John Kirby

Company: Medical College of Wisconsin

Job title: Professor & Chair, Department of Microbiology

Seminars:

Specialized Metabolites Influence Gut Bacteria to Burn Calories & Prevent Weight Gain in the Host 9:00 am

Outlining how use of xenobiotics induces weight gain in humans through influences on gut flora Exploring how an animal model for risperidone-induced weight gain led to the discovery that gut bacteria display reduced metabolic rates, corresponding to the observed weight gain by the host Identifying a bacterial specialized metabolite that prevents xenobiotic induced weight gain…Read more

day: Conference Day One