Virendra B. Mahesh Memorial Awards Session in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nonfunded Featured Topic — Wednesday, April 28, 2021 — 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM — Virtual Session, Room APS-9
Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Grant Kolar — Co-Chair: Jennifer Steiner
Top-ranked Endocrinology and Metabolism section trainees and new investigators will present their award winning research projects.
Speakers
- Introduction
Grant Kolar — Pathology, Saint Louis University
4:00 PM
- 4:05 PM
- SARS-CoV-2 Viral Entry Proteins in Hyperandrogenemic Female Mice: Implications for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and COVID-19
Alexandra M. Huffman — Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
4:05 PM
- 4:30 PM
- Glucose-Derived Extracellular Endothelial Microvesicles Induce a Pathologic Endothelial Phenotype
Vinicius P. Garcia — Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
4:30 PM
- 4:45 PM
- Knockout of the Endothelin B Receptor in Adipocytes Improves Insulin Sensitivity and the Metabolic Profile of Male Mice Fed a High Fat Diet
Osvaldo Rivera-Gonzalez — Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center
4:45 PM
- 5:00 PM
- Drinking Off(s) the Clock: Chronic Alcohol Suppresses Skeletal Muscle Molecular Clock
Abigail Tice — Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Science, Florida State University
5:00 PM
- 5:15 PM
- Central Feminization of Male Mice Reduces Metabolic Syndrome
Katherine Blackmore — Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
5:15 PM
- 5:30 PM