| Time | Schedule | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | ||
| 3:30-4:30pm | Registration | Memorial Hall |
| 4:30-4:50pm | Musical Performance by Ahmet Kanneci | Sanders Hall |
| 5:00-5:30pm | Opening Remarks | Sanders Hall |
| 5:00-5:10pm | Gökhan Hotamışlıgil Opening Remarks and “Thank Yous” | Sanders Theatre |
| 5:10-5:15pm | Provost, Alan Garber will give welcoming remarks and the introduction of Dean Michelle Williams | Sanders Theatre |
| 5:15-5:20pm | Dean Michelle Williams Remarks and Introduction of Ali Ülker | Sanders Theatre |
| 5:20-5:30pm | Ali Ülker and Gökhan Hotamışlıgil: Remarks and Introduction of the Rising Stars Session | Sanders Theatre |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Rising Stars Session | Sanders Hall |
| 5:30-5:45pm | Elçin Ünal | Illuminating cellular aging pathways through meiotic differentiation University of California, Berkeley |
Sanders Theatre |
| 5:45-6:00pm | Ali Güler | Central nervous system and metabolism University of Virginia |
Sanders Theatre |
| 6:00-6:15pm | Yasemin Sancak | Calcium homeostasis in the mitochondria Washington University |
Sanders Theatre |
| 6:15-6:30pm | Ömer Yılmaz | Dietary and metabolic regulation of stem cell Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Sanders Theatre |
| 6:30-6:37pm | Gökhan Hotamışlıgil: Introduction of Keynote Speakers | Sanders Theatre |
| 6:37-7:27pm | Keynote Speakers: Nobel Laureates, Joseph Goldstein & Michael Brown Cholesterol Homeostasis: From Physiology to Molecular Biology University of Texas, Southwestern |
Sanders Theatre |
| 7:27-7:37pm | Sabri Ülker Science Award Presentation | Sanders Theatre |
| 7:37-7:42pm | Gökhan Hotamışlıgil will introduce Mark Elliott to deliver the closing remarks | Sanders Theatre |
| 7:42-9:30pm | Closing Reception | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | ||
| 8:00-9:00am | Guests Arrive | Memorial Hall |
| SESSION 1 | Chair: Elçin Ünal | Sanders Theatre | |
| 9:00-9:35am | Linda Partridge | Metabolism and Ageing University College London |
Sanders Theatre |
| 9:35-10:10am | Bruce Spiegelman | Controlling energy expenditure for metabolic health Harvard Medical School |
Sanders Theatre |
| 10:10-10:45am | Ronald M. Evans | Nuclear hormone receptors and metabolic homeostasis Salk Institute |
Sanders Theatre |
| 10:45-11:15am | Break for Coffee & Tea | Annenberg Hall |
| SESSION 2 | Chair: Ali Güler | Sanders Theatre | |
| 11:15-11:50am | Leslie Vosshall | Genetic control of innate behavior The Rockefeller University |
Sanders Theatre |
| 11:50-12:25pm | Michael Czech | Integration of metabolism with immune and neuronal responses University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Sanders Theatre |
| 12:30-13:45pm | Lunch | Annenberg Hall |
| SESSION 3 | Chair: Yasemin Sancak | Sanders Theatre | |
| 13:45-2:10pm | Jean Schaffer | Molecular mechanisms of lipotoxicity Washington University |
Sanders Theatre |
| 2:10-2:55pm | Gerald Shulman | Lipids and mitochondria in health and disease Yale University |
Sanders Theatre |
| 2:55-3:30pm | Shizuo Akira | Towards understanding the mechanisms of fibrosis Osaka University |
Sanders Theatre |
| 3:30-4:00pm | Break for Coffee & Tea | Annenberg Hall |
| SESSION 4 | Chair: Ömer Yılmaz | Sanders Theatre | |
| 4:00-4:35pm | Brenda Schulman | Protein homeostasis and metabolism St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Sanders Theatre |
| 4:35-5:05pm | Vamsi Mootha | Mitochondrial function in health and disease Massachusetts General Hospital |
Sanders Theatre |
| 5:05-5:45pm | Peter Walter | The Unfolded Protein Response in Health and Disease University of California, San Francisco |
Sanders Theatre |