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Upcoming Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolism Events

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - Vitor Lira, PhD promotional image

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - Vitor Lira, PhD

Monday, March 30, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Vitor Lira, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Sport and Human Physiology will be giving a talk titled, "Emerging Roles of ULK1/2 in The Dynamic Control of Protein Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle."

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - M. Furkan Burak, MD promotional image

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - M. Furkan Burak, MD

Monday, April 6, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building

Guest speaker, Furkan Burak, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School will be giving a talk title, "The fat talks and the body listens! The effects of palmitoleic acid on metabolic syndrome".