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7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Poster Setup, Light Refreshments
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Morning Session
Chair:  Jesse Roth

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Type 1 Diabetes Is a Predictable Disease:  From Dense Core Vesicles to Neurobiology
Abner Notkins
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Short Talk:  GATA4, a Regulator of Pancreatic Beta Cell Survival
Daniel Sartori
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. The Role of Lipid Droplets in Islet Function
Yumi Imai
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Short Talk:  Calcineurin Regulates Human Islet Beta Cell Survival
Scott Soleimanpour
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Brain Metabolic Pathways and Their Modulation for Obesity and Diabetes Therapies
Gabriele Ronnett
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Short Talk:  Retinal Reactivity in Type 2 Diabetes
Mary Lott
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Reciprocal Relationships Between Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction
Michael Quon
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Short Talk:  Membrane Repair Deficiency in Diabetes
Amber Howard
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Poster Session
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Afternoon Session
Chair:  Lester Salans
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Genetics of the Metabolic Syndrome:  Lessons From a Founder Population
Alan Shuldiner
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Short Talk:  Weight Loss via Intensive Lifestyle Modification versus Bariatric Surgery:  Does Preservation of Fat-Free Mass Prevent Metabolic Adaptation?
Nick Knuth
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Short Talk:  mTOR-mediated Inhibition of Autophagy Selectively Regulates Tissue Adiposity
Julie Wu
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Short Talk:  Effects of Hypoxia on Lipin 1 Expression and Activity
Thurl Harris
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Short Talk:  The Rab GAP AS160 Is a Key Player in the Regulation of Glucose Transporter GLUT4 Translocation in Primary Adipocytes
Melissa Lansey
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Brown and Beige Fat Cells in Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes
Patrick Seale
4:30 p.m. Adjournment, Poster Removal
   
 
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