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Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight (J4)

Organizer(s): Kevin L. Grove, Michael A. Cowley and Rexford S. Ahima
January 24 - 29, 2010
Keystone Resort  ·  Keystone, Colorado
Abstract Deadline: September 23, 2009
Late Abstract Deadline: October 23, 2009
Scholarship Deadline: September 23, 2009
Early Registration Deadline: November 24, 2009


Sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Joint meeting: Adipose Tissue Biology (J3)
NOTE: Registration for meeting allows attendance at joint meeting (pending space availability).



This meeting took place in the 2010 season.

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Summary of Meeting
The primary goal of this meeting is to provide the most cutting edge research related to the central control of body weight homeostasis. For this meeting we have tried to make a balance program with established and young investigators; very basic up to clinical studies, including a session discussing the next generation pharmaceuticals; and we have made a special effort to balance for gender and minorities. While this program focuses on the central control of appetite and energy homeostasis, with several sessions commonly represented at this meeting, we have added some new areas of focuses, including a session on developmental programming, immunology and inflammation, reward, and atypical model organisms. Several of these sessions fit very well with the joint session of adipogenesis. Combined, we believe that the proposed program will meet the excellence that this meeting has had in past years.

Sunday, January 24
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Longs Peak Foyer
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Longs Peak Foyer
7:30 - 8:30 PM Keynote Address (Joint) Grays/Longs Peak
Jeffrey M. Friedman, Rockefeller University
Leptin’s Loop: Dissecting the Physiologic Systems Regulating Food Intake and Metabolism
Monday, January 25
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
8:00 - 11:15 AM Circadian Control of Adiposity and Metabolism (Joint) Grays/Longs Peak
* Martin G. Myers, Jr., University of Michigan
Joseph T. Bass, Northwestern University
Clock and Per: Gene Network Controls on Metabolism/Adiposity
Julian Mercer, Rowett Research Institute
Effect of Rhythms, Diet and Feeding Patterns on Hypothalamic Gene Expression
Georgios Paschos, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Obesity in Mice with Adipose Tissue-Specific Deletion of Bmal1
Mitchell A. Lazar, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Epigenomic Roles of Nuclear Receptors Regulating Adipogenesis and Metabolism
Etienne Challet, CNRS
Synchronization of Multiple Circadian Clocks by Feeding
Clifford J. Rosen, Maine Medical Center
Short Talk: Nocturnin, a Circadian Clock Gene, Stimulates Adipogenesis by Promoting Nuclear Transport of PPARgamma
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Peak Foyer
11:15 - 11:30 AM NIDDK Discussion of Funding Issues Grays/Longs Peak
Philip F. Smith, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
11:00 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Molecular Programming of Hypothalamic Circuitry Grays Peak
* Kevin L. Grove, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Joel K. Elmquist, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis
Richard B. Simerly, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Hormonal Specification of Hypothalamic Connectivity
I. Sadaf Farooqi, University of Cambridge
Mutations of Hypothalamic Circuits in Humans
Yi-Chun Loraine Tung, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories
Short Talk: Hypothalamic-Specific Manipulation of Fto, the Ortholog of the Human Obesity Gene FTO, Affects Food Intake in Rats
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
Tuesday, January 26
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
8:00 - 11:15 AM Nutrient Sensing in the Brain Grays Peak
* Roger D. Cone, Vanderbilt University
Martin G. Myers, Jr., University of Michigan
Neuromodulators of Leptin Action
Michael A. Cowley, Monash University
Melanocortins and Glucose Homeostasis
Michael Rosenbaum, Columbia University Medical College
Leptin and Energy Homeostasis in Humans
Tamas L. Horvath, Yale University School of Medicine
Fuel Utilization by Neurons: A Determinant of “Nutrient Sensing"
Dong Kong, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Short Talk: Glucose Sensing by MCH Neurons Regulates Glucose Homeostasis and is Inhibited by UCP2
Hong Wang, University of Colorado Health Science Center
Short Talk: Neuron-Specific Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency Perturbs the Regulation of Energy Balance and Leads to Obesity by Modifying the Expression of the Orexigenic Neuropeptides AgRP and NPY
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Peak Foyer
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 1: New Aspects of Adipogenesis, Lipid Droplets and Triglyceride Metabolism Grays/Longs Peaks
* Sheila Collins, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Cristina M. Rondinone, Roche
Introductory 'In Memoriam' for Dean Londos
Chris E. Lowe, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories
The ATF6alpha Pathway of the Unfolded Protein Response is Required for Adipogenesis
Ana G. Cristancho, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Transcription Factor 7-like 1 (TCF7L1) is required for PPARgamma2 Expression during Adipogenesis
Kai Ge, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Epigenetic Regulation of Adipogenesis
Susanne Mandrup, University of Southern Denmark
MED14 Tethers the Mediator to the N-Terminal Domain of PPARgamma and is Required for Full Transcriptional Activity and Adipogenesis
