Intestinal microbiota in regulation of energy homeostasis
Event details
| Date | 25.08.2015 |
| Hour | 13:30 › 14:30 |
| Speaker | Mirko Trajkovski, Department of cell physiology and metabolism, University of Geneva |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Food intake, energy expenditure and body adiposity are homeostatically regulated, and malfunctions of this balance can cause obesity. The intestinal microbiota co-develops with the host, and its composition is influenced by several physiological changes, including obesity and pregnancy. We are interested on the role of the gut microbiota in the development of metabolic diseases, primarily dyslipidae mia and insulin resistance, and in particular the response of the host to the changes in the gut microbiota composition. A deeper understanding of these axes is a prerequisite for optimising therapeutic strategies to manipulate the gut microbiota and the host response to combat disease and improve health.
Bio: Mirko obtained his PhD at the Max Planck PhD School in Dresden, Germany in 2005 with his studies on the link between regulated hormone secretion and gene expression in pancreatic beta cells. He did his postdoctoral work at the ETH Zurich with Markus Stoffel working on the miRNAs in obesity and insulin resistance, which led to him being appointed as a group leader and a Lecturer in Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases at the University College London (UCL) in 2012. End of 2013 he was appointed as Assistant Professor at the Geneva Faculty of Medicine, and was awarded with the SNSF professorship, still remaining affiliated to the UCL as honorary Lecturer. 2014 he was awarded the prestigious ERC starting grant.
Bio: Mirko obtained his PhD at the Max Planck PhD School in Dresden, Germany in 2005 with his studies on the link between regulated hormone secretion and gene expression in pancreatic beta cells. He did his postdoctoral work at the ETH Zurich with Markus Stoffel working on the miRNAs in obesity and insulin resistance, which led to him being appointed as a group leader and a Lecturer in Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases at the University College London (UCL) in 2012. End of 2013 he was appointed as Assistant Professor at the Geneva Faculty of Medicine, and was awarded with the SNSF professorship, still remaining affiliated to the UCL as honorary Lecturer. 2014 he was awarded the prestigious ERC starting grant.
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- Prof. Stewart Cole