- February 15, 2018 - Darleen Sandoval, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - “Pancreatic GLP-1 and glucose homeostasis: more than meets the islet”
- March 15, 2018 - Leslie Satin, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology Investigator, Brehm Diabetes Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - “Regulation of K(ATP) channels by glucose metabolism and ER stress”
- April 26, 2018 - Richard DiMarchi, PhD, Standiford H. Cox Distinguished Professor of Chemistry , Linda & Jack Gill Chair in Biomolecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN -“Chemical Evolution of Metabolic Hormones”
- May 17, 2018 - Charles F, Burant, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Robert C. and Veronica Atkins, Professor of Metabolism, Director, The Taubman Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - “Molecular basis of cardiorespiratory fitness and its potential relationship to longevity.”
- September 13, 2018 - Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center Research Division, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Boston, MA
- October 18, 2018 - Wei-Jun Qian, PhD Senior Staff Scientist V, Team Lead Proteomics (Cell Signaling & Proteomics Signatures), Integrative Omics, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
- November 15 , 2018 - Peter Arvan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Division Chief, Metabolism Endocrinology & Diabetes University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- December 13, 2018 - Jerry L. Nadler, MD, FAHA, MACP, Harry H. Mansbach Professor and Chair Department of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA