34th Symposium: The Metabolism of Lipids: Implications in Human Diseases

Sunday, May 22 to Wednesday, May 25
The Registration fee includes admission to talks and poster session, abstract book, reception on Sunday, May 22, breaks and lunches on Monday, May 23, and Tuesday, May 24. Break on Wednesday, May 25. Banquet on Tuesday, May 24.

Fees

Early – Full Registration $200.00 by 04/01/2011
Early – Student Registration $175.00 by 04/01/2011

Registration Deadlines

Early registration will last until April 1. After April 1 rates will increase $50. The registration deadline is May 10. After that date, you must register at the door.

Abstract Deadline

EXTENDED to April 1, 2011 for poster abstracts

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel before May 10, your registration fee will be refunded, minus a $50 administrative fee. No refunds for cancellations received on or after May 10. To cancel, please call CALS Conference Services at 608-263-1672 or email at conference@cals.wisc.edu.

Registration Questions

Please call CALS Conference Services at 608-263-1672 or email at conference@cals.wisc.edu.

The symposium will begin with a reception on Sunday, May 22. It is expected to end by noon on Wednesday, May 25.

Abstract deadline has been EXTENDED to March 15, 2011.

1.  All abstracts must be in PDF format.
2. Please submit your PDF abstract as an email attachment and send it to steenbock34_abstracts@biochem.wisc.edu
3. Please include your name and telephone number in the body of the email.
4. If the PDF file is incorrectly formatted you will be contacted for resubmission. See instructions below.
5. Email attached word processing files, faxed and regular mail submissions cannot be processed and therefore will not be accepted.
6. The abstracts will be printed, copied, and distributed to registrants. When ready, a pdf file of the final abstracts will also be available on this web site.
7. No revisions will be accepted after March 15, 2011.
8. Acknowledgment of an acceptable abstract will be issued by a return email.

Abstract Creation Instructions

1. Use any word processing program.
2. Use any computer platform that supports PDF creation.
3. The abstract should have a maximum of one page of text; an additional page can be used for images or illustrations.
4. Use only 12 pt Times or 12 pt Times New Roman Font throughout the abstract. Do not make the title bigger and the references smaller.
5. Set up margins of 1.5 inch (3.5 cm) throughout (top, bottom and sides).
6. Single space the abstract text, with a double space between the title, authors, and text.
7. Title of abstract must be bold and in upper and lower case, i.e. This is the Abstract Title.
8. Authors’ names in upper and lower case, i.e. John Doe*, Jane Anyone and Jack Somebody.
9. Place an asterisk (*) after the presenting author’s last name.
10. Following authors’ names, please list departmental and institutional affiliation, city, state, zip code, and country.
11. Any reference citations can be in any accepted format.
12. Save your abstract as a PDF file, name the file “the presenting author’s last name.pdf”, and make sure you use the correct settings.
13. Correct settings can be found on the Adobe web site.

Posters for the 34th Steenbock Symposium

1. Can be no larger than 4 x 6 feet (48 x 72 inches or 182.8 x 121.9 centimeters)
2. Posters should be up by noon on Monday, May 23rd – Pins will be provided
3. Posters should be taken down at the end of Monday evening sessions.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

6:30pm – 8:00pm –  Reception and Registration
Pick up conference materials in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Atrium – 330 North Orchard Street

All the Symposium talks will be held in The Forum at the
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
330 North Orchard Street

Monday, May 23, 2011

7:30am – Continental Breakfast

8:00am – Welcoming Remarks
James M. Ntambi – University of Wisconsin – Madison

8:10am – Opening Remarks
Hector DeLuca – Harry Steenbock Research Professor – University of Wisconsin – Madison

8:25am – Regulation of Lipid Metabolism
(Chair: Rosalind Coleman)

8:30am – Lipid Metabolism: Location, Location, Location
Rosalind Coleman – University of North Carolina

9:00am – Metabolic Control by Lipid Droplet Proteins
Michael P. Czech – University of Massachusetts

9:30am – Perilipin Control of Lypolysis
​Dawn Brasaemle – Rutgers

10:00am-10:20am – Morning Coffee Break

10:20am – How Cells Fatten Up: Fat Synthesis and Lipid Droplets
Robert Farese – University of CA, San Francisco

10:50am – Regulation and Function of Adipose Lipolysis
Hei Sook Sul – Berkeley

11:20am – Deciphering the Roles of Lipin Family Members in Tissue Lipid Homeostasis
Karen Reue – UCLA

11:50am – Intestinal Triacylglycerol Metabolism and Energy Balance
Eric Yen – University of Wisconsin – Madison

12:20pm – 1:10pm – Lunch

12:30pm – 7:30pm – Poster on Display and Discussion – WID Atrium

1:15pm – Signaling in Adipocytes and Regulation of Body Weight
(Chair: Xiaoli Chen)

1:20pm – Role of Wnt Signaling in Adipocyte Differentiation and Metabolism
Ormond A. MacDougald – University of Michigan Medical School

1:50pm – Transcriptional Networks of Fat Cell Development
Susanne Mandrup – University of Southern Denmark

2:20pm – Adipose ChREBP, Lipogenesis, and Insulin Sensitivity
Barbara Kahn – Harvard

2:50pm – 3:10pm – First Afternoon Break

3:15pm – Lipocalin 2 as an Important Regulator of Energy Metabolism
Xiaoli Chen – University of Minnesota

3:45pm – Lipoprotein Lipase in the Brain Regulates Energy Balance and Body Weight
Robert Eckel – University of Colorado, Denver

4:15pm – How Glucose and Fructose Alter Hypothalamic Signaling and Feeding Behavior
M. Daniel Lane – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

