MIP Seminar: Dr. Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University "Dissecting disease-mediated dysregulation of gut-brain circuits"
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- MIP seminar committee
- Location
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
- Date
- May 1, 2025 11:00 am
- Speaker
- Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Endocrinology
- Views
- 51
Academic Focus
Our goal is to understand how the gut and the brain communicate with each other to maintain body weight, and how this goes awry in diseases such as obesity. To accomplish this, we use a variety of techniques including optogenetics and calcium imaging in genetically modified mice. Projects in the lab focus both on how information about nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract are transmitted to the brain and how the brain regulates gastrointestinal tract function to optimize digestion and metabolism.