Inaugural
Adipose Biology Conference
2025

The inaugural Adipose Biology Conference was held in 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting convened an international community of researchers, clinicians, and trainees to advance understanding of adipose biology and metabolic health.

The two-day program featured sessions on adipose development, therapeutic targeting, tissue crosstalk, and metabolic adaptation, with presentations spanning molecular mechanisms to translational physiology. The conference included a plenary keynote by Bruce Spiegelman and invited talks from leading investigators across North America, Europe, and Asia.

We presented three major awards:

ABC award, awarded to Bruce Spiegelman (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Leslie P. Kozak Award, to Yu-Hua Tseng (Joslin Diabetes Center), Jean Himms-Hagen Award, to Paul Cohen (Rockefeller University).

Over 70 participants presented posters, fostering active scientific exchange, and outstanding early-career contributions were recognized during a formal awards ceremony.

The meeting was co-organized by Lawrence Kazak, Ph.D. (McGill University), Jacqueline Beaudry, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), and Hoon-Ki Sung, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Toronto & SickKids Hospital), with support from partner Sable Systems International. 

The 2025 conference established a strong foundation for an international forum advancing collaborative discovery in adipose biology.

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The 2025 conference established a strong foundation for an international forum advancing collaborative discovery in adipose biology.