September 2011
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Friday, September 23
Irina Kaverina, Ph.D.
Developmental Biology, VUMC
"Role of Golgi-Derived Microtubules in Pancreatic Beta Cells""
Friday, September 30
Klaus Kaestner, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
"Islet microRNAs in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes"
October 2011
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, October 7
Speaker has postponed this talk.
Friday, October 21
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"It Takes a Village: Policy and Systems
Change to Prevent Obesity."
Friday, October 28
Heidi Silver, PhD, RD, CNSD
Department of Medicine, VUMC
"Diet and Fat:
Are We Going the Right Weigh?"
November 2011
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Friday, November 4
Diabetes Day at the Student Life Center
Friday, November 11
Wenbiao Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, VUMC
"Mechanisms of Compensatory Beta Cell Hyperplasia in Zebrafish"
Friday, November 18 - VIOM Speaker
Jay H. Fowke, Ph.D., M PH
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, VUMC
"A Potential Link Between Obesity and
Autophagy Toward Prostate Cancer"
December 2011
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Friday, December 2
Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, M.D., Ph.D.
Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University
"Importance of Estrogen Receptors in Protecting Functional Beta-Cell Mass"
Friday, December 16
Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
Genetics and Development, Columbia University
"The Role of Osteocalcin in the Regulation of Energy Metabolism"
