Meeting Program

9:00-9:10

Welcome

9:10-10:00

Keynote Speaker
Luciano Rossetti, Merck
CNS regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism

10:00-10:25

Doug Melton, Harvard University
Making more beta cells: replication or directed differentiation?

10:25-10:50

Fumihiko Urano, UMass Medical School
ER stress signaling in beta cells

10:50-11:20

Break

11:20-11:45

Andy Greenberg, Tufts University
Lipid droplet proteins and fat/glucose homeostasis

11:45-12:10

Vamsi Mootha, Harvard Medical School
Small molecule screens of mitochondrial metabolism

12:10-1:40

Lunch (on your own)

1:40-2:30

Keynote Speaker
Ron Kahn, Joslin Diabetes Center
Adipose tissue, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome

2:30-2:55

Heidi Tissenbaum, UMass Medical School
Fat metabolism and signaling

2:55-3:20

Terry Maratos-Flier, Harvard Medical School
FGF21 regulation of whole body metabolism

3:20-3:45

Mike Czech, UMass Medical School
RNAi-based discovery and therapy for type 2 diabetes

3:45-4:05

Break

4:05-4:30

Silvia Corvera, UMass Medical School
Angiogenesis and endothelial cell/adipocyte crosstalk

4:30-4:55

Bruce Spiegelman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Determination of white and brown adipose tissues

4:55-5:00

Closing Remarks

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Free:

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