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Martin and Winifred Ehlers Visiting Professorship in Molecular Research

With generous support from the Ehlers family, Mayo Clinic's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology sponsors visiting professorships for distinguished lecturers in symposia organized by department faculty and students.

2025 Ehlers Symposium

The 2025 Ehlers Symposium and Departmental Research Retreat was held on July 31, 2025, on Mayo Clinic's Rochester, Minnesota, campus. The theme of the symposium was "Metabolism in Health and Disease."

Philipp Scherer, Ph.D., gave the keynote address titled, "Weight loss and improvements in cardiorenal metabolic syndrome: The central role of the adipocyte." The event also featured oral and poster presentations by students and postdoctoral fellows, networking events with alumni, and awards.