Systems Biology, Lipidomics and Cardiometabolic Diseases

July 12-15th, 2012

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM

Session I: Global Analyses of Lipids
Thursday July 12, 2012, 1:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Session Chairs: Dawn Brasaemle and Joachim Herz

 

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1:30 PM

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

1:35 PM

Metabolite profiles and the risk of diabetes” Robert E. Gerszten, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2:25 PM

“Metabolomics studies and discovery of pathways in atherosclerosis”Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

3:15 PM

“Metabolic markers of insulin resistance predict progression of IGT and T2D” Walter Gall, Ph.D. , Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC

   
4:05 PM

Break
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

   
4:20 PM

“Systems biology of the macrophage lipidome” Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D., Univ of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

5:10 pm

“Kinetic modeling of lipid metabolism and cardiometabolic disease
Marc Hellerstein, M.D., Ph.D., Univ of California, Berkeley, CA

6:00 PM

Roger Davis Lecture TBA

6:30 PM 

Poster Session & Reception
Rocky Mountain Garden, north and south tents

7:30 PM  

Session Adjourns

 

Session II: Systems biology and genetics for analysis of complex traits

Friday July 13, 2012, 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Session Chairs: Mary Sorci-Thomas and Roger Newton

7:30 AM    

Breakfast Buffet
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

8:25 AM 

Introduction of the Journal of Lipid Research Lectureship
Ira J. Goldberg, M.D., D. Richards Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York

8:30 am 

Journal of Lipid Research Lecture: “Hypertriglyceridemia: A complex genetic trait” Robert Hegele, M.D., Robarts Research Institute, Univ of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada

9:20 AM

Systems genetic dissection of cardiac remodeling” Stuart Cook, Ph.D., Imperial College, London, England

10:10 AM

Break

Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer
10:30 AM

microRNAs in glucose and lipid metabolism” Markus Stoffel, M.D., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

11:25 AM

“Fractal genetics and systems biology of diet-induced metabolic disease” Joseph H. Nadeau, Ph.D., Institute of Systems Biology, Seattle, WA

12:15 PM  

Lunch & Small Group Discussions
Rocky Mountain Garden, south tent

1:30 PM

Poster Session
Rocky Mountain Garden, north tent

3:30 PM

 Afternoon Session Adjourns

 

Session II (Evening):

6:00 PM

 Introduction and Presentation of the Kern Lectureship Award
Robert H. Eckel, M.D., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado                        

 

Kern Lecture:  ”Systems Medicine, Emerging Technologies, and Proactive P4 Medicine (Predictive, Preventive, Personalized, and Participatory)” Leroy Hood, Ph.D. Institute of Systems Biology, Seattle, WA

7:00 PM    Reception & Dinner - Creekside Room & Deck, Vail Cascade Main Lodge
10:00 PM   Evening Session Adjourns

 

Session III: Epigenetics, complex interactions and lipids Saturday July 14, 2012, 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Session Chairs: Suddha Biddinger and Russell DeBose-Boyd

7:30 AM 

Breakfast Buffet
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

8:30 AM 

“Epigenetics:  How genes and environment interact” Randy L. Jirtle, Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, NC

9:20 AM  

“Genomic variation from the ground up: mechanisms underlying macrophage-specific transcriptional responses to metabolic and inflammatory signaling” Sven W. Heinz, Ph.D., Univ of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

10:10 AM

Break
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

10:30 AM

“Nutrigenomics, signal transduction and lipid metabolism” Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., Metagenics Inc., San Clemente, CA

11:25 AM  

“The X Files: The role of sex chromosomes in metabolic disease”
Karen Reue, Ph.D. Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

12:15 PM 

Introduction and Presentation of the David L. Williams Lectureship Award
Larry Rudel, PhD., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

12:20 PM  David L Williams Lecture:  TBN
12:45 PM 

 Lunch & Small Group Discussions
Rocky Mountain Garden, south tent

2:00 PM

 Poster Session
Rocky Mountain Garden, north tent

   

Session IV Genetic dissection of cardiometabolic disease
Saturday July 14, 2012, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Session Chair: Jake Lusis

4:00 PM 

“Common, rare, and regulatory variants associated with lipids and metabolic traits” Karen Mohlke, Ph.D., Univ of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

4:50 PM 

“Genetic modulation of vascular injury responses in mice” Renee C. LeBoeuf, Ph.D. Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA

5:40 PM 

“The Joy of Genes: Genetic dissection of type 2 diabetes” Alan D. Attie, Ph.D., Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

6:30PM

Session Adjourns

 

Session V: Pharmacogenomics and metabolic/cardiovascular diseases
Sunday July 15, 2012, 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Chairs: Margrit Schwarz and Bob Eckel

7:00 AM

Breakfast Buffet
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

8:00 AM 

“Integrative genomics for identifying modulators of statin's lipid-lowering efficacy” Ron Krauss, M.D., Univ of California - Berkeley and Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA          

8:45 AM 

“Predicting Diabetes: The utility of lipid metabolites and protein markers in monitoring the progression to disease” Steve Watkins, Ph.D., Tethys Biosciences, Emeryville, CA        

9:15 AM

“Lipidomics in cardiovascular research and drug development”               Reijo Laaksonen, Ph.D., Zora Biosciences, Espoo, Finland

 9:45 AM 

“Hypercholesterolemia accelerates hematopoietic stem cell aging” Louis M. Messina, M.D., Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA    

10:30 AM

Break
Conference Center, 1st Floor, Rocky Mountain Ballroom/Foyer

   
10:45

“A systems framework for understanding and treating common human diseases” Eric Schadt, Ph.D., Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

11:30 AM

“ApoAI as a novel modulator of glucose homeostasis and mitochondrial function” Susanna Hofmann, M.D., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

12:15 PM

Closing Remarks

12:30 PM

Conference Adjourns

 

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