14th Annual NPOD
Spring Retreat
“Causes and Consequences
of Obesity”
April 25, 2023
The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted its 14th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 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.
Registration is closed.
Registration deadline: April 19, 2023
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 | Derek McLean (Dean Agricultural Research Division) – Welcome (Prairie Suite) |
| 9:20am | Janos Zempleni (NPOD Director) – Introductions |
| 9:30am | Jorge E. Chavarro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) “Is there anything left to know about OBESITY and fertility?” |
| 10:30am | Break |
| 11:00am | Arion Kennedy (North Carolina State University) "Role of MHC Class I in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease” |
| 12:00am | Lunch – Arbor Suite |
| 1:30pm | Timothy P. Gavin (Purdue University) “Look Who's Talking – The Good and Bad of cell-to-cell communication in skeletal muscle” |
| 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.
Jorge E. Chavarro
(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Arion Kennedy
(North Carolina State University)
Timothy P. Gavin
(Purdue 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 P20GM104320.
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/