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FORC-2011
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM |
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6th Fribourg Obesity Research Conference (FORC-2011)
Friday, September 23, 2011
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Organised by
the Department of Medicine / Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
In association with
Swiss Association for Study of Obesity (ASEMO/SAMO), Swiss Physiological Society (SPS) |
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Body composition, Thermogenesis & Inflammation
in Pathogenesis of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
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| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Registration - Coffee / Croissants
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| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Welcome to FORC-2011 J.-P. Montani (Fribourg) |
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| 10:10 - 13:00 |
Morning Symposium |
| 10:10 - 10:45 |
Tracking body composition in pathogenesis of obesity and metabolic syndrome
Manfred J Muller (Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany) |
| 10:45 - 11:20 |
Impaired protein metabolism: interlinks between obesity and insulin resistance
Yves Boirie (University of Clermont, France) |
| 11:20 - 11:50 |
Coffee break & Poster viewing |
11:50 - 12:25
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Visceral fat and metabolic inflammation: The portal theory revisited
Daniel Konrad (University Children's Hospital, Zurich, CH) |
| 12:25 - 13:00 |
The vascular endothelium and macrophages in metabolic diseases
Zhihong Yang (University of Fribourg, CH) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 - 17:40 |
Afternoon Symposium |
| 14:15 - 14:50 |
The adipose organ: white-brown adipocyte plasticity and metabolic inflammation
Saverio Cinti (University of Ancona,Italy) |
| 14:50 - 15:25 |
What constitutes adaptive thermogenesis in body composition regulation ?
Abdul G Dulloo (University of Fribourg, CH) |
| 15:25 - 16:00 |
Core temperature: a forgotten variable in energy expenditure & obesity ?
Lewis Landsberg (Northwestern University, USA) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee break & Poster viewing |
| 16:30 - 17:05 |
Lipotoxicity and skeletal muscle insulin resistance
Francesca Amati (University of Lausanne, CH) |
| 17:05 - 17:40 |
Molecular pathways between metabolic inflammation & adaptive thermogenesis
Giovanni Solinas (University of. Fribourg, CH) |
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| 17:40 - 17:45 |
Closing remarks |
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