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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 & ThursdayJuly 13-14, 2016
Located at
The Joseph B. Martin Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115 USA
Presented byThe Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School and Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvardin conjunction withThe Department of NutritionHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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 & IntroductionsSteven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical School
Keynote Address: The Adipocyte in Systemic Energy RegulationPhilipp E. Scherer, PhD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
SESSION I: Molecular Regulation of Adipose Tissue
Novel Adipocyte Signaling MechanismsC. Ronald Kahn, MD - Harvard Medical SchoolPhysiological Signaling by Adipose Tissue in Hunger and Energy HomeostasisSadaf Farooqi, PhD, FRCP - University of Cambridge
Novel Class of Signaling Lipids with Beneficial Metabolic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects
Barbara B. Kahn, MD - Harvard Medical SchoolSession I Discussion
SESSION II: Adipocytes in Energy Homeostasis - Lessons from Evolutionary BiologyEvolutionary Lessons from Fat StorageNicolas Rohner, PhD - Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchAdipose Tissue Regulation During Starvation - Conserved Pathways Across SpeciesAlexander A. Soukas, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School
Circadian Rhythms in Adipose TissueSession II DiscussionJeffrey M. Gimble, MD, PhD - Tulane University School of Medicine
Special Lecture: Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Implications for Metabolic Dysregulation in Human DiseaseVamsi K. Mootha, MD - Harvard Medical SchoolDAY 2 - THURSDAY, JULY 14, 20167:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Welcome & IntroductionsSteven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical SchoolSESSION III: Novel Adipocyte PhenotypingeOverview of Brown Fat Biology
Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD - Harvard Medical SchoolTherapeutic 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 LipidomicsRobert E. Gerszten, MD - Harvard Medical School
Session III Discussion
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