| 8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:40 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Introduction & Welcome |
John Byrne, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Affairs
UTHealth Medical School |
| 8:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Pre-Translational and Translational Metabolism Session I - Chairs: Drs. Phillip Orlander and James "Red" Duke |
Qingchun Tong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
“Hypothalamus: The Endocrine Pancreas of the Brain?"
Yang Xia, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UTHealth Medical School
“Detrimental Effects of Adenosine Signaling in Sickle Cell Disease and Model Therapeutics"
Rosemary Kozar, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Surgery, UTHealth Medical School
“Glutamine Metabolism in the Post Ischemic Gut"
Pramod Dash, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTHealth Medical School
“Arginine Metabolism in Traumatic Brain Injury" |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. |
New Investigator Series - Chair: Dr. John Byrne |
Wenliang Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
“Identification of Novel Players and Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis"
Ghislain Breton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, UTHealth Medical School
“Dissecting Circadian Clock Cis-Regulatory Networks in Zebra Fish"
Ningyan Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
“Using Therapeutic Antibodies to Decode the Signaling Network Between Cancer Cells and Their Micro-
environment"
Shane Cunha, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, UTHealth Medical School
“Defects in Ankyrin-Based Membrane Protein Targeting Underlie Atrial Fibrillation"
Mujeeb Shad, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth Medical School
“Neurobiology of Self-Awareness in Schizophrenia"
Jeffrey Chang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, UTHealth Medical School
“Signaling Networks in Cancer" |
| 12:05 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Break (Lunch available in reception area . Make selections and return to the lecture hall for keynote address) |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Keynote Address - Introduction by: Dr. Rodney Kellems |
Salih Wakil, Ph.D.
Distinguished Service Professor and Chair Eneritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
“Metabolic Syndrome: Fatostatins, Small Organic Molecules, Regulate Lipid Synthesis" |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 1:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Focus on the Regulation of Muscle Metabolism Session II - Chairs: Drs. Michael Blackburn and Yi-Ping Li |
Perry Bickel, M.D., Associate Professor
Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
“Regulation of Muscle Fat Metabolism by OXPAT"
Vihang Narkar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHealth Medical School
“Nuclear Receptor Therapeutics in Muscle Ischemia: Metabolism and Angiogenesis in Sync"
Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., D.Phil., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UTHealth Medical School
“Metabolic Signals as Regulators for Self-renewal of the Cardiomyocyte"
Rebecca Berdeaux,Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, UTHealth Medical School
“Hidden Functions of CREB in Skeletal Muscle Adaptation" |
