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