Symposium:                Molecular Bases of Energy Balance and Fuel Partitioning

 

Track:                         Feeding, Fuel and Fat: Energy Metabolism

Friday, 8:00 AM—10:00 AM, 30 D/E

Chaired:                       Steven Shoelson

 

8:00 AM                      Identifying genes involved in energy balance using RNA interference in C. elegans. G. Ruvkun. Mass. Gen. Hosp.

8:30 AM                      NF-kB mediated inflammation: pathogenic link and target for reversal in obesity-induced insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. Steven Shoelson. Harvard Med. Sch.

9:00 AM                      Adipokines. T. Kadowaki. Univ. of Tokyo.