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Symposium 3.2: Endocrinology and Metabolism: Insulin dynamics in obesity

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MR12

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

MR12

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NEW CHALLENGES IN OBESITY DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT Organizers: Gema Frühbeck - Dept. of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, CIBEROBN, Pamplona, Spain Maria Paula Macedo - ESCI Council - NOVA Universidad Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal Patrícia Afonso-Mendes - ESCI Young Research Council - Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal Chair: Didac Mauricio & Paulo Matafome

Speaker

Prof. Sonia M. Najjar

Professor And Endowed Chair

Ohio University

Understanding the obesity-insulin connection

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Full Prof. Maria Paula Macedo

Professor

Nova Medical School

Phenotyping obesity through the lens of insulin mechanisms

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Prof. Silvia Conde

Associate Professor

Nova Medical School

Blocking insulin action in the carotid body: could this be a new paradigm to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes?

4:30 PM - 4:40 PM

Mx. Ana Reis-Costa

Institute Of Interdisciplinary Research (iiiuc)

The impact of type 2 diabetes on gene expression of fructose metabolism enzymes in human adipose tissue

4:40 PM - 4:50 PM

Mrs. Carolina Tocantins

CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Unraveling the Link between ICAM-1 and Inflammatory/Atherogenic Factors in Cord Blood Plasma from Gestational Diabetes Pregnancies

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM