The 2nd Denis Richard International Symposium on Obesity is this week in Quebec City! Excited to gather leading experts to discuss obesity science across four sessions: 1) Highway to Hunger, 2) Metabolism in Sync, 3) Genetic Codes & Surgical Roads, and 4) Beyond BMI, Beyond Willpower.

Excited to share our @cp-neuron.bsky.social ‪‪Spotlight on Dr. Jens Brüning’s latest paper in @cellpress.bsky.social , highlighting PNOC/NPY neurons as new players in the leptin orchestra 🧠🍽️

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHqA3BtfH...

Original article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are excited to welcome ‪@claudiovillanueva.bsky.social‬ (UCLA) next Wednesday for the 7th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries at IUCPQ!

We are excited to host Dr. Alfonso Abizaid from @carleton.ca next Wednesday for the 6th talk of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

We are excited to host Dr. Tony Lam from @bbdc-uoft.bsky.social for the 5th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

Please to host Dr. Vincent Poitout from @crchum.bsky.social next Wednesday for the 4th conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ!

Very proud of Dr. Anisia Silva who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the role of liver ADRA1B in mediating the effects of the sympathetic nervous system on hepatic metabolism.

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We are kicking off the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of
IUCPQ next Tuesday, with Dr. Christopher Rose from @crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social to discuss #HepaticEncephalopathy 🧠

We are delighted to welcome Gareth Lim from CRCHUM for our 13th and last conference of the 2025 #ObesitySeminarSeries of IUCPQ next Tuesday, Dec 17!