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KERN ASPEN LIPID CONFERENCE – AUGUST 22-25, 2009
GIVEN INSTITUTE,
ASPEN, COLORADO

Role of Nuclear Receptors and Coregulators in Modulation of Insulin Resistance, Energy and Lipid Metabolism, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease and Aging

Organizers: Moshe Levi, M.D., Steven Kliewer, Ph.D, & David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D,
 

**(PRELIMINARY PROGRAM)**
Updated January 28, 2009
 


Session I: NRs and Energy Metabolism I

Saturday, August 22, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Session Chair: Moshe Levi, M.D.
 

12:00-1:00 PM

Conference Check-In
   

1:00 PM

Introduction and Comments
Robert H. Eckel, M.D., President, Kern Aspen Lipid Conference
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
   

1:10 PM

"PPAR-a/FGF21"
Terry Maratos-Flier, M.D. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

 

 
2:00 PM Regulation of metabolism by Drosophila nuclear receptors"
Carl Thummel, Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
   
2:50 PM Coffee Break
   
3:10 PM "ERRs"
Natasha Kralli, Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA
   
4:00 PM Introduction of Kern Lecturer
Robert Eckel, M.D., President, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
   
4:10 PM KERN LECTURE: TBA
   
5:00 PM Evening Plenary Poster Session
 

Session II: Aging and Nutrient Metabolism

Sunday, August 23, 8:00 am- 12:30 pm

Session Chair: Karen Reue, Ph.D

8:00 AM "Effects of Hepatic Insulin Resistance on Cholesterol Metabolism: Implications for the Metabolic Syndrome"
Sudha Biddinger, M.D. Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA
   
8:50 AM "FGF Receptors, Klotho and Metabolism"
Makoto Kuro-o, M.D., Ph.D UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
   
9:40 AM Coffee Break
   
9:50 AM "Nuclear Receptors and Metabolism: From Feast to Famine"
Steve Kliewer, Ph.D UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
   
10:40 AM "Cofactor Networks in the Control of Energy Homeostasis"
John Auwerx, M.d., Ph.D.
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
   
11:30 AM Poster Sessions
   
12:30 PM Lunch
   
6:00- 10:00 PM Reception and Dinner
Garden of the Given Institute


Session III:  NRs and Energy Metabolism II

Monday, August 24, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Session Chair: Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D.

8:00 AM

 

Introduction and Presentation of the David L. Williams Memorial Lectureship Award
Robert Eckel, M.D., President, Kern Aspen Lipid Conference
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
8:10 AM “PPAR-a/FGF21 signaling in vivo"
Shawn Burgess, Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
   
9:00 AM "Liver Metabolism and NRs"
Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CT
   
9:50 AM Coffee Break
   
10:10 AM "Glucocorticoids and LXRs in Glucose Metabolism"
Caroyln Cummins, Ph.D University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
   
11:00 AM

David L. Williams Memorial Lecture: "Lipin Proteins and the Control of Hepatic Fatty Acid Metabolism"
Brian Finck, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO

   

12:00 PM

Lunch and Poster Sessions


SESSION IV: Inflammation

Tuesday, August 25, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Session Chair:  Joachim Herz
 

8:00 AM "VDR and Atopy in Skin"
Daniel Metzger, Ph.D. Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch Cedex,
France
   
8:50 AM "PPARs and Macrophage Function"
Ajay Chawla, M.D. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
   
9:40 AM "ROR-g and T-Cell Function"
Dan Littman, M.D. ,Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY
   
10:30 AM Coffee Break
   
10:50 AM Introduction of JLR Lecture
Robert Eckel, M.D., President, Kern Aspen Lipid Conference
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
   
10:55 AM JLR LECTURER: "'Nuclear Receptor Repression Pathways that Regulate Inflammation"
Chris Glass, M.D. Ph.D., University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
   
11:45 PM Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Robert Eckel, M.D,  President, Kern Aspen Lipid Conference
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
   
12:00 Noon Adjourn
 

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