Chris Newgard, PhD, director of the Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, invites faculty and fellows to the following presentations.
Mon., Nov. 5 at noon in 103 Bryan
Eyal Gottlieb, PhD, will present a talk entitled "Metabolism and Cancer: Why should we care?" Dr. Gottlieb is the first of several candidates that we will be bringing through as a part of the Partnership Hires program sponsored by the dean's office. In this case, the Duke Cancer Institute, the PCB Department, the Stedman Center, and Medicine are partnering with the dean to identify and recruit strong faculty candidates in the area of metabolic flux analysis as it pertains to cancer metabolism and other metabolic diseases.
Tues., Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. in Stedman Auditorium (Center for Living campus)
Patrick MacDonald,PhD, from the University of Alberta will be speak at the regular Stedman Metabolism Forum. Dr. MacDonald is a creative rising star in the field of islet biology—be sure to catch this lecture!
Mon., Nov. 12 at 4:30 p.m. in 103 Bryan
A second partnership hires candidate for the metabolic flux position is Jurre Kamphorst, PhD, from the Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrated Genomics at Princeton. Dr. Kamphorst has been training there in the lab of Josh Rabinowitz, who leads one of the very best metabolomics groups in the country. Dr. Kamphorst will give a lecture entitled "Metabolomic analysis of human pancreatic tumors reveals scavenging of albumin and lysolipids: opportunities for novel therapeutic strategies."
Tues., Nov. 13 at 5:00 p.m. in the Stedman Auditorium (Center for Living campus)
Finally, our regular Stedman Metabolism Forum lecture will be given by Darryl Quarles, MD, director of nephrology and associate dean for research at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. His talk is entitled "Multiligand specificity and wide tissue expression of GPRC6A reveals new endocrine networks." Dr. Quarles is an expert in vitamin D metabolism, and also studies the relationship between bone-derived factors and metabolic regulation and kidney function. He is of a long-time "Dukie" so please join us in welcoming Daryl back to campus.