News

19 Apr 2024

Salin Raj Palayyan Finalist in the American Society for Nutrition’s Postdoctoral Research Award Competition

Salin Raj Palayyan (Sunil Sukumaran lab) has been named a finalist in the American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN) Postdoctoral Research Award Competition, an educational activity that recognizes early-career scientists and clinicians presenting outstanding research.

Six finalists were chosen from 80 applicants and will be recognized during NUTRITION 2024, the American Society for Nutrition’s annual flagship meeting which will be held from June 29 to July 2 at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL.

Congratulations Salin!

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18 Apr 2024

NPOD 15th Annual Spring Retreat

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 15th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Nebraska East Union.

The symposium was attended by over 60 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of "Precision Nutrition in Obesity and its Comorbidities":

Dr. Wei Perng (University of Colorado - Anschutz)
"Advancing metabolic disease prevention in youth through Precision medicine, Omics, and Data Science (PODS)"

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NIH Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge

20 Dec 2023

NIH Targeted Genome Editor Delivery Challenge Cash Prize Award

UNL COBRE directors Janos Zempleni and Jiantao Guo are part of a team who received a cash prize award from the Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge.
Their submission to the TARGETED Challenge Phase 1 entitled "Editing the genome in any tissue of choice through programmable milk exosomes" was selected by the National Institutes of Health as part of Target Area 1.

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20 Dec 2023

2023 Winter Student Recognition Event

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 10th Annual Winter Student recognition event on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Nebraska East Union.

A big thank you to all student and postdocs who presented a poster!

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27 Oct 2023

9th Annual Fall Symposium 2023

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 9th Annual Research Symposium on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at the Nebraska East Union.
The symposium was attended by over 75 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of “Advances in Transcriptomics”:

Len Pennacchio (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Evan Rosen (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard)
Lindsey Muir (University of Michigan)

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27 Oct 2023

8th Annual "Meet the Students" Picnic

Thank you all for coming to our 8th Annual "Meet the Students" Picnic on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Antelope Park.

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27 Apr 2023

NPOD 14th Annual Spring Retreat

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 14th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Nebraska East Union.

The symposium was attended by 88 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of "Causes and Consequences of Obesity":

Dr. Jorge E. Chavarro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
“Is there anything left to know about OBESITY and fertility?”

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09 Dec 2022

2022 Winter Student Recognition Event

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 9th Annual Winter Student recognition event on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at the Van Brunt Visitor Center.

A big thank you to all student and postdocs who presented poster!

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21 Sep 2022

8th Annual Fall Symposium 2022

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 8th Annual Fall Symposium on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Sheldon Museum of Art.
The symposium was attended by over 85 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of “Extracellular Vesicles”:

Kristy Brown (Weill Cornell Medical College)
Elizabeth McNeill (Iowa State University)
Susmita Sahoo (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

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21 Sep 2022

7th Annual "Meet the Students" Picnic

Thank you all for coming to our 6th Annual "Meet the Students" Picnic on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at Antelope Park.

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