Charles Harris, Gladstone Institute for Cardiovascular Disease
DGAT Enzymes Are Required for Triglyceride Synthesis and Lipid Droplet Formation But Not for Other Aspects of Adipogenesis
Cynthia Smas, University of Toledo
Functional Analysis of FSP27 Protein Regions for Lipid Droplet Localization, Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis and Dimerization with CIDEA
Lise Madsen†, University of Copenhagen
Transdifferentiation of White into Brown Adipose Tissue Requires Cyclooxygenases
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:15 PM Insights from Model Organisms (Joint) Grays/Longs Peak
* Karsten Kristiansen, University of Copenhagen
Roger D. Cone, Vanderbilt University
Biological Functions of AgRP and AgRP2 in Zebrafish
Sri Devi Narasimhan, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Identifying Phosphatases that Modulate the Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling Pathway
Sean M. Oldham, Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Role of Nutrient Sensing TOR Pathway in High Fat Diet-induced Signaling Pathway and aging
Biao Wang, The Salk Institute
Short Talk: Drosophila Salt Inducible Kinase (SIK) in Fat Metabolism
Christine Könner, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
Short Talk: Conserved Role for Insulin Receptor Signaling in Catecholaminergic Cells in Control of Energy Homeostasis
7:15 - 8:15 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
Wednesday, January 27
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
8:00 - 11:15 AM Immune Signals and Energy Homeostasis/Body Composition (Joint) Grays/Longs Peak
* Randy J. Seeley, University of Cincinnati
Steven E. Shoelson, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center
Obesity, Inflammation and Insulin Resistance (Basic and Clinical Issues)
Ajay Chawla, Stanford University Medical Center
Immune Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism and Aging
Carey N. Lumeng, University of Michigan
Short Talk: MGL1 Promotes Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Regulating 7/4hi Monocytes in Obesity
Umut Ozcan, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
The ER Stress and Leptin Resistance
Daniel Lee Marks, Oregon Health & Science University
The Role of Central Melanocortin’s in Cachexia
Jose Manuel Garcia, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Short Talk: The Effects of Peripheral Ghrelin Administration on the Lipid Metabolism are Primarily Mediated through Changes in Food Intake in a Model of Cachexia
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Peak Foyer
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:30 PM Bariatric Surgery and the Treatment of Metabolic Disease Grays Peak
* Lee M. Kaplan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Francesco Rubino, Weill Cornell Medical College
Resolution of Diabetes and Bariatric Surgery
Paul O'Brien, Monash University
Appetite Control and Bariatric Surgery
Randy J. Seeley, University of Cincinnati
Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption
Thomas Alexander Lutz, Institute of Veterinary Physiology
Short Talk: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Increases Energy Expenditure Affects Taste Preference and Impairs Bone Structure Rats
Jocelyne Magré, INSERM
Genetics of Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
7:30 - 8:30 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3 Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
Thursday, January 28
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
8:00 - 11:15 AM Thinking Outside of the Hypothalamus Grays Peak
* Daniel Lee Marks, Oregon Health & Science University
Marta Korbonits, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
Cross-Talk of Endocannabinoids and Ghrelin
Darren Opland, University of Michigan
Short Talk: VTA Leptin Receptor Neurons Specifically Project to and Regulate CART Neurons of the Extended Central Amygdala
Alastair V. Ferguson, Queen's University
Sensory Circumventricular Organs: Integrative Control Centers Regulating Energy Balance?
Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Hedonic, Emotional, Cognitive, and Metabolic Controls of Appetite and Energy Balance: Who is The Boss?
Lora K. Heisler, University of Cambridge
Serotonin Influences Melanocortin Pathways to Affect Energy Balance
Matthew R. Hayes, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Endogenous Leptin Signaling in the NTS is Required for Energy Balance Regulation
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Peak Foyer
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch and Recreation
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:15 PM Drug Development: Treating the Brain and Beyond (Joint) Grays/Longs Peak
* Michael A. Cowley, Monash University
Eduardo Dunayevich, Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
The Combination of Bupropion and Naltrexone in the Treatment of Obesity: From Bench to Pivotal Trials
Donald J. Marsh, Merck Research Laboratories
New Neuropeptide Target Systems: Neuromedin U
Michael Culler, Ipsen/Biomeasure
Novel Peptide Ligands of the Melanocortin Type 4 Receptor for the Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Lee M. Kaplan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Short Talk: Roux-en-Y Bypass Stimulates BAT Activity and Central Control Thermogenesis in Mice
Alan Koncarevic, Acceleron Pharma
Short Talk: Induction of a Thermogenic Program in White Adipose Tissue of HFD-Fed Mice Treated with a Soluble ActRIIB
7:15 - 8:15 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Torreys 1-3, Shavano, Red Cloud
Friday, January 29
Departure
*Session Chair   †Speaker invited, not yet responded.



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