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Hybrid event | Pabellón La Carreta, Monterrey Campus

TUESDAY, APRIL 29
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

9:00 - 9:30	Welcome and opening remarks Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, Rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey Feniosky Peña-Mora, Executive Vice President of Research of Tecnológico de Monterrey Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research of Tecnológico de Monterrey
9:40 - 11:00	Discussion Panel: Redefined Clinical Obesity: Advantages, Challenges, and the Transformative Power of the Mexican Guidelines Emma Adriana Chávez Manzanera, Coordinator of the Obesity Clinic of the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition 'Salvador Zubirán Verónica Vázquez Velasquez, President in OBESIDADADES A.C. Juan Eduardo García García, Former President of the Mexican Society of Nutrition and Endocrinology Moderator: Leonardo Mancillas, Clinical Director of Institute for Obesity Research
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: Obesity in the Americas: Priorities in Prevention, Nutrition, and Intersectoral Action from PAHO Vanessa García Larsen, Chief of the Unit of Risk Factors and Nutrition at the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization Moderator: Héctor Arreola Ornelas, Research Professor at the Obesity Research Institute
12:00 - 13:00	Tec Talks - Evaluating the 2025 obesity classification framework in pediatric athletes: a cross-sectional comparison with BMI-based methods Speaker: Cipatli Ayuzo del Valle - Towards a MASLD patient screening in mexico: fli and transient elastography correlation study Speaker: Franco Acevedo Adriana - Cannabidiol promotes adipogenesis via PPARγ modulating endocrine function in adipocytes Speaker: Helen Yarimet Lorenzo Anota - Impact of ashwagandha supplementation on obesity-associated parameters in mexican adults with overweight and obesity Speaker: Iván Luzardo Ocampo Moderator: Erika Castaño Moreno, Postdoctoral Researcher - Integrative Biology Unit
13:00 - 14:00	Break
14:00 - 15:00	Conference: B Vitamins, Epigenome, and Fetal Programming Rosa María Guéant Rodríguez, Professor and hospital physician at the University of Lorraine and Nancy University Hospital, Clinical Nutrition Service and Metabolic Biochemistry and Nutrition Service Moderator: Rocío Isabel Díaz de la Garza, Leader of the Integrative Biology Research Unit at the Obesity Research Institute
15:00 - 15:30	Flash Tec Talks - High-fat diet promotes transcriptomic perturbations in one-carbon metabolism: in silico study of mouse models Speaker: Daniel Cantú Ruiz - Inequities in metabolic health and obesity among mexican adults: the role of municipality-level deprivation Speaker: Linda Aurora Morales Juárez - Polipharmacological actions of vitamins against insulin resistance Speaker: José Antonio Palma Jacinto - Intron retention is prevalent during zebrafish larval development and can be altered by a high-fat diet Speaker: Jesús Gómez Montalvo Moderator: Erika Castaño Moreno, Postdoctoral Researcher - Integrative Biology Unit
16:00 - 17:30	Poster Session (Expedition Building)

9:00 - 10:00	Conference: Ensure the right to healthy eating: opportunities and challenges in the implementation of the new General Law of Adequate and Sustainable Food Alma Rosa Marroquín, Secretary of Health of the State of Nuevo León Moderator: David Contreras Loya, Research Professor at the Obesity Research Institute
10:00 - 11:00	Conference: Chemoinformatics in drug development and other research areas José Luis Medina Franco, Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Moderator: Gerardo de Jesús García Rivas, Director of Translational Research
11:00 - 12:00	Tec Talks - Marco conceptual para la salud, alimentación y bienestar infantil no centrado en el peso. Speaker: Berenice Alfaro Ponce - Influencia de la adición de lípidos en el perfil de digestibilidad y respuesta hormonal de tortillas de maíz nixtamalizado. Speaker: Julián de la Rosa Millán - Anti-adipogenic potential of functional lipids from Opuntia ficus-indica seeds extracted using subcritical co₂ fluid extraction. Speaker: Gloria Itzel Peña Vázquez - The effect of oxysterol imbalance in synaptic dysfunction: mechanisms behind cholesterol as a risk factor for neurodegeneration. Speaker: Raúl Loera Valencia Moderator: Linda Morales Juárez, Postdoctoral Researcher - Public Policy Unit
12:00 - 13:30	Break
13:30 - 14:30	Conference: (Bio)Sensors Based on Nanophotonics for Healthcare Eden Morales Narváez, Head of the Bio-Photonic Nanosensors Laboratory at the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Moderator: Jorge Alejandro Benavides Lozano, Research Professor at the Obesity Research Institute
14:30 - 15:00	Flash Tec Talks - AMPK as a modulator of PPARs in the anti-hypertrophic effect of cannabidiol. Speaker: Lautaro Daniel Fabiani - Polymeric nanostructures for targeted delivery to white adipose tissue. Speaker: Aneliza Flores Villarreal - Mitochondrial Ca2+ overload promotes ventricular arrhythmias by respirasome dysfunction, energetic failure and oxidative stress. Speaker: Felipe de Jesús Salazar Ramírez - Effect of particle size on in vitro digestion of starch fractions of a selenium-enriched beverage for obesity treatment. Speaker: Frineth de la Luz Limón Aguilera Moderator: Linda Morales Juárez, Postdoctoral Researcher - Public Policy Unit
15:30 - 17:00	Poster Session (Expedition Building)
17:00 - 17:30	Closing and Award Ceremony