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Speaker: Tony Lam, PhD

Talk by Professor Tony Lam, University of Toronto, Canada

The metabolic impact of the small intestine, kidney and the brain

Date: May 8, 2024
Time: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Tony Lam, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Associate Director Research, Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
Location: MPI for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931 Köln
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Dr. Henning Fenselau
Contact: henning.fenselau@sf.mpg.de

In this presentation, I will highlight our recent work on small intestinal protein sensing and how the kidney and the brain work in parallel to regulate feeding, weight and glucose homeostasis. Our findings unveil therapeutic targets in the small intestine, kidney and / or the brain to lower weight and glucose levels in obesity and diabetes. [more]