Keynote Speaker
Agenda
| 8:15 - 8:25 am | J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D. Dean, Perelman School of Medicine Opening Comments |
8:25 - 8:50 am
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Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism “HDAC3 in Inflammation and Metabolism” |
| 8:50 - 9:15 am | Ali Naji, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Surgery “Islet Transplantation: Where do we go from here?” |
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Igor Brodsky, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathobiology “Oxidative Metabolism Enables NLRP3 Inflammasome Evasion by Intracellular Salmonella" |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | BREAK |
| 10:00 - 10:25 am | Rex Ahima, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine “Connecting Inflammation, Resistin and Glucose Homeostasis” |
| 10:25 - 10:50 am | Sara Cherry, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology “Using Genetics to Identify Novel Factors Involved in Antiviral Defense” |
| 10:50 - 11:05 am | Kathryn Wellen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology "Links Between Metabolic Reprogramming and Epigenetic Deregulation in Cancer Cells" |
| 11:05 - 11:30 am | John Wherry, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Immunology "Regulating T Cell Responses: Links to Metabolism" |
| 11:30 - 12:30 pm | Keynote speaker: Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Genetics & Metabolism Chair, Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases Harvard-MIT Broad Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute “ER Stress and Insulin Resistance" |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | Poster Session and Lunch |