Tuesday, February 2nd , 2021
9 AM -12:30 PM
Keynote Speaker
Sadaf Farooqi, MB, ChB (Hons), PhD
Wellcome - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
University of Cambridge
Professor of Metabolism and Medicine
"Obesity and Thinness: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"
Program
Keynote Address
9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction - DRC Director Dr. Alan Saltiel
9:10 AM Dr. Sadaf Farooqi
Professor of Metabolism and Medicine – University of Cambridge
“Obesity and Thinness: Two Sides of the Same Coin?”
2020 Pilot and Feasibility Awardee Talks
10:10 AM Ajit S. Divakaruni, PhD - UCLA Dean’s Award
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology – UCLA
“Determining how pro-inflammatory cytokines harmfully reprogram pancreatic β-cell mitochondria”
10:30 AM Amit R. Majithia, PhD – UCSD Junior Faculty Award
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology – UCSD
“Combining experiments of man and nature to target human insulin resistance”
10:50 AM Dhruv Sareen, PhD – Cedars Dean’s Award
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences – Cedars Sinai
“Functional Human iPSC-Derived Pancreatic Islets in Co-culture with Isogenic Vascular endothelial Cells”
11:10 AM Michael J. Wilkinson, MD - UCSD Dean's Award
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine – UCSD
“Effect of time-restricted eating on catecholamine-sensitivity of adipose tissue in obese adults”
Closing Talk
11:30 AM Rob Knight, PhD
Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation Professor of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering- UCSD
“The Human Microbiome and Its Role in Diabetes”
12:30 PM Closing