Program

2011 DEUEL Program Chair

Jay Horton
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Email:jay.horton@UTSouthwestern.edu

2011 DEUEL Program Co-Chair

Jay Heinecke
University of Washington
Email:heinecke@u.washington.edu

2011 Deuel Conference on Lipids, March 1–4, 2011

Silverado Resort, Napa, California


Preliminary Meeting Program

Wednesday, March 2, 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM
Session 1         Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance
The Skinny on Fat: Lipolysis and Fatty Acid Utilization in Adipocytes
Hei Sook Sul, University of California, Berkeley

Role of GPIHBP1 in Triglyceride Metabolism and Chylomicronemia Syndrome
Anne Beigneux, University of California, Los Angeles

“Protein Kinase IKK-epsilon Regulates Energy Balance in Obese Mice”
Alan Saltiel, University of Michigan

To be announced
Joseph L. Goldstein, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

To be announced
Michael S. Brown, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 to 9:30 PM
The Havel Lecture
LXR Signaling in Macrophage Biology and Atherosclerosis
Chris Glass, University of California, San Diego

 Wine reception and Trainees’ Poster Session

Thursday, March 3, 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM
Session 2         Systems Biology 

The Journal of Lipid Research Lecture
Cardiovascular Networks: Systems-based Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease
Jake Lusis, University of California, Los Angeles

Evolutionary Conservation and Adaptation in the Mechanisms that Regulate SREBP Action
Tim Osborne, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL

PNPLA3 to Pâté
Helen Hobbs, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Toward metabolomic signatures of cardiovascular disease
Robert Gerszten, Harvard University, Charlestown, MA

Thursday, March 3, 7:30-9:30 PM
Session 3         Macrophages and Inflammation
Role of HDL, ABCA1 and ABCG1 Transporters in Cholesterol Efflux and Immune Responses
Alan Tall, Columbia University

Inflammation, Macrophages, and Insulin Resistance”
Jerrold Olefsky, University of California, San Diego

“Regulation of the Migration and Survival of Monocyte Subsets by Chemokine Receptors and its Relevance to Atherosclerosis”
Gwen Randolph, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Friday, March 4, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Session 4         Therapeutics/Diagnostics/Pharmacology
“Novel Approaches to Modulation of PCSK9 and LDL Lowering in Humans”
Mark Sleeman, Regeneron

Update on Phase III Data for the CETP Inhibitor Anacetrapib”
Yale Mitchel, Merck Research Labs