Arizona Metabolomics Symposium 2026
Event description
- Free
- Health and wellness
- Open to the public
- Professional and career development
Metabolomics has emerged as an extremely promising approach for providing detailed and multilayered information about complex biological processes and systems. Enhance your knowledge, skills and abilities at the Arizona Metabolomics Symposium 2026.
Join like-minded people interested in promoting metabolomics and research collaborations toward clinical testing and improving the health of all Arizonans. Spend the day at this no-cost event as we explore new developments in metabolism, gut and health from top researchers. Breakfast will be provided.
A small number of attendees will be invited to a hands-on workshop immediately following the symposium.
Agenda:
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
8:30–8:55 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:55–9 a.m. | Welcome and introduction, Haiwei Gu and Corrie Whisner |
9–10 a.m. | Impact of Developmental Alcohol Exposure on Brain Functional Connectivity and Behavioral Flexibility Donita L. Robinson, professor of psychiatry and associate dean for graduate education, University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
10–10:30 a.m. | A Case for Acetate Supplementation: Insights from Metabolomics and the Microbiome Carol Johnston, professor, ASU College of Health Solutions |
10:30–10:45 a.m. | Break |
10:45–11:15 a.m. | Leveraging Metabolomics to Characterize Mechanistic Impacts of Short- and Long-Term Interventions in Prolonged Sitting Time Dorothy Sears, professor, ASU College of Health Solutions |
11:15–11:45 a.m. | Transcriptional Regulation of Cardiometabolic Diseases Dr. Yanqiao Zhang, director and professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix |
11:45 a.m. –1 p.m. | Lunch break and lightning talks |
1–2 p.m. | So, Why Is Biomarker Validation Difficult in Metabolomics? What’s Working and Not (Yet) Working Daniel Raftery, professor, University of Washington; member, Fred Hutch Cancer Center |
2–2:30 p.m. | Steroid Hormones in Glucose Metabolism: When, Where and How Zong Wei, associate professor of physiology, Mayo Clinic |
2:30–2:45 p.m. | Break |
2:45–3:15 p.m. | Metabolic Resilience as a Systems Phenotype: AI-Calibrated Targeted GC-MS and Causal Graphs for Mechanism-Aware Human Phenotyping Paniz Jasbi, co-founder and chief science officer, Theriome |
3:15–3:45 p.m. | Food Insecurity, Gut Microbes and Metabolites in Emergent Adults Corrie Whisner, associate professor, ASU College of Health Solutions |
3:45–4:15 p.m. | Metabolic Interaction Between the Gut and Host Haiwei Gu, associate professor, ASU College of Health Solutions; founder, MetaBiotics LLC |
4:15–4:20 p.m. | Closing remarks |
2–4:30 p.m. | Hands-on workshop (Invitation only) |