Stream 3 Session #7: Metabolic Dysfunction and Complications
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Meeting Room 105 & 106
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Meeting Room 105 & 106 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Dr Mark Cooper
Head
Monash University
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
Chairperson
Biography
Prof Tony Tiganis
Professor
Monash University
Exercise-induced adaptive homeostasis and ageing
4:00 PM - 4:25 PMBiography
Dr Jacky Stoeckli
Senior Research Fellow
The Charles Perkins Centre
Identification of a health variant that protects against metabolic disease
4:25 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
Prof Johan Auwerx
Professor
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne
Protecting liver sympathetic innervation reverses steatohepatitis by promoting cholesterol clearance
4:50 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Prof Karin Jandeleit-Dahm
Deputy Head
Monash University
Novel biomarkers and treatment targets in diabetic complications
5:15 PM - 5:40 PMBiography
Dr Huey Tan
Postdoctoral Scientist
St Vincents Centre for Applied Medical Research
Feeding and physical activity is coordinated by NPY4R signalling
5:40 PM - 5:55 PMBiography
Dr Tan received her PhD from the University in Otago where she studied the involvement of dopamine neurotransmission in tinnitus. Dr Tan has now taken up a Postdoctoral position in the Eating Disorder Lab at AMR in Sydney where she studies the coordinated control of physical activity and energy homeostasis.
