Wednesday, May 21
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM - 08:35 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session I Plenary: Tissue crosstalk in energy balance and glucoregulation
Chairs: Jacqueline Stephens and Tony Tiganis
08:35 AM - 09:00 AM
1
Cellular energy sensing & implications for obesityGreg Steinberg
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
2
The impact of obesity in pregnancy on offspring hypothalamic feeding pathways: the role of insulinLaura Dearden
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
3
Inter-organ communication of active kinases: Implications for metabolic obesity related diseasesMark A Febbraio
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
4
Weight Loss & Systemic Improvements in the Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome: The Central Role of the AdipocytePhilipp Scherer
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
5
In Vivo Targeting of an Alternate Metabolism Pathway in Mice Protects Against ObesitySimon T Bond, Michael F Keating, Yingying Liu, Christine Yang, Kevin H Liu, Anna C Calkin, and Brian G Drew
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
6
The Alzheimer’s disease protein amyloid beta 42 links obesity with impaired cardiac energetics and function and development of heart failureLiam Hall, Juliane Czeczor, Timothy Connor, and Sean McGee
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
7
TBA - Tony Tiganis Tony Tiganis
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing (Odd Numbers)
Session II Plenary: Genetics, ageing & mitochondria in obesity & metabolic disease
Chairs: Brian Drew and Tony Tiganis
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
8
An Activation Mechanism of Ucp1-Independent ThermogenesisLawrence Kazak
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
9
Fueling metabolic flexibility & mitochondrial lipid toleranceDeborah Muoio
12:50 PM - 01:15 PM
10
Selective Insulin ResistanceDavid James
01:15 PM - 01:40 PM
11
Novel Small Molecule Approaches for Treatment of ObesityUmut Ozcan
01:40 PM - 01:55 PM
12
Loss of adipocyte KAT8 uncouples adiposity and metabolic health
David Mendoza, Tamra Mendoza, Allison J Richard, and Jacqueline M Stephens
01:55 PM - 02:10 PM
13
Identification of a GxE health variant that protects against metabolic diseaseJacqueline Stoeckli
02:10 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
