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Obesity and Its Impact Across Different Life Stages: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

For years now, the world has faced a global problem that has affected thousands of individuals, communities and families at all socioeconomic levels: obesity.

This has led to serious health, social and economic problems. For this reason, Tecnológico de Monterrey, through applied science, seeks to find high-impact solutions to help us with this problem that affects our country.

Join us at the conference, listening to research proposals with experts in this field.

Venue: Pabellón La Carreta, Campus Monterrey
Hybrid and free event

Speakers

Learn from the expertise of our expert speakers on the subject.

Dr. Carolina Solis-Herrera

Chief of the Endocrinology Division Medical Director of the Diabetes, Obesity, and Endocrinology Clinics Health Science Center, University of Texas, San Antonio.

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Dr. Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas

Director of Research at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Distinguished Professor - School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey.

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Dr. Veronika J. Wirtz

Professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health in Boston University.

Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Pharmaceutical Policy.

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Dr. Felipe Lombó

Head of the BIONUC Research Group (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds)

Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo.

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Dr. Georgina Gómez Salas

Research Professor Department of Biochemistry School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica.

 

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Agenda

Prepare your mind for innovation. Attend our conferences where active experts in the field share their knowledge and experiences.

Hybrid and free event | Pabellón Carreta, Monterrey Campus 

 

9:30 hrs. - 10:00 hrs. | Welcome and opening remarks.

Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, Rector of Professional and Postgraduate Studies, Tecnológico de Monterrey. 
Guillermo Torre Amione, Rector of TecSalud.
Feniosky Peña-Mora, Research Executive Vice President, Tecnológico de Monterrey.

10:10 hrs. - 11:10 hrs. | Neuroendocrine Signaling in Obesity and Associated Complications.  

Speaker: Dr. Carolina Solis-Herrera, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Director of the Diabetes, Obesity, and Endocrinology Clinics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Program Director of the Fellowship in Endocrinology and Cardiometabolic Health, and Researcher.  

Moderator: Dr. Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research. 

11:20 hrs. - 12:20 hrs. | The many faces of obesity. 

Speaker: Dr. Carlos Aguilar Salinas, Director of Nutrition at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, and Distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. 

Moderator: Dr. Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research. 

12:30 hrs. - 13:30 hrs. | Cocktail.

13:40 hrs. - 14:40 hrs. | Engineering bacterial factories for enhanced flavonoids production and their impact on gut microbiota dynamics in animal models.  

Speaker: Dr. Felipe Lombó, Expert in Microbiology and Head of the BIONUC Research Group (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds) at the Department of Functional Biology, Microbiology Area, University of Oviedo.    

Moderator: Dr. Gerardo García Rivas, Leader of the Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit at the Institute for Obesity Research. 

14:50 hrs. - 16:05 hrs. | Tec Talks.

Moderator: Dr. Gerardo García Rivas, Leader of the Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit at the Institute for Obesity Research. 

Schedule Speaker Title
14:50 hrs. - 15:05 hrs.   Berenice Alfaro Ponce Strengthening Nutrition Governance in Mexico: A Case Study of the State Council on Nutrition and Obesity Combat in Yucatán.
15:05 hrs. - 15:20 hrs.   Erick Sanchez Salguero Maternal obesity associates with altered humoral immunity in colostrum. 
15:20 hrs. - 15:35 hrs.   Erika Castaño Moreno Obesity is associated with alterations transcriptomic of one-carbon metabolism: in silico analysis of GTEx study.
15:35 hrs. - 15:50 hrs. Helen Yarimet Lorenzo Anota The cytotoxic effect of disulfaram-loaded poly-ε-caprolactone nanoparticles in adipose tissue cells: in vitro assessment.
15:50 hrs. - 16:05 hrs.     Iván Luzardo Ocampo Anti-obesity impact in vivo of an aqueous extract from 'Elotes Occidentales' native corn. 

16:10 hrs. - 17:40 hrs. | Poster Session.

 
ID Speaker Title
IOR-24-P01 Sayra Nayely Serrano Sandoval Estudio biodirigido para la identificación de compuestos anti-esteatóticos presentes en Opuntia stricta var. Dillenii.
IOR-24-P02 Valery Tixian Robles Plata Exploring the effects of various popping techniques on the digestibility of pigmented corn starch.
IOR-24-P03 Alexa Cervantes López Exploring the impact of thermal processing on nutraceutical properties of pigmented popcorn.
IOR-24-P04 Ana Cecilia Murrieta Muñoz Machine learning and molecular docking of COCONUT database for the discovery of antagonist and agonist of CB1 and CB2 receptors.
IOR-24-P05 Héctor Eduardo Flores Hernández Leveraging mol2vec embeddings and a deep learning algorithm for drug repurposing in obesity.
IOR-24-P06 Cody Eduardo Evans Trejo Exploring the relation between cancer and obesity in 14 tumor types from TCGA dataset.
IOR-24-P07 Cristian Yair Alvarado Elizalde Identifying metabolic healthy and unhealthy individuals using prediction models of body mass index.
IOR-24-P08 David Meléndez Martínez Insights into the molecular mechanism of crotamine and potential targets involved in obesity-related metabolic pathways
IOR-24-P09 José Luis Velasco Bolom Computational analysis of mitochondrial DNA fragments enriched in CpG motifs and interaction with human TLR-9.
IOR-24-P10 Luis Alberto Luévano Martínez Mitochondrial iron homeostasis is disrupted in a murine model of obesity.
IOR-24-P11 Karina Corona Cervantes Influence of body mass index on the fecal microbiota composition of mexican preschool infants.
IOR-24-P12 Itzel Astrid Aviña-Avalos Nutrient-rich beans: enhancing folate content for optimal nutrition.
IOR-24-P13 Alexandro José Martagón Rosado Global nutrition research repository for Hispanic/Latinx populations.
IOR-24-P14 Linda Aurora Morales Juárez Gradient hyperfiltration in overweight and obesity: an analysis of renal function using ENSANUT 2018.
IOR-24-P15 Carolina Vargas Martínez Diet quality: a health matter for Mexicans.

