MeDiC Program seminars are held on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English and held in person in room EM1.3509, Glen site.
Joint seminars with MeDiC Program and Endocrinology Rounds are held on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. and with Nephrology Rounds, seminars are held on Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m.
For further information, please contact Kim Gardner at kimPraesent id dolor porta, faucibus eros vel.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Lawrence Kazak, PhDCanada Research Chair in Adipocyte Biology
Associate Professor
Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute
Department of Biochemistry
McGill University
Topic: A unified model of calorie burning by adipocytes: The activation mechanism of UCP1-independent thermogenesis
Poster Thursday, September 12, 2024
Work in Progress
Justin Sung, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Dana SmallTopic: The impact of hunger on the brain and cognition in humans
Luting Gui, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Paul SabatiniTopic: Role of dorsomedial hypothalamic orexin receptor 2 expressing neurons in obesity pathogenesis
PosterThursday, September 19, 2024
The Network for Oral and Bone Health Research (RSBO) Info Session
Réseau de recherche intersectorielle en santé buccodentaire et osseuse durable (RiSBOd)
Presented by: Dr. Christophe Bedos, Dr. Intissar Abbaoui and Florina Moldovan
Topic: Vision, Mission, and Future Perspectives
PosterThursday, October 3, 2024
Mike Krashes, PhDSenior Investigator
Chief, Section of Motivational Processes Underlying Appetite
Obesity and Endocrinology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) / National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Maryland
Topic: A Hypothalamic Circuit that Modulates Feeding and Parenting Behaviors
Poster Thursday, October 10, 2024
Simon Bacon, PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMRProfessor, Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology (HKAP), Concordia University
Co-Director, Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Concordia University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Topic: Building better physical activity, diet, and other health behaviour change interventions: why some of the major trials have ‘failed’ and how we can do better
Poster Thursday, October 17, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Work in Progress
Sahar Fazeli, MSc, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Romina PaceTopic: Understanding the Indigenous Experience at the McGill University Health Centre
Nicholas Sabelli, MSc Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Ahmad HaidarTopic: Role of dorsomedial hypothalamic orexin receptor 2 expressing neurons in obesity pathogenesis
PosterThursday, November 21, 2024
Work in Progress
Elahe Mirzarazi Dahaghi, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Mari KaartinenTopic: Plasma fibronectin regulates adipocyte differentiation & lipid droplet size
Ulrich Anglas, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Jeremy Van RaamsdonkTopic: Mechanisms underlying lifespan extension in long-lived sod-2 mutants
PosterThursday, December 5, 2024
Work in Progress
Yi Yvonne Jin, PhD Graduate StudentSupervisor:
Sergio BurgosTopic: The role of dairy intake on cardiometabolic health in adults with prediabetes: baseline data from a randomized controlled trial
Yoon Namkung, PhD Research AssociateSupervisor:
Stéphane LaporteTopic: Using innovative sensors to detect or manipulate in-vivo signaling
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