Team Science Mini-symposium

“Extracellular vesicles and gut microbiome in the energy metabolism in infants”

March 25, 2025
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If you have any questions, please contact Verona (vskomski@unl.edu) for any questions.

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) will host his Team Science Mini-Symposium on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at the Nebraska East Union - Arbor Suite (1705 Arbor Dr, Lincoln, NE 68503).  

The symposium is a free event for faculty, postdocs, students, staff, industry partners, and other interested parties.

Schedule
8:30 amRegistration 
9:00 am Dr. Janos Zempleni (NPOD Director) – Welcome and Introductions 
9:05 amDr. Qiuming Yao (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) 
Aim 1: “Assess the selection of genomic variants in MEV-defined cultures of infant feces”  
9:30 am Dr. Steven Frese (University of Nevada - Reno) 
Aim 2: Assess the effect of MEV selection on a host-adapted infant gut symbiont (B. infantis) in infants” 
9:55 amBreak
10:30 amDr. Jingjie Hao (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) 
Aim 3: “Develop NAD(H), NADP(H), and ATP sensor mice” 
10:55 amDr. Ellen Demerath (University of Minnesota)
“A Systems Biology of Human Milk”
11:55pm Lunch 
1:00 pmDr. Ann Anderson Berry (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
“Clinical, translational and basic science research priorities at UNMC's Child Health Research Institute"
1:15 pmDr. Sarah Andres (Oregon Health & Science University)  
“Unlocking Physiological Roles of Human Milk Extracellular Vesicles in the Neonatal Infant Gut”
2:15 pm Concluding Remarks

 

If you have any questions, please contact Verona Skomski at (vskomski@unl.edu).

Ellen

Ellen Demerath
(University of Minnesota)

Ann

Ann Anderson Berry
(University of Nebraska Medical Center)

 

Sarah

Sarah Andres 
(Oregon Health & Science University)

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 1P30GM154608.
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/