Frontiers in Metabolism – Mechanisms of Metabolic Diseases

September 15, 16, 17, 2025

This meeting will bring together a diverse group of scientists who investigate the basic mechanistic underpinnings of metabolic disorders and pioneer new approaches for probing and quantifying metabolic processes.

Conference Organizers: Dr. Jing Fan and Jenelle Gierhart-Sutter

Speakers

  • Kıvanç Birsoy, Rockefeller University, USA
  • Amandine Chaix, University of Utah, USA
  • Heather Christofk, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Andrew Dillin, HHMI/University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Andrea Galmozzi, UW-Madison, USA
  • Rebecca Haeusler, Columbia University, USA
  • Helen Hobbs, HHMI/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
  • Gerta Hoxhaj, CRI/UTSW, USA
  • Elizabeth Johnson, HHMI/Cornell University, USA
  • Shingo Kajimura, HHMI/Harvard University, USA
  • Dudley Lamming, UW-Madison, USA
  • Dan Littman, HHMI/ NYU School of Medicine, USA
  • Jonathan Long, Stanford University, USA
  • Dave Pagliarini, HHMI/Washington University in St. Louis, USA
  • Gwen Randolph, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, USA
  • Federico Rey, UW-Madison, USA
  • Jared Rutter, HHMI/University of Utah, USA
  • Jean Schaffer, Harvard University, USA
  • Sarah Walmsley, University of Edinburgh, UK

Location

Morgridge Institute for Research, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI

In the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, you will find the Discovery Building. This meeting’s activities will all take place on the first floor of this building. Feel free to learn more about the building.

Discovery Building

Contact Us

If you have a question or concern that hasn’t been addressed, please write to jgierhart-sutter@morgridge.org and we will be happy to help.

Kids doing a science experiment

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