Stream 3 Session #6: Exercise and Metabolism
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Meeting Room 105 & 106
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Meeting Room 105 & 106 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Assoc Prof Benjamin Parker
NHMRC Investigator
University of Melbourne
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Chrysovalantou Eleni Xirouchaki
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash University
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Yiguo Wang
TsienTang Endowed Professor, School of Life Sciences
Tsinghua University
A gut-derived hormone regulates cholesterol metabolism
2:00 PM - 2:25 PMBiography
Assoc/Prof Jonathan Long
Associate Professor
Stanford University
Feast, famine, and extreme metabolism: lessons from the Burmese python
2:25 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Mark Febbraio
Senior Principal Research Fellow
Baker Heart & Diabetes Inst
Chimeric IL-6 family ligands: a new class of therapeutics to treat cardiometabolic disease and muscle wasting disorders
2:50 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Dr Romana Stark
Research Fellow
Monash University
Ventromedial hypothalamic ghrelin receptors regulate glucose homeostasis and metabolic adaptation to energy deficit
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Romana Stark is a neuroscientist at Monash University investigating neural mechanisms controlling food intake, glucose homeostasis and energy balance.
