CSH Asia 2015 Symposium: Lipid Metabolism and Human Metabolic Disorders

Lipid Metabolism and Human Metabolic Disorders
Suzhou,China
1-5 June,2015

Organizers:
Pingsheng Liu, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, China
Hongyuan Rob Yang, University of New South Wales, Australia

Major Topics:
1. Regulation of lipid storage
2. Lipid trafficking
3. Lipogenesis & TAG synthesis
4. Lipids & insulin resistance
5. Lipids & adipocyte biology
6. Lipidomics
7. Lipids & hepatic steatosis
8. Lipids, mitochondria & energy homeostasis

Invited Speakers:
Peng Li, Tsinghua University, China
Abstract title:Lipid Droplet Fusion: Biochemistry and Physiology
Robert Parton, The University of Queensland, Australia
Abstract title:New insights into the structure and function of caveolae 
Stephen Young, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract title:Triglyceride hydrolysis along the capillary lumen

Keynote Speaker:
Nada Abumrad, Washington University, USA
Abstract title:Fatty acids and insulin signaling: a complicated relationship
Heping Cheng, Peking University, China
Abstract title:Mitoflashes - Elemental Events of Mitochondrial Signaling in Health and Disease
Rosalind Coleman, University of North Carolina, USA
Abstract title:Compartmentalized Acyl-CoA Metabolism
Mark Febbraio, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia
Abstract title:Fatty acid-induced inflammation in immune cells: implications for metabolic disease
Toyoshi Fujimoto, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Abstract title:Lipid droplets in the nucleus 
Youfei Guan, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, China
Abstract title:Comparative proteomic study reveals 17ß-HSD13 as a pathogenic protein in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Jay Horton, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
Abstract title:Role of Lipogenic Molecules in the Development of NAFLD
Xun Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Abstract title:Differential regulation of lipid storage in adipose and non-adipose tissues
Jae Bum Kim, Seoul National University, Korea
Abstract title:Regulation of Hepatic SREBP1c upon Fasting and Its Role in Energy Homeostasis
Richard Lehner, University of Alberta, Canada
Abstract title:Novel Therapeutic Targets in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Pingsheng Liu, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, China
Abstract title:Comparative proteomics reveals abnormal binding of ATGL and dysferlin on dysfunctional cardiac lipid droplets
HoYi Mak, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Abstract title:Regulation of cellular fat storage in C. elegans
Karen Reue, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract title:The lipin protein family, cellular lipid storage, and disease 
Catherine Postic, France Université Paris Descarte, France
Abstract title:Cross-regulation of lipid metabolism by ChREBP and nuclear receptors LXR and CAR
Clay Semenkovich, Washington University, USA
Abstract title:De novo lipogenesis and metabolic signaling
Guanghou Shui, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China
Abstract title:Lipidomics as potential tools for the early diagnosis and sub-classification of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 
David Silver, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore
Abstract title:Mfsd2a: The DHA Omega-3 Fatty Acid Transporter at the BBB Essential for Brain Growth and Function in Humans
Baoliang Song, Wuhan University, China
Abstract title:Cholesterol transport through lysosome-peroxisome membrane contacts
Antonio Vidal-Puig, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK
Abstract title:Adipose tissue expandability, lipotoxicity and the Metabolic syndrome
Tobias Walther, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Abstract title:Mechanisms of Fat Synthesis and Storage in Lipid Droplets
(Hongyuan) Rob Yang, University of New South Wales, Australia
Abstract title:The role of SEIPIN in adipogenesis and lipid droplet expansion
Jin Ye, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Abstract title:Signaling Elicited by Free Fatty Acids: from Regulation of Lipid Metabolism to Stimulation of Cancer Development

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