Metabolic Interest Group
2025 Metabolic Interest Group (MIGs) Schedule
Running since 2009, the Metabolic Interest Group (MIGs) is a collection of labs at UVA that meet monthly to discuss research in progress pertaining to the broad area of metabolism. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 4:00 PM in the Pharmacology library (Room 5023).
The intent of this meeting is to provide students, postdocs, and faculty an opportunity to get feedback on current projects.
| 2025 | |
| Month | Presenting |
| January 8th | Schulman Lab
Ira Schulman presenting; “WTF! What do we do now?” |
| February 12th | Civelek Lab
Nik Barbera presenting; “Comprehensive identification of coronary artery disease-associated variants regulating vascular smooth muscle cell gene expression” |
| March 12th | Qi Lab
Xinxin Chen presenting; “Mitochondrial quality control through two key degradation pathways” |
| April 9th | Campbell Lab
Roberta Onoharigho presenting; “Arcuate Pirt Neurons Decrease Metabolism”
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| May 14th | Bland Lab
Michelle Bland presenting; “”Defining roles for insulin-like peptides in Drosophila” |
| June 11th | Ferris Lab
Heather Ferris presenting; “Cholesterol regulation of neuroinflammation“ |
| July 9th | Leitinger Lab
Anna Parent presenting; “Identifying carrier mechanisms of oxidized phospholipids in plasma“ |
| August 13th | Culver Lab
Silas Culver presenting; “Obesity-related kidney injury: Fasting as therapy“ |
| September 10th | Schulman Lab
Ira Schulman presenting; “Mass Murder in the Liver: Natural Killers or Killer Macrophages?“ |
| October 8th | Harris Lab
Danny Lank presenting; “Adenosine signaling in the CNS modulates whole-body glucose and fatty acid metabolism: How the Harris Lab Crossed Over to the Dark Side“
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| November 12th | Khetarpal Lab
Sumeet Khetarpal presenting; “PGC-1a–Driven Secretion of PLBD1 in the Heart Promotes Mitochondrial Function and Confers Cardioprotection“ |
| December 10th | Leitinger Lab
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