Wednesday, August 12, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Presentation of the Franz Simon Poster Award8:00 - 8:10 AM
Session 7: ApoE and Apolipoproteins
8:10 – 10:10 AM“Topic: ApoE and Immunometabolism” - Lance Johnson, PhD, University of Kentucky
“Topic: Plasma Apolipoprotein A1 as Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease” - Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD, University of Pennsylvania
“Topic: ApoM in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy” - Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
10:10 – 10:25 AM Coffee Break
Session 8: Lipid Droplets and Lipophagy
10:25 – 11:40 AM
“Topic: Lipid Droplets and Lipid Metabolism in Cardiovascular Disease” - Zoltan Arany, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
“Topic: Role of Lipid Droplets in Glial Metabolism and AD” - Michael Haney, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts or Award Talk
Closing Remarks and Closing Kern Lecture
11:40 - 12:35 PM“Topic: Lipid Droplet Biology” - Robert Farese, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Updated - February 9, 2026