Conference Program
 
LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM

June 16-21, 2002
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden, NH

Chair:
Michael C. Phillips

Vice Chair:
Daniel Rader

SUNDAY, June 16th
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmHDL Apolipoprotein Structure-Function
Discussion Leader: Mary Sorci-Thomas (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmMary Sorci-Thomas (Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
"Lipid-Bound Conformation of Apo A-I on Discs vs. Spheres: Helix Registry and Conformational States"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmFrank Peelman (Ghent University, Belgium)
"Mechanism of LCAT Activation by Apo A-I"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmGiovanna Chimini (Centre d'Immunologie, Marseille, France)
"ABCA1 Function Dictates Apo A-I Docking to the Cell Surface"
MONDAY, June 17th
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmGenetics and In vivo Regulation of HDL Metabolism and Reverse Cholesterol Transport
Discussion Leader: Daniel Rader (University of Pennsylvania)
9:00 am - 9:45 amRobert Hegele (University of Western Ontario)
"Genetics of Variation in HDL in Humans"
9:45 am - 10:30 amBeverly Paigen (Jackson Labs)
"Genetics of Variation in HDL in Mice"
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:45 amDaniel Rader (University of Pennsylvania)
"Lipases in HDL Metabolism and Reverse Cholesterol Transport"
11:45 am - 12:30 pmTheo van Berkel (University of Leiden, Holland)
"SR-BI and ABCA1 Regulation of in Vivo HDL Metabolism"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNiemann-Pick Type C Disease and Intracellular Trafficking of Cholesterol
Discussion Leader: T.Y. Chang (Dartmouth Medical School)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmShigeki Sugii (Dartmouth Medical School)
"Cholesterol Trafficking in NPC1 Mutant Cells"
8:00 pm - 8:30 pmYiannis Ioannou (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
"The NPC1 Permease and Subcellular Lipid Transport"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pmSteve Sturley (University of Columbia)
"The Primordial Role of NPC1 Proteins: Sphingolipid Transport?"
8:45 pm - 9:15 pmJoan Blanchette-Mackie (NIDDK/NIH)
"Intracellular Trafficking of NPC1 and NPC2 Proteins"
9:15 pm - 9:45 pmJerome Strauss (University of Pennsylvania)
"START Domain Proteins and the NPC1 Compartment"
TUESDAY, June 18th
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmReverse Cholesterol Transport
Discussion Leader: George Rothblat (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
9:00 am - 9:40 amGeorge Rothblat (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
"Cellular Cholesterol Efflux"
9:40 am - 10:25 amDavid Williams (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
"New Insights into the Function of Scavenger Receptor B1"
10:25 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:35 amMonty Krieger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Scavenger Receptor B1 and Reverse Cholesterol Transport"
11:35 am - 12:20 pmOmar Francone (Pfizer Research)
"The Role of ABCA1 in Atherosclerosis: Insights from Knockout Mice"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pmAdam Seegmiller (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
"Regulation of SREBP Processing and Membrane Lipid Production by Phosphatidylethanolamine in Drosophila"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmInsulin Resistance and Hyperlipidemia
Discussion Leader: Henry Ginsberg (Columbia University)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmHenry Ginsberg (Columbia University)
"Links Between Insulin Resistance and Increased VLDL Secretion"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmFrederic Kraemer (Stanford University)
"Regulation of Adipocyte Lipolysis by Hormone Sensitive Lipase"
8:50 pm - 9:30pmPhilipp Scherer (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York)
"Acrp 30/adiponectin: Role in Systemic Insulin Sensitivity, Glucose and Lipid Metabolism"
WEDNESDAY, June 19th
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNuclear Receptors and Lipoprotein Metabolism
Discussion Leader: Peter Edwards (University of California at Los Angeles)
9:00 am - 9:45 amPeter Edwards (University of California at Los Angeles)
"The Effect of Activation of FXR and LXR on Plasma and Bile"
9:45 am - 10:30 amPeter Tontonoz (University of California at Los Angeles)
"Nuclear Receptor Signaling Pathways in Atherosclerosis"
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:45 amJoyce Repa (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
"The Role of Nuclear Receptors in Regulating Lipid Homeostasis"
11:45 am - 12:30 pmBruce Spiegelman (Harvard University)
"Regulation of Energy Balance by PPARgamma and its Coactivators"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmLipid Metabolism in the Brain
Discussion Leader: Ulrike Beisiegel (Hamburg University, Germany)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmUlrike Beisiegel (Hamburg University, Germany)
"Lipoprotein Metabolism in the Brain"
8:00 pm - 8:30 pmJohn Dietschy (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
"Net Cholesterol Balance Across the Brain"
8:30 pm - 9:00 pmJoachim Herz (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
"Apo E Receptors in the Brain"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pmThomas Perlmann (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
"Retinoids and Other Fatty Acids Activating Nuclear Receptors in the Central Nervous System"
THURSDAY, June 20th
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmGenomics and the Study of Lipid Metabolism
Discussion Leader: Deborah Nickerson (University of Washington, Seattle)
9:00 am - 9:45 amDeborah Nickerson (University of Washington, Seattle)
"SNPing Genes Involved in Lipid Metabolism"
9:45 am - 10:30 amJonathan Cohen (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
"Genetic Analysis of Plasma Lipid Levels"
10:30 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:45 amLen Pennacchio (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
"Apolipoprotein A -V and Plasma Triglyceride Levels in Humans and Mice"
11:45 am - 12:30 pmDerek Symula (David Axelrod Institute for Public Health, Albany)
"Mutagenesis Approaches to Identify New Genes Involved in Lipid Metabolism"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmKeynote Address
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmH. Bryan Brewer (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
"Tangier Disease - Pitfalls and Epiphanies Along the Way from Clinical Phenotype to Genotype and the Discovery of the ABC Transporters"
FRIDAY, June 21st
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

Last Updated: May 4, 2006