BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190610T210000Z DTEND:20190610T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:MDI Science Café — How our Brain and Nervous System Affect our Metabolic Health and Body Weight DESCRIPTION:University of Maine neuroscientist Kristy Townsend\, Ph.D.\, will talk about factors contributing to the national epidemic of obesity\, such as aging\, appetite\, diet\, exercise and genetic predisposition\, and how they are influenced by signaling between the brain and nervous system and the tissues. Townsend studies how the brain and the central and peripheral nervous systems coordinate energy balance\, or the relationship between energy intake and expenditure\, each of which is modulated by a multiplicity of factors. In addition to obesity\, her research has potential applications in the treatment of diabetes\, metabolic syndrome\, aging and neurodegenerative disease.\n\nThe location of this MDI Science Caf is the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation at the MDI Biological Laboratory\, located at 159 Old Bar Harbor Rd in Salisbury Cove\, Maine.\n\nDoors open at 4:30 p.m.\n\nMDI Science Caf s are offered in fulfillment of the institution's mission to promote scientific literacy and increase public engagement with science. The popular events offer a chance to hear directly from speakers about trends in science. Short presentations delivered in everyday language are followed by lively\, informal discussion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
University of Maine neuroscientist Kristy Townsend\, Ph.D.\, will talk about factors contributing to the national epidemic of obesity\, such as aging\, appetite\, diet\, exercise and genetic predisposition\, and how they are influenced by signaling between the brain and nervous system and the tissues. Townsend studies how the brain and the central and peripheral nervous systems coordinate energy balance\, or the relationship between energy intake and expenditure\, each of which is modulated by a multiplicity of factors. In addition to obesity\, her research has potential applications in the treatment of diabetes\, metabolic syndrome\, aging and neurodegenerative disease.
\n\nThe location of this MDI Science Café\; is the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation at the MDI Biological Laboratory\, located at 159 Old Bar Harbor Rd in Salisbury Cove\, Maine.
\n\nDoors open at 4:30 p.m.
\n\nMDI Science Café\;s \;are offered in fulfillment of the institution&rsquo\;s mission to promote scientific literacy and increase public engagement with science. The popular events offer a chance to hear directly from speakers about trends in science. Short presentations delivered in everyday language are followed by lively\, informal discussion.
\n LOCATION:The location of this MDI Science Caf is the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation at the MDI Biological Laboratory\, located at 159 Old Bar Harbor Rd in Salisbury Cove\, Maine. UID:e.3061.10628 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240329T063637Z URL:https://www.visitbarharbor.com/events/details/mdi-science-café-how-our-brain-and-nervous-system-affect-our-metabolic-health-and-body-weight-10628 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR