Wednesday, August 12, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast
Presentation of the Franz Simon Poster Award
8:00 - 8:10 AM
Session 7: ApoE and Apolipoproteins
8:10 – 10:10 AM
“APOE, PLIN2 and Lipid Droplet Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease” - Lance Johnson, PhD, University of Kentucky“ApoA1 Interacts with Alpha-Synuclein, Modulating the Development of Parkinson's Disease Pathology” - 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“APOE4/4 is Linked to Damaging Lipid Droplets in Alzheimer’s Disease Microglia” - 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 - March 11, 2026