Newswise — Boston, Ma. (March 26, 2014)—APS President David M. Pollock, PhD, of Georgia Regents University has organized a dynamic President’s Symposium Series to be presented during the Experimental Biology meeting in Boston. Three symposia will focus around the theme “Physiology: Answers to Big Questions.” Leading research experts will discuss how physiology can help uncover solutions for some of the most pressing health problems facing the US today: diabetes, obesity and hypertension. The series is anchored on Wednesday with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture by Nobel Laureate Robert J. Lefkowitz, PhD. The Future of Diabetes ResearchSunday, 3/29 at 3:15 PM Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) Room 210 B/C
Chair: John Hall, PhD, Pennsylvania State University Speakers:“microRNAs and Insulin Production”Anath Shalev, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Omic Approaches to Determining the Mechanisms Underlying Insulin Resistance and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes”Barbara Kahn, MD, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
“The CNS and Glucose Regulation”Michael Schwartz, MD, University of Washington
“Bariatric Surgery and Diabetes”Randy Seeley, PhD, University of Michigan
The Future of Obesity ResearchMonday, 3/30 at 3:15 PM BCEC Room 210 B/C
Chair:Alyssa Hasty, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Speakers: “mTOR Signaling in Brown Fat”David Guertin, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Energy Balance Control by LHA”Gina Lenninger, PhD, Michigan State University
“Physiology of Low-Fit and High-Fit Rats”Victoria Vieira-Potter, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
“Can We Make Obesity Healthy? CETP and Insulin Sensitivity in the Setting of Obesity”John Stafford, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“microRNA and Adipose Tissue Inflammation”Beiyan Zhou, PhD, Texas A&M University
The Future of Hypertension ResearchTuesday, 3/31 at 3:15 PM BCEC Room 210 B/C
Chair: Howard Jacob, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Speakers: “What Have We Learned from the Genetics of Hypertension?”Friedrich Luft, MD, Charité, Berlin
“Hypertension and the Brain. What Are We Thinking?”Robin Davisson, PhD, Cornell University
“The Treatment of Hypertension, How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?”Suzanne Oparil, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“The Role of the Kidney in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension: Towards a Neo-Guytonian Paradigm?”Roger Evans, PhD, Monash University
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine LectureWednesday, 4/1 at 4:45 PMBCEC Room 210 B
Speaker: “Seven Transmembrane Receptors”Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center
NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: To schedule an interview or for more information, please contact Stacy Brooks at [email protected] or (240) 432-9697.
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