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Dr. Ayres studies host-microbe interactions, discovering the "Cooperative Defense System"—how hosts cooperate with pathogens rather than eliminating them. Her lab has shown specific gut bacteria protect against infection-induced wasting and sickness behaviors, revealing how microbes reprogram host metabolism to promote health during disease. Speaker Information

Dr. Faubert studies metabolic reprogramming in cancer, using isotope tracing, metabolomics, and in vivo/intraoperative measurements to understand how tumors adapt metabolism to survive and spread. His lab is identifying metabolic vulnerabilities that emerge during metastasis, with the goal of uncovering novel, therapeutically targetable pathways. Speaker Information

Dr. Nowinski studies how mitochondria convert nutrients into energy and help cells sense and adapt to shifting metabolic demands. Her work connects mitochondrial dysfunction to diseases including cancer, Parkinson's, and diabetes, aiming to lay the foundation for new ways to enhance health and combat disease. Speaker Information

Dr. Krahmer develops spatial proteomic tools to map protein localization and organelle function, studying how chronic overnutrition reshapes cells and drives obesity and fatty liver disease. Her lab aims to identify genetic risk factors and novel drug targets to inform pharmaceutical intervention strategies. Speaker Information

Dr. Snyder pioneered functional genomics and multi-omics technologies, including ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, and integrative personal omics profiling (iPOP), to study genomes, proteomes, and regulatory networks. His iPOP approach longitudinally tracks individual health data to assess disease risk and monitor disease states for personalized medicine. Speaker Information