YMSM Retreat 2026
Yale Center for Molecular
and
Systems Metabolism
Mission and Goal
The Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism brings together investigators who represent different areas of scientific interest. This diversity is accompanied by one common goal, which is to understand the molecular underpinnings of metabolism in health and disease.
YMSM Annual Retreat
May 21st, 2026
New Haven Lawn Club
193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 a.m. Welcoming Remarks – Anton Bennett, YMSM Director
9:05 – 9:55 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Andrew Goodman, Ph.D., C.N.H. Long Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Director of Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University School of Medicine – “Drug- microbiome interaction”
10:00 – 10:40 a.m. Session 1 – (Session Chair – David Alagpulinsa)
9:55 – 10:10 a.m. Hector Haddock-Martinez – Shaping Stress Circuitry: The Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Isolation Responses During Early Life
10:10 – 10:25 a.m. Lei Zhang – OGT-RBM33 controls HMGB1 mobility in cholangiocytes to drive cholestatic liver fibrosis
10:25 – 10:40 a.m. Boby Matthews – Shaping Stress Circuitry: The Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Isolation Responses During Early Life
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Session 2 – (Session Chair – Xiaoai Zhao)
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Sourav Roy – Holocene selection at the INS locus trades metabolic efficiency for autoimmune diabetes risk
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Amanda Rodriguez Diaz – How Obesity Disrupts Glymphatic Function and Compromises Brain Homeostasis
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Susana Nakandakari – Exercise and High-Protein Diet as Preventive Strategies Against Sepsis Mortality
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. Bin Qiu – DUSP1 reprograms macrophages to drive adipose inflammation in obesity
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Session 3 – Flash Talk’s from Trainees (Session Chair – Yajaira Suarez, YMSM co-Director)
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Bernardo Stutz/Anton Bennett – YMSM Metabolic Core Facility
1:15 – 2:00 p.m. 2-minute trainee flash talks from posters
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Hanming Zhang – Cell-Autonomous LXR Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Regulates Arterial Lipid Homeostasis and Vascular Stiffness During Atherogenesis.
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Coffee Break
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Session 4 – (Session Chair – Marc Schneeberger Pane)
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Brent Wang – TET3-driven cellular senescence governs ovarian aging
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Diego Saenz de Urturi Indart – Desmosterol modulation as anti- atherogenic therapy
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Hee-Hoon Kim – Decoding Healthy Longevity: Targeting Drivers of Immunometabolic Resilience in Muridae
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Andrew Erikson – RISOP: A Reference-Assisted Approach for Enhanced Detection of Oxidized Phospholipids
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Mateus D'Ávila dos Santos Silva – Feeding the Weight-Loss Circuit: AgRP Neurons in Semaglutide Action.
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Session 5 – Poster Session and Happy Hour
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