AGENDA

Attend our conferences where subject matter experts share their knowledge and experiences.

Hybrid event | Sala Mayor de Rectoría, Monterrey Campus

TUESDAY, MAY 26
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

9:00 - 9:30	Welcome & opening remarks Javier Guzmán, Vice President of Research of Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research
9:40 - 10:40	Conference: Adipose tissue expandability, lipotoxicity and the metabolic síndrome Antonio Vidal-Puig, Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Cambridge. Moderator: Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research
10:40 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Conference: Development of New Treatments for Obesity: A Joint Effort Between Industry and Academia Karin Conde-Knape, Chief Scientific Officer at Valo Health Moderator: Rocío Isabel Díaz de la Garza, Leader of the Integrative Biology Research Unit, Institute for Obesity Research
12:10 - 13:10	Tec Talks - Short presentations of four talks Moderator: Shirley Mora Godinez, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Healthy Foods Unit 12:10 - 12:25 Sleeve gastrectomy reduces liver steatosis and significant miRNAs expression in severe obesity patients with MASLD Expositora: Rebeca Rosas Campos Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara 12:25 - 12:40 Polymorphisms in One-Carbon Metabolism Genes and Phenome-wide Associations: Insights from the oriGen cohort Expositora: Erika Castaño Moreno Unidad de Biología Integrativa, Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 12:40 - 12:55 Deacetylating the heart mitochondria: an alternative strategy for rescuing cardiometabolic heart failure Expositor: Abraham Méndez Fernández Unidad de Medicina Experimental y Terapias Avanzadas, Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 12:55 - 13:10 Browning and adipogenesis suppression effect of arenin in 3T3-L1 cells Expositor: Enrique de Jesús Hidalgo Vázquez, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey
13:10 - 14:30	Coctel & networking
14:30 - 15:30	Flash Tec Talks - Short presentations of eight talks Moderator: Emanuel Guajardo Correa, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit 14:30 - 14:35 High-altitude hypoxia is associated with obesity and lipid biomarkers in Mexican adults: oriGen cohort Expositora: Diana Paula Chávez Sánchez Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey 14:35 - 14:40 Applications of artificial intelligence in nutrition: a systematic review Expositora: Marlen Naranjo Martínez Tecnológico de Monterrey, Ciudad de México 14:40 - 14:45 A cardio metabolic model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction presents depression-like behavior and alteration in brain volume Expositor: Roger A. Maldonado Ruiz Unidad de Medicina Experimental y Terapias Avanzadas, Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 14:45 - 14:50 Aqueous Two-Phase Systems Enable Scaffold-Free 3D Adipocyte Spheroids for Accessible Adipose Tissue Modeling Expositora: Lorena Cuevas Guillermin Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 14:50 - 14:55 Pegylation of silk fibroin nanoparticles for delivery of 3,3’-diindolylmethane in a route for obesity management Expositora: Diana Angélica Tapia Sidas Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 14:55 - 15:00 Targeted resveratrol-loaded nanoparticles to enhance pancreatic islet graft survival Expositora: Azazel Monserrat Contreras Sánchez Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 15:00 - 15:05 Dynamic protein signatures reveal a temporal cascade of metabolic dysregulation in gestational diabetes: systematic review Expositora: Melissa Razo Azamar Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey 15:05 - 15:10 TBD 15:10 – 15:30 Sesión de discusión y preguntas
15:30 - 15:45	Break and transfer to the 2nd floor Auditorium (Expedition)
15:45 - 17:30	Poster Session - Click HERE to view participating posters 2nd Floor Auditorium (Expedition)

9:00 - 10:00	Conference: The Role of Nutrition and Lifestyle in the Prevention of Cardiometabolic Disease Miguel Ruiz Canela, Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Deputy Director of the Institute of Nutrition and Health at the University of Navarra Moderator: Ana Laura de la Garza
10:00 - 11:00	Conference: Obesity and CKM: The Future of Metabolic Medicine Carolina Solis-Herrera, Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Diabetes at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Moderator: Marco Antonio Rito Palomares, Director of the Institute for Obesity Research
11:00 - 11:30	Break
11:30 - 13:00	Flagship Projects of the Institute for Obesity Research - Determinants of Metabolic Health in Mexico: Ongoing Characterization of oriGen from the Institute for Obesity Research. Rocío Díaz de la Garza - Leader of the Integrative Biology Unit - Integrated Strategies and Cost-effective Technologies for Early Detection and Prevention of Metabolic Diseases Across the Lifespan. Omar Lozano - Leader of the Bioengineering and Medical Devices Unit - Decoding Obesity Comorbidities: Preclinical Modeling and Interorgan Communication. Gerardo García - Leader of the Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit - Linking Pediatric Lipidomic, Dietary and Microbiome Signatures with Health: Towards Clinically Guided Food Design Carmen Hernández - Leader of the Healthy Foods Unit
13:30 - 15:00	Coctel & closing remarks