Stream 3 Session #9: Metabolic Signalling
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Meeting Room 105 & 106
| Friday, August 21, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Meeting Room 105 & 106 (Level 1) |
Speaker
EMCR
Chairperson
Biography
Prof David James
ARC Laureate
The University of Sydney
Chairperson
Biography
Prof Kristina Schoonjans
Professor
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne
Control of metabolism through the gut-liver axis
11:00 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Prof Matthew Watt
Professor
University Of Melbourne
Deciphering the Cell-Specific Secretome in MASLD Pathogenesis
11:25 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Prof Greg Steinberg
Co-director Centre For Metabolism, Obesity And Diabetes
McMaster University
Cellular Nutrient Sensing and Metabolism
11:50 AM - 12:15 PMBiography
Dr Xuechun Sun
PhD Student
Shandong University
Colon enriched DHA-AST improves glucose metabolism by promoting intestinal L cell differentiation through lipid metabolic reprogramming
12:15 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Sun X is a PhD candidate at Shandong University, China. Her research focuses on nutritional regulation of metabolic diseases, with particular interest in gut endocrine function and glucose metabolism. She uses animal models, organoid systems and multi omics approaches to investigate how dietary bioactive compounds modulate metabolic health in diabetes.