We extend our sincere thanks to the presenters who contributed to the 2025 Miami Symposium on Human Metabolism. Their research and insights played a vital role in the success of the event. Abstracts and presentation titles from 2025 remain available as a reference while we prepare for an exciting 2026 program.
Past 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