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MeDiC  |  Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program

Events

The MeDiC Program organizes and supports numerous speakers, seminars, and symposia throughout the year.

ACT-CTU Clinical Trial Rounds

Topic: Trials of Complex Interventions: What, Why, Where, and How

ACT-CTU Protocol Review Sessions

TOPIC: Neoadjuvant immuno-chemotherapy and de-escalated transoral robotic surgery for HPV related oropharyngeal cancer

MeDiC Program Seminar Series Spring 2024

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 kim.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca.

Date
Speaker
January 19, 2024
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Hybrid format
For Zoom link, contact kim.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca
Combined MeDiC & Nephrology Seminar
Jeffrey Miner, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine in Nephrology, Washington University
Topic: Manipulation of the Kidney’s Filtration Barrier: Implications for Alport Syndrome
Poster
February 1, 2024
Work in Progress
Anita Marie Slominska, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Shaifali Sandal
Topic: Kidney transplant recipients' experiences of graft failure: Listening to patient perspectives to improve future care
Guy El Hajj Boutros, PhD, Graduate Student
Supervisor: José Morais
Topic: Unraveling the effect of space travel on muscular health
Poster
March 7, 2024
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hybrid format
For Zoom link, contact kim.gardner@affiliate.mcgill.ca
Luc Van Loon
Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Topic: Muscle conditioning; you are what you eat
Poster
March 14, 2024
Irah King, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, McGill Centre for Microbiome Research
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Topic: Investigating immune microbiotainteractions in intestinal host defense
Poster
March 21, 2024
Work in Progress
Alibek Moldakozhayev, PhD Graduate Student
Supervisor: Jeremy Van Raamsdonk
Topic: Decoding Aging: Multi-Omic Insights from Fat Transplantation
Martina Yang, MSc Graduate Student
Supervisor: Jun-Li Liu
Topic: Adipocyte-Specific Overexpression of CCN5/WISP2: Potential Impact on HFD-STZ-Induced Diabetes
Poster

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