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Comprehensive Diabetes Center April 21, 2026

Teayoun Kim, Ph.D., a research scientist in the Habegger Lab, presented at Boshell Day on April 17 in Auburn, Alabama.UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) researchers joined experts from around the country to present diabetes-related research at the 17th Annual Boshell Research Day on April 17.

The forum, presented by Auburn University, highlighted outstanding research in the areas of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, and other metabolic diseases by investigators at institutions throughout the U.S.

This year’s event featured 10 oral presentations, including two from UAB researchers, and 37 poster presentations presented by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.

“Boshell Research Day is a wonderful opportunity for our trainees and researchers to present their novel findings and network with colleagues and experts in our field,” said UCDC Director Anath Shalev, M.D. “We thank the event organizers at Auburn for hosting another successful gathering of the diabetes research community and we look forward to welcoming everyone to our UAB Diabetes Research Day on Nov. 17.” 

Boshell Research Day Presentations from UCDC Labs

Oral Presentations

saimoon boshellUAB graduate student Md Saimoon Rahman, under the mentorship of Professor Adam Wende, Ph.D., in the UAB Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, gave an oral presentation.

Defining Common and Novel Roles of PGC-1 Family Members by Transcriptomic Analysis of Knockouts in Murine Skeletal Muscle 
Md Saimoon Rahman, Samuel F. Chang, Drue Benefield, Yazeed Abdelmageed, Adam R. Wende, and Glenn C. Rowe

Brain-Angiogenesis Inhibitor-3 Ablation Enhances Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Protects Against Obesity
Haifa Alsharif, Hari Girish Kumar, Katherine C. Perez, Dhrithi Tummala, Justin Alexander, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Guang Ren, Jeonga Kim, Martin Young, Sushant Bhatnagar

Poster Presentations

Effects of Time-Restricted Eating in Demographic and Cardiometabolic Disease Subgroups
Olivia M. Altonji, Zaurayze Rehman, Felicia L. Steger, Humaira Jamshed, Joshua S. Richman, Amy H. Warriner, and Courtney M. Peterson

GIPR and GCGR Co-agonism Provide Synergistic Weight Loss in DIO Mice
Teayoun Kim, Huixian Hong, Justin Bridges, Katherine C. Perez, Martin Young, and Kirk Habegger

Glutamatergic β-Klotho Contributes to the Anti-Obesity Effect of Glucagon Receptor Agonism
Madison Hamby, Huixian Hong, Teayoun Kim, Justin Bridges, Kirk Habegger

Obesity-Linked Genes Sec16 and Rpt5 Drive Cardiac-Circadian Disruption Through Cross-Organ Communication
Sajal Kumar Halder and Girish C. Melkani

Tomosyn-1 is an Endogenous Inhibitor of Insulin Secretion that Modulates Glucose Clearance in Adults During Healthy and Pathophysiological States
Justin Alexander, Katherine C. Perez, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Haifa A. Alsharif, and Sushant Bhatnagar

madison hamby boshell26 newsMadison Hamby, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Habegger Lab, presented a poster at Boshell Day.

Adam Wende, Ph.D.UAB Professor Adam Wende, Ph.D., and graduate student Md Saimoon Rahman speak with keynote speaker Jiande Lin, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan, and plenary lecturer Clair Crewe, Ph.D., of Washington University in St. Louis.

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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