New insights into insulin signaling in health and disease

Organiser: Mark Febbraio

 

Speakers:

 

Molecular mechanisms underpinning enhanced insulin action by prior exercise                                         

Jørgen Wojtaszewski   University of Copenhagen

 

Dissecting multiple steps of GLUT4 trafficking and identifying the sites of insulin action

David James     Garvan Institute 

 

Nuclear hormone receptors in skeletal muscle: Implications for metabolism in health and disease

George Muscat     University of Queensland

 

Skeletal muscle fat metabolism and insulin resistance: Old targets, new players

Matthew Watt  St Vincent's Institute