| Date | Speaker | Talk Title |
| 1/9/17 | Sarah Stanley, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai |
Neural Regulation of Glucose Metabolism |
| 1/23/17 | Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, New York University |
RAGE and DIAPH1: A Signaling Axis in Obesity and Diabetic Complications |
| 1/30/17 | E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, University of Iowa |
State of the Diabetes Center and a Science Talk on the Regulation of NAD+ Metabolism by Autophagy |
| 2/6/17 | Andrew Norris, MD, PhD, University of Iowa |
Splanchno-Hormonal Mechanisms of Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes |
| 2/13/17 | Qian Xiao, PhD, University of Iowa |
Sleep, circadian rhythm and cardiometabolic health: a multi-layered approach |
| 2/20/17 | Mark Herman, MD, Duke University |
The Role of ChREBP in Fructose-Induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance |
| 3/20/17 | Mark Yorek, PhD, University of Iowa |
What have we learned and what can we learn about diabetic peripheral neuropathy from animal models |
| 3/27/17 | Andrea Hevener, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles |
“Strong enough for a man made for a woman” – The role of ERalpha in regulating mitochondrial and metabolic health |
| 4/3/17 | Zachary Knight, PhD, University of California, San Francisco |
The Neurobiology of Homeostasis |
| 4/10/17 | Richard Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA, University of Iowa |
Metabolic Chaos in Humans with Paralysis: The Silent Epidemic |
| 4/17/17 | Julio Ayala, PhD, Sanford Burnham Institute |
Glucagon-like peptide-1: More than meets the islet |
| 4/24/17 | Jean Schaffer, MD, Washington University, St. Louis |
RNA Regulation of Lipotoxicity |
| 5/1/17 | Ira Tabas, MD, PhD, Columbia University |
Calcium Signaling and ER Stress in Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease |
| 5/8/17 | Alan Christensen, PhD, University of Iowa |
Patient preferences, expectancies, and patient—provider symmetry: Patient adherence and beyond |
| 5/15/17 | Kevin Hall, PhD, National Institutes of Health |
The Calculus of Calories: Quantitative Physiology of Human Body Weight Regulation |
| 5/22/17 | Bryan Bergman, PhD, Universtiy of Colorado, Denver |
Muscle lipids and insulin resistance - new twists to an old story |
| 6/5/17 | Mohamad Mokadem, MD, University of Iowa |
Reprogramming of the Gut’s sympathetic innervation after gastric bypass regulates energy homeostasis |
| 6/19/17 | Kaikobad Irani, MD, University of Iowa |
New Targets and Actions of SIRTUIN1 in the Cardiovascular System |
| 6/26/17 | John Kirwan, PhD, Cleveland Clinic |
Managing obesity and diabetes – cut or run? |
| 7/24/17 | Lisa Chow, PhD, University of Minnesota |
Effect of Training on Muscle Metabolism |
| 7/31/17 |
Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Brandon Davies, PhD, University of Iowa Matthew Potthoff, PhD, University of Iowa |
Skeletal Muscle Programming of Capillary Endothelial Cells Mechanisms Regulating Macronutrient Preference |
| 8/7/17 | Lee Kaplan, PhD, Harvard University |
Mechanisms of action of bariatric surgery |
| 8/14/17 |
Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Al Klingelhutz, PhD, University of Iowa Ryan Boudreau, PhD, University of Iowa |
Engineering Fat Cells for Studies on How Toxins Affect Adipogenesis and Fat Function The Physiologic and Genetic Relevance of a Novel LincRNA-Encoded Micropeptide in Mitochondrial Metabolism |
| 8/21/17 |
Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Eric Tayor, PhD, University of Iowa |
A novel mitochondrial regulator of systemic glucose and amino acid metabolism |
| 9/11/17 | Anne Kwitek, PhD, University of Iowa |
Genetics and the Metabolic Syndrome: Rats, It’s Complex! |
| 9/18/17 |
Pilot & Feasibility Grant Recipients: Wei Bao, MD, PhD, University of Iowa Peter Snyder, MD, University of Iowa |
Identifying new biomarkers for the prediction of gestational diabetes Epithelial Sodium Channel Regulation by Glucose |
| 10/2/17 | Tim McGraw, PhD, Cornell University |
From regulated vesicle transport to whole body glucose homeostasis |
| 10/9/17 | Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, University of Texas |
Translating mechanistic discoveries on sarcopenia into interventions to improve recovery from illness in older adults |
| 10/16/17 | Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles |
Transcriptional Control of Lipid Metabolism |
| 10/23/17 | Meredith Hawkins, PhD, Albert Einstein University |
Regulation of Glucose Metabolism across the Nutritional Spectrum: A Global Perspective |
| 10/30/17 | Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, Louisiana State University |
Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity and Obesity: Implications for Premature Mortality |
| 11/6/17 | Ernesto Benal-Mizrachi, PhD, University of Miami | |
| 11/13/17 | Colin Young, PhD, George Washington University |
A sympathetic view of foie gras |
| 11/20/17 | Congcong He, PhD, Northwestern University |
Role of autophagy in insulin production and sensitivity |
| 11/27/17 | Lei Cao, PhD, Ohio State University |
Molecular Therapy of Monogenic Obesity |
| 12/4/17 | Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Harvard University |
Role of Precision Nutrition in Obesity and Diabetes Prevention and Management |
| 12/11/17 | Frank Scheer, PhD, Harvard University | |
| 12/18/17 | Jeff Zigman, PhD, University of Texas, Southwestern |