17th Annual NPOD Spring Retreat
“Dietary signals in obesity and metabolic reprogramming”
April 7, 2026
The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) will host its 17th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at the Nebraska East Union (1705 Arbor Dr, Lincoln, NE 68503).
The symposium is a free event for faculty, postdocs, students, staff, industry partners, and other interested parties.
Please register here
If you have any questions, please contact Verona Skomski at (vskomski@unl.edu).
Schedule
8:30am | Registration and Continental Breakfast – Nebraska East Union - Arbor Suite |
9:10am | Janos Zempleni (NPOD Director) – Introductions (Prairie Suite) |
9:20am | Derek McLean (Dean Agricultural Research Division) – Welcome (Prairie Suite) |
9:30am | Katrin Svensson (Stanford University) |
10:30am | Break |
11:00am | Federico Rey (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
12:00am | Lunch – Arbor Suite |
1:30pm | Christopher Newgard (Duke University School of Medicine) |
2:30pm | Poster Session* – Arbor Suite |
4:00pm | Awards and Concluding Remarks – Arbor Suite |
*Student/Postdoctoral Associate Poster Competition:
Three winning posters will be recognized with a $150 award and a framed certificate.
The three winners of the Fall Symposium and the three winners of the Spring Retreat will also compete for a $1,500 travel scholarship.
Funding for this symposium has been provided by grant support through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30GM154608.
We also like to thank the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences and the College of Education and Human Sciences for their support.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
316 Leverton Hall
phone: 402-472-3862
https://npod.unl.edu/
Katrin Svensson
(Stanford University)
Federico Rey
(University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Christopher Newgard
(Duke University School of Medicine)