2010 Program Schedule

Thursday, October 7, 2010

7:00 PM: Arrival and Registration

Friday, October 8, 2010

7:00 - 7:50 AM - Registration and Breakfast

7:50 - 8:00 AM - Welcome and Opening - Nancy R. Webb, PhD

Session 1: Lipids and Lipoproteins in the Brain
Moderator: Ling Li, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota

8:00 - 8:25 AM - Patrick M. Sullivan, PhD, Duke University

• APOE Alters Brain Lipid Profile and Cognitive Function

8:25 - 8:50 AM - Kumar Sambamurti, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

• Cholesterol and Amyloid: The Incomplete Story

8:50 - 9:15 AM - Steven Estus, PhD, University of Kentucky

• Points of Intersection in the Genetics of Peripheral Cholesterol and Alzheimers Disease

9:15 - 9:40 AM - Xuemin Xu, PhD, University of Tennessee

• A Possible Mechanism of How oxLDL Contributes to Alzheimer’s Disease

9:40 - 10:00 AM - Jeremy Herskowitz, PhD, Emory University

• Role of the Mosaic ApoE Receptor LR11/SorLA in Alzheimer's Disease

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - BREAK

Session 2: Bioactive Lipids
Moderator: Susan S. Smyth, MD, PhD, University of Kentucky

10:30 - 11:00 AM - Kishore K. Wary, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase Regulation of Endothelial Function

11:00 - 11:30 AM - Evgeny V. Berdyshev, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Survival of Sphingosine Kinase 1-Knockout Phenotype during Cardiac Arrest by the Inhibition of SIP Lyase

11:30 - 12:00 PM - Lorenzo Federico, BS, University of Kentucky

• Regulation of Adipogenesis and Obesity by Autotaxin and LPA Signaling
  

12:00 - 12:30 PM - Susan R. Schwab, PhD, New York University

• Secrets and Lyase: S1P Distribution Control

12:30 - 5:00 PM - FREE TIME

5:00 - 7:30 PM - POSTER SESSION and RECEPTION with "LITE BITES"

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: W. VIRGIL BROWN KEYNOTE LECTURE

Lawrence L. Rudel, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry and
Director, Lipid Sciences Research Program
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

ACAT2 and Cholesteryl Oleate: Underappreciated Villains in Coronary Heart Disease

 

Saturday, October 9, 2010

7:00 - 8:00 AM - Breakfast

Session 3: Adipose Lipid Metabolism and Lipotoxicity
Moderator: Thurl Harris, PhD, University of Virginia

8:00 - 8:30 AM - Thurl Harris, PhD, University of Virginia

• Regulation of Triglyceride Synthesis and Inflammation by Lipin 1

8:30 - 9:00 AM - J. Mark Brown, PhD, Wake Forest University

• A Novel Role for CGI-58 in Glycerophospholipid Metabolism and Inflammatory Signaling

9:00 - 9:30 AM - Jun Liu, MD, University of Kentucky

• Complex Control of Cellular Lipolytic Machinery

9:30 - 10:00 AM -

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - BREAK

Session 4: Advances in Treating Dyslipidemia
Moderator: Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University

10:30 - 11:00 AM - Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University

• Targeting LDL for CV Risk Reduction: Is It About Reaching the Right Number or About Using the Right Drug

11:00 - 11:30 AM - Marshall B. Elam, MD, PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

• Effect of Fibrate Therapy on Cardiovascular Risk in T2DM: ACCORD-Lipid

11:30 - 12:00 PM - Margrit Schwarz, PhD, Amgen, Inc.

12:00 - 12:30 PM - Norman C. Wong, MD, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

• RVX-208 an Orally Active Small Molecule that Increases ApoA-I Production in Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies

12:30 - 5:00 PM - FREE TIME

Session 5: Immune Cells, Diabetes, and Atherosclerosis
Moderator: Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

5:00 - 5:30 PM - Coleen A. McNamara, MD, University of Virginia

• B Lymphocyte-mediated Atheroprotection

5:30 - 6:00 PM - Amy S. Major, PhD, Vanderbilt University

• Impact of Chronic Autoimmunity on Atherogenesis

6:00 - 6:30 PM - Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

• How does HDL apoA-I Protect Against Inflammation and the Development of Atherosclerosis?

6:30 - 7:00 PM - TBA

7:00 PM - DINNER ON YOUR OWN

 

Sunday, October 10, 2010

7:00 - 8:00 AM - Breakfast

Session 6: Diabetes: Genetic and Translational Studies
Moderator: Stephen S. Rich, PhD, University of Virginia

8:00 - 8:30 AM - Annabelle Rodriguez, MD, Johns Hopkins University

8:30 - 9:00 AM - Donald W. Bowden, PhD, Wake Forest University

9:00 - 9:30 AM - Gail Jarvik, MD, PhD, University of Washington

9:30 - 10:00 AM - Stephen S. Rich, PhD, University of Virginia

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - BREAK

Session 7: Developmental and Fetal Programming
Moderator: Kevin J Pearson, PhD, University of Kentucky

10:30 - 11:00 AM - Barbara T. Alexander, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center

• Developmental Programming: A Novel Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease

11:00 - 11:30 AM - Kellie L. Tamashiro, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

• Maternal Stress and Diet Influence Programming in Offspring

11:30 - 12:00 PM - Laura A. Woollet, PhD, University of Cincinnati

• Fetal Programming in Multiparous Females: Implications in Mice and Humans

12:00 - 12:30 PM - Kevin J. Pearson, PhD, University of Kentucky

• Maternal Exercise Improves Health Outcomes in Offspring

 

12:30 PM: Closing Comments and Adjournment - Nancy Webb and Norbert Leitinger