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Poster Session & Reception

Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism

The DSUI invites researchers from all levels to submit abstracts for the Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism research poster session that will occur from 5:30 - 6:30 PM on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The poster session will be relatively informal, taking place during the reception following the formal sessions earlier in the day.

Poster Titles and Abstracts

An unappreciated role for sirtuin-generated byproduct in regulating fatty acid oxidation

Songhua Hu, Harvard Medical School

Combination of GLP-1 agonist and KHK inhibitor improves fat loss in mice fed on a high-fat high-sucrose diet

Carolina Echeverria, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Mitochondrial ETF insufficiency drives neoplastic growth by selectively optimizing cancer bioenergetics

David Papadopoli, McGill University

Changes in circulating endotrophin concentration are directly associated with changes in fat mass induced by weight loss or weight gain interventions in humans

Rodrigo Fernández-Verdejo, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Associations between physical activity, brain health, cognitive function, and circulating GPLD1 in healthy older (65-85y) individuals

Adam Lowe, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Targeting Pyruvate Kinase to Induce Serine Dependance in Prostate Cancer

Daniel Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cysteine Metabolism as a Common Mediator of Diet-Induced Kidney Protection

Francisco Lopes, University of Cologne

In vivo Manganese Availability Determines Akt Activity

Jennifer Gamarra, Columbia University

Increased glucose uptake associated with the Warburg effect generates NADH to maintain an optimal NAD+/NADH ratio to support cancer cell proliferation

Muhammad Munim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NNMT loss drives prostate cancer progression through epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming

Erick Mitchell-Velasquez, University of Pennsylvania

Metabolomic Profiling as a Predictor of Pain in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy 

Alexandra N. McMahon, University of Miami

Chemical proteomic profiling of lysine crotonylation using minimalist bioorthogonal probes 

Yuan-Fei Zhou, University of Miami

Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase: A Master Regulator of Diastolic Function and Lipoprotein Lipase in HFpEF 

Emely Robleto, University of Miami

BRD4 suppresses mitochondrial metabolism and promotes cytotoxicity in response to Cadmium exposure

Surinder Kumar, University of Miami

Metabolomic Insights into Androgen Deprivation Therapy, and Saliva as a Non-Invasive Surrogate for Serum to Enable Community-Based Biomarker Studies

Alireza Abdshah, University of Miami

Understanding Metabolic Vulnerability in Platinum Resistance Lung Cancer

Manojavan Nagarajan, University of Miami