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Agenda

Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism
Thank you to all who attended the 2025 Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism. We hope you found the sessions informative and inspiring. The agenda for the 2026 symposium is in development and will be shared as details become available.

Past Agendas

2025

Time Session
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Coffee and Registration

Session 1: Metabolism in Human Health and Disease

 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Welcoming remarks

Nima Sharifi, M.D.

 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Mitochondrial Dynamics and Cardiometabolic Disease

Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D.

 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Insulin Regulation of Bile Acid Physiology

Rebecca Haeusler, Ph.D.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Metformin Intervention in STAMPEDE

Silke Gillessen, M.D.

11:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Human Steroid Metabolism Phenotypes

Nima Sharifi, M.D.

11:30 PM - 12:00 PM
Muscle Metabolic Alterations with Physical Activity and Disuse

Blake Rasmussen, Ph.D.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

Session 2: Dietary Interventions to Combat Metabolic Dysfunction

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Dietary Interventions and Nutrient Availability in Cancer Progression

Evan Lien, Ph.D.

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Nutritional Strategies to Improve Metabolic Health and Potentially Longevity

Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
A ketone shunt generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites

Maria Dolores Moya Garzon, Ph.D.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Break

Session 3: Approaches for Studying Human Metabolism

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Spatial Imaging of Metabolites Paired with Transcript and Peptide Imaging

Erin Seeley, Ph.D.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Toward Single Cell Resolution for Mass Spectrometry Metabolite Imaging

Jens Soltwisch, Ph.D.

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Physiomimetic Microsystems for Studying Metabolism

Ashutosh Agarwal, Ph.D.

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Poster Session & Reception

Registration

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