The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 11th Annual Research Symposium on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at the Nebraska East Union.
The symposium was attended by 60 participants.
Featured speakers were experts on the topics of “Obesity prevention and control”:
- Danielle Wadsworth (Auburn University)
- Denise Wilfley (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Russell Dahl (CEO - Neurodon Corporation)
Here are the winners of the best poster award:
1) Sedoten Ogun - Gradstudent (UNL - Food Science & Technology), Amanda Ramer-Tait & Kaustav Majumder lab
"Exploring the role of dietary γ-glutamyl valine (γ-EV) in modulating the gut microbiota to mitigate high-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis"
2) Sylwia Miekus - Gradstudent (UNL - Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences), Bednarski lab
"Acyl-CoA Metabolism in an In Vitro Model of Acute Lipotoxicity"
3) Barbie Zaman Wahid - Gradstudent (UNL - Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences), Janos Zempleni lab
"Designer Milk Exosomes as Targeted Nanocarriers for Precision CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing"
Congratulations!
