We kindly thank COPROB for hosting and supporting our WSRO 2026 Annual Meeting in Verona, Italy.
Location: Villa Quaranta hotel - Via Ospedaletto, 57, 37026 Ospedaletto VR, Italy
Dates: Wednesday 24th June - Friday 26th June
Please note that the WSRO Research Group (RG) Meeting will be held on Tuesday 23rd June 2026.
Timings: are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) and speaker timings are subject to change.
Location: Ristorante Borgo Antico (located on the ground floor of the historical villa)
Attendees: All Members
Meeting Room: Sala Quaranta (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: RG Members Only
Coffee & Refreshments in the room
Location: WSRO registration desk in the hotel reception
Attendees: All Members
Location: Ristorante Borgo Antico (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: Available to WSRO members, partners and guests who have a hotel bedroom reservation.
Location: WSRO registration desk in the hotel reception
Attendees: All Members
Meeting Room: Sala Quaranta (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: MFC Members Only
Coffee & Refreshments in the room
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: Professor Giles Yeo MBE, Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Medical Research Council (MRC) Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge, UK
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker Biography: Giles Yeo is Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology & MRC Investigator at the Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit and scientific director of the Genomics/Transcriptomics Core at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Giles is a geneticist interested in studying the brain's control of food intake and body weight, and how these might be dysregulated in obesity.
His research aim is to identify new molecules and pathways that play a role in the brain control of energy homeostasis, and thus reveal new potential therapeutic targets to tackle obesity and its associated comorbidities.
Giles is an alumnus of Wolfson College and got his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Cambridge in 1998, after which he joined the lab of Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, working on the genetics of severe human obesity. Giles Yeo is now a Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology and programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit in Cambridge UK, and his research currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour & body-weight. In addition, he is a fellow of Wolfson College and Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association.
Read more about Giles's research interests.
Giles is also a broadcaster and author, presenting science documentaries for the BBC, and hosts a podcast called ‘Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat’. His first book, ‘Gene Eating’ was published in December 2018, and his second book, Why Calories Don’t Count’ came out in June 2021. Giles was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours for services to ‘Research, Communication and Engagement’. He won the Society for Endocrinology Medal in 2022.
Location: Corticella (outdoors) behind the villa
Attendees: All Members
Speakers: To be confirmed
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: WSRO Team
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker Biography: TBC
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: To be confirmed
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Location: Ristorante Borgo Antico (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: Available to WSRO members, partners and guests who have a hotel bedroom reservation.
Meet in hotel reception at 08:50, ready to leave at 09:00.
This is a 2-hour walking tour around Verona, so flat shoes and comfortable clothes are recommended.
There will be time to change before lunch.
Attendees: All Members
Guided tour details: Highlights include: Bra Square with the famous Roman Amphitheatre "Arena”, Castle and Scaligero Bridge, Gavi Arch, Roman Gate "Porta Borsari", Juliet's House, Signori Square, Market Square, Scaligeri Tombs "Arche Scaligere" and Romeo’s House.
Location: Ristorante Borgo Antico (located on the ground floor of the historical villa)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: To be confirmed
Biography: TBC
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: To be confirmed
Biography: TBC
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Meeting Room: Salone delle Arti (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: WSRO Board Members Only
Coffee & Refreshments in the room
Location: Ristorante Borgo Antico (located in the historical villa)
Attendees: Available to WSRO members, partners and guests who have a hotel bedroom reservation.
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: To be confirmed
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Speaker: To be confirmed
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
Meeting Room: Sala Crearo (located in the Congress Centre)
Attendees: All Members
