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Date: April 26, 2016 at 4:06:33 PM GMT+1
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Subject: HMS Nutrition Symposium: The Adipocyte in Energy Regulation...Register Now!
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Wednesday & Thursday
July 13-14, 2016

 

Located at

   

The Joseph B. Martin Center at Harvard Medical School 

77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115 USA
Presented by
 
The Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School
and Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard
 
 
in conjunction with
 
The Department of Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
 

 

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or call
703-841-1600 for more information or questions.

 
Day 1 - Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
7:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
 
Welcome & Introductions
Steven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical School

Keynote Address: The Adipocyte in Systemic Energy Regulation 
Philipp E. Scherer, PhD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
 
 
SESSION I: Molecular Regulation of Adipose Tissue
   
Novel Adipocyte Signaling Mechanisms
C. Ronald Kahn, MD - Harvard Medical School
  
Physiological Signaling by Adipose Tissue in Hunger and Energy Homeostasis
Sadaf Farooqi, PhD, FRCP - University of Cambridge
 
Novel Class of Signaling Lipids with Beneficial Metabolic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects
Barbara B. Kahn, MD - Harvard Medical School
 
Session I Discussion
 
SESSION II: Adipocytes in Energy Homeostasis - Lessons from Evolutionary Biology
 
Evolutionary Lessons from Fat Storage
Nicolas Rohner, PhD - Stowers Institute for Medical Research
 
Adipose Tissue Regulation During Starvation - Conserved Pathways Across Species
Alexander A. Soukas, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School

Circadian Rhythms in Adipose Tissue
Jeffrey M. Gimble, MD, PhD - Tulane University School of Medicine
 
Session II Discussion
 
Special Lecture: Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Implications for Metabolic Dysregulation in Human Disease 
Vamsi K. Mootha, MD - Harvard Medical School
 
   
DAY 2 - THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016       
7:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Welcome & Introductions
Steven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical School
   
SESSION III: Novel Adipocyte Phenotypinge
  
Overview of Brown Fat Biology
Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD - Harvard Medical School 
 
Therapeutic Activators of Brown Fat
Aaron M. Cypess, MD, PhD, MMSc  - National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Adipose Tissue and Lipid Imaging
Martin P. Torriani, MD - Harvard Medical School

Adipocyte Inflammatory Profiles
Gokhan S. Hotamisligil, MD, PhD -
Harvard School of Public Health

Insights from Lipidomics 
Robert E. Gerszten, MD - Harvard Medical School 

Session III Discussion
  
 
Email
 
or call 703-841-1600
for more information or questions.


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