NPOD 10th Annual Research Symposium
“Epigenetics and Developmental Programming”
October 8, 2024
Registration
(deadline for registration: September 27, 2024)
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 10th Annual Research Symposium on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 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.
Schedule
| 8:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast – Nebraska East Union - Arbor Suite |
| 9:10 am | Janos Zempleni (NPOD Director) – Introductions - Prairie Suite |
| 9:20 am | Sherri Jones (Interim Vice Chancellor Office of Research and Innovation) – Welcome |
| 9:30 am | Paul Cohen (Rockefeller University) "Obesity and Comorbid Diseases - Could Adipose Tissue be the Solution?" |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Alina Maloyan (Oregon Health & Science Univ.) "Early life immunometabolic changes in the offspring of obese mothers" |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch – Arbor Suite |
| 1:30 pm | Heather Lawson (Washington Univ. School of Medicine in St. Louis) “Genetic, epigenetic, and environmental mechanisms shape allele-specific gene expression” |
| 2:30 pm | Poster Session* – Arbor Suite |
| 4:00 pm | 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.
If you have any questions, please contact Verona Skomski at (vskomski@unl.edu).
Paul Cohen
(Rockefeller University)
Alina Maloyan
(Oregon Health & Science University)
Heather Lawson
(Washington Univ. School of Medicine in St. Louis)
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/