 

10:00 hrs. - 11:00 hrs. | Promoting adequate access to obesity medications through a systemic approach.

Speaker: Dr. Veronika J. Wirtz, Professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health of Boston University and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Pharmaceutical Policy. 

Moderator: Dr. Abril Campos Rivera, Research Professor at the Public Policy Unit of the Institute for Obesity Research.  

11:10 hrs. - 12:10 hrs.  | Obesity in Latin America: Results from the Latin America Study of Nutrition and Health. 

Speaker: Dr. Georgina Gómez Salas, Professor and Researcher at the Department of Biochemistry of the School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica. 

Moderator: Dr. Rocío Díaz de la Garza, Leader of the Integrative Biology Unit at the Institute for Obesity Research. 

12:20 hrs. - 12:50 hrs. | Tec Talks.

Moderator: Dr. Rocío Díaz de la Garza, Leader of the Integrative Biology Unit at the Institute for Obesity Research. 

Schedule Speaker Title
12:20 hrs. - 12:35 hrs.   Bianca Daniela Nieblas León Skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction in a heart failure with preserved ejection fraction-obesity model.
12:35 hrs. - 12:50 hrs.   Shirley Mora Godínez Plasma lipidome association with clinical biomarkers in Mexican pediatric patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
12:50 hrs. - 13:50 hrs | Cocktail.

14:00 hrs. - 14:45 hrs. | Tec Talks.

Moderator: Dr. Rocío Díaz de la Garza, Leader of the Integrative Biology Unit at the Institute for Obesity Research. 

Schedule Speaker Title
14:00 hrs. - 14:15 hrs.   Magaly Aguilar Cavada Fluorescent lateral flow assay for leptin detection in human serum samples.
14:15 hrs. - 14:30 hrs.   Diego Armando Luna Vital Diet quality of northern mexican woman with obesity and diabetes, measured by the diet quality index-international.
14:30 hrs. - 14:45 hrs.   Héctor Arreola Ornelas Asociación de desiertos y pantanos alimentarios con la mortalidad por cáncer relacionada con la obesidad en México.

15:00 hrs. - 16:30 hrs. | Poster Session.

 

ID Speaker Title
IOR-24-P16 Calef SánchezTrasviña 3,3´-diindolylmethane-loaded silk fibroin nanoparticles as a potential treatment for obesity.
IOR-24-P17 Xochitl Mayte Galindo Martínez  Nanoencapsulation of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in silk fibroin nanoparticles in route to enhance the anti-obesogenic activity.
IOR-24-P18 Azazel Monserrat Contreras Sánchez  Development of targeting biopolymeric nanoparticles to enhance cardiac-cell association. 
IOR-24-P19 Mayte Rueda Munguía Cannabidiol attenuates palmitic acid-induced metabolic stress and inflammatory signaling in human macrophages.
IOR-24-P20 Claudia Valencia Olivares Bioactive peptides of underutilized legumes modulate enzymes related to glucose metabolism, exert antioxidant effect, and regulate adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
IOR-24-P21 David Meléndez Martínez Rattlesnake venom peptides with anti-adipose and anti-insuline resistance activity 
IOR-24-P22 Javier Villarreal Alejandre Enhancing three-dimensional cell cultures in aqueous two-phase systems for future assessment of anti-obesity drug efficacy.
IOR-24-P23 Perla Bello Echeverría Impact of obesity on adipokines levels in breast milk and blood serum from mexican women.
IOR-24-P24 Elena Cristina González Castillo Effects of bariatric surgery on inflammation and immunometabolism in obesity: a comprehensive perspective.
IOR-24-P25 Perla Idalia Pérez Treviño Development and characterization of a 3D model of dysfunctional adipocytes for studying obesity-related lipotoxicity.
IOR-24-P26 Marion Emilie Genevieve Brunck Ecology-based analysis of human colostrum unearth differential co-occurrence networks of metabolites, microbiota and cytokines in maternal obesity
IOR-24-P27 Farid Sadot Jácome Velasco Identification of cis- and trans-eQTL for selected obesity genes from GTEX data.
IOR-24-P28 Anahi Tamez de la Parra TBX19 regulates POMC in a tissue-dependent manner.
IOR-24-P29 Fahimeh Nezhadmoghadam Exploring the intersection of obesity and gender in covid-19 outcomes in hospitalized mexican patients.
IOR-24-P30 Berenice Alfaor Ponce Fortalecimiento de la gobernanza de la nutrición en México: estudio de caso del Consejo Estatal de Nutrición y Combate a la obesidad en Yucatán.

 

17:00 hrs. - 21:00 hrs | Closing event.

Invitation only.

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