METP Day

Schedule for the 18th Annual METP Day

Thursday, May 26, 2022; Room 411 Light Hall 

11:00 AMRichard O'Brien, PhD
Welcome & Introduction of New Trainees
11:05 AMHeather Caslin, PhD (Hasty Lab)
Weight Cycling Induces a Novel Population of Lipid-Associated Mast Cells
11:20 AMJulie Burkett (Gannon Lab)
Targeting the Opposing Roles of Prostaglandin E2 Receptors, EP3 and EP4, to Alter Type One Diabetes Pathogenesis
11:35 AMTiffany Richardson (Powers Lab)
Human Pancreatic Capillaries and Nerve Fibers Persist in Type 1 Diabetes Despite β Cell Loss
11:50 AMAdriana Norris (Graham/Stafford Labs)
Exploring the Role of ATP10A in Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
12:05 PMLunch Break
12:25 PMMaggie Fye (Kaverina Lab)
Microtubule Polarity at Beta Cell Hot Spots
12:40 PMDarian Carroll (Gannon Lab)
The Effects of Maternal Overnutrition on Islet Function in Non-Human Primate Offspring
12:55 PMJade Stanley (Dean Lab)
The Role of Arginine Transport on Pancreatic Alpha Cell Proliferation and Function
1:10 PMMichelle Bedenbaugh, PhD (Simerly Lab)
The Role of MC3R Circuits in the Bed Nuclei of the Stria Terminalis in Feeding and Anxiety Like Behaviors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Diabetes Research and Training Center Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Training Program is supported by an NIH training grant (NIH grant T32 DK07563) and by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (NIH grant DK20593).