4:45pm – 5:05pm – Second Afternoon Break

5:10pm – Metabolism in Heart and Muscle
(Chair: Agnieszka Dobrzyn)

5:15pm – Systems Genetics Approaches to Complex Cardiovascular Traits
Aldons J. Lusis – UCLA

5:45pm – Correcting Cardiac Lipotoxicity
​Ira Goldberg – Columbia University

6:15pm – Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Regulation of Cardiac Energy Metabolism
Agnieszka Dobrzyn – Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

6:45pm – Mitochondrial Stress and Metabolic Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle
Deborah Muoio – Duke University

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

8:00am – Continental Breakfast

8:25am – Liver and Skin Metabolism
(Chair: Sudha Biddinger)

8:30am – The Control of Lipid Metabolism in Insulin Resistant States
Sudha Biddinger – Children’s Hospital of Boston

9:00am – Molecular Mediators of Hepatic Steatosis
​Jay Horton – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

9:30am – Multiple Effects of Xbp1s on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism
Philipp Scherer – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

10:00am – A Nutrient Sensor Mechanism for Control of Lipid Oxidation
Pere Puigserver – Harvard

10:30am – 11:00am – Morning Coffee Break

11:00am – Metabolic Regulation by Immune Signaling
Chih-Hao Lee – Harvard

11:30am – Lipids in Skin Physiology, Health and Disease
Apostolos Pappas – Johnson & Johnson Skillman, NJ

12:00pm – A Role for Skin Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Obesity and Diabetes
James M. Ntambi – University of Wisconsin – Madison

12:30pm – Investigating the Roles of Lipids in Disease and Chemical Toxicities using Metabolomics
​Frank Gonzalez – National Cancer Institute, Bethesda

1:00pm – 1:50pm – Lunch

1:55pm – Diabetes
(Chair: Alan Attie)

2:00pm – Gene Loci for Type 2 Diabetes in Mice
Alan Attie – University of Wisconsin – Madison

2:30pm – Metabolomics Used for Understanding Chronic Disease Mechanisms
Christopher Newgard – Duke University

3:00pm – α3(V) Collagen Ablation in Mice Induces Diabetes-related Symptoms via Effects on Pancreatic Islets and Peripheral Tissues
Daniel Greenspan – University of Wisconsin – Madison

3:30pm – 3:45pm – Afternoon Break

3:45pm – Lipid-sensing Transcription Factors and Beta-cell Biology
Joyce Repa – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

4:15pm – Inflammation and Macrophage Leukotriene Synthesis
David Bernlohr – University of Minnesota

4:45pm – Phospholipid Methylation, Diabetes and Obesity
Dennis Vance – University of Alberta

5:15pm – Blood Lipids and Body Fat – Making the Connection
Ronald Krauss – Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute

6:00pm – Social Time – Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Atrium

7:00pm – Evening Banquet – Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Atrium

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

8:00am – Continental Breakfast

8:25am – Cholesterol Metabolism; Stem Cells; Atherosclerosis
(Chair: Richard Deckelbaum)

8:30am – Bile Acid Signaling in Regulation of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Calcification
Makoto Miyazaki – University of Colorado, Denver

9:00am – Insulin, Diabetes and the Control of Brain Cholesterol Metabolism
Ronald Kahn – Harvard

9:30am – Control of Cholesterol Homeostasis by LXRs
​Peter Tontonoz – UCLA

10:00am – Sterol/Oxysterol Regulation of Macrophage Gene Expression
Christopher Glass – University of CA, San Diego

10:30am – ABC Transporters and ApoE in the Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Proliferation, Monocytosis and Atherogenesis
​Alan Tall – Columbia University

11:00am – Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Preventive and Therapeutic Molecules for Liver, Heart, and Brain
Richard Deckelbaum – Columbia University

11:30am – Closing Remarks
James M. Ntambi – University of Wisconsin – Madison

James M. Ntambi

Alan D. Attie – University of Wisconsin-Madison

David A. Bernlohr – University of Minnesota

Sudha Biddinger – Children’s Hospital of Boston

Dawn L. Brasaemle – Rutgers

Xiaoli Chen – University of Minnesota

Rosalind A. Coleman – University of North Carolina

Michael P. Czech – University of Massachusetts

Richard J. Deckelbaum – Columbia University

Agnieszka Dobrzyn – Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

Robert H. Eckel – University of Colorado, Denver

Robert V. Farese, Jr. – University of CA, San Francisco

Christopher Glass – University of CA, San Diego

Ira J. Goldberg – Columbia University

Frank J. Gonzalez – National Cancer Institute, Bethesda

Daniel S. Greenspan – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jay D. Horton – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Barbara B. Kahn – Harvard

C. Ronald Kahn – Harvard

Ronald M. Krauss – Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute

M. Daniel Lane – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Chih-Hao Lee – Harvard

Aldons J. Lusis – UCLA

Ormond A. MacDougald – University of Michigan Medical School

Susanne Mandrup – University of Southern Denmark

Makoto Miyazaki – University of Colorado, Denver

Deborah M. Muoio – Duke University

Christopher B. Newgard – Duke University

James M. Ntambi – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Apostolos Pappas – Johnson & Johnson Skillman, NJ

Pere Puigserver – Harvard

Joyce J. Repa – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Karen Reue – UCLA

Philipp E. Scherer – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Hei Sook Sul – Berkeley

Alan Tall – Columbia University

Peter Tontonoz – UCLA

Dennis E. Vance – University of Alberta

C.-L. Eric Yen – University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Gifts/Donations

If you are interested in making a gift or donation to the Symposium Fund, please visit https://secure.supportuw.org/MultiPage/processStep1.do?seq=2886.  On the Foundation website, please add “For Steenbock Symposium” after the green Department of Biochemistry (1215105) text.

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