | Developmental Origins of Insulin Resistance |
| 11/16/15 | Christoph Buettner,MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Mechanisms linking metabolic dysregulation with inflammation |
| 11/23/15 | Xiaoyang Yang, PhD, Yale University | Nutrient Sensing and Metabolic Communication |
| 11/30/15 | Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD, Harvard University | Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance: Is Glucose Disposal the Whole Story? |
| 12/7/15 | Huxing Cui, MD, PhD, University of Iowa | Hypothalamic Circuits: From Behavior to Metabolism |
| 12/14/15 | John Cawley, PhD, Cornell University | The Economics of Obesity |