Past Conferences

Lipid Fluxes and Metabolism –From Fundamental Mechanisms to Human Disease

Preliminary Main Topics

• Lipid-induced modulation of protein function
• Inter-organelle lipid trafficking
• Regulation of lipid synthesis, catabolism and storage
• Novel lipid probes for studying lipid transport and metabolism
• Lipids in inflammation
• Lipids as markers for health and disease

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Lipid signaling in Health and Disease

Preliminary Main Topics

• Sphingolipids
• Sterols + Bile acids
• Lipid protein interactions and lipid sorting
• Enabling Technologies
• Fatty acids and their derivatives
• Microorganisms and immunity

Lipidomics: from Structures to Functions (LSF)

Preliminary Main Topics

• Membrane lipids
• Lipid imaging
• Plasma lipoproteins
• Lipid oxidation
• Lipolytic enzymes
• Fatty acids of nutritional value
• Oxygenated metabolism of PUFA

Preliminary Main Topics

• Lipid synthesis, transport and metabolic regulation
• Lipid metabolism and lipid signaling in health and disease
• Biophysics of lipids, lipid/lipid and lipid/protein interactions

• Lipid Modulators of Inflammation and Immunity
• Modified Fatty Acids and Lipids
• Endocannabinoids: Synthesis and Function
• Phytolipids - A Vision for the Future?
• Lipidomics - What's Next?
• Lipids in Whole Body Systems
• Membrane Lipid Trafficking

• Nuclear receptors and the transcriptional regulation of lipid metabolism
• The gut-liver axis route for lipids: relevance in nutrition and life style
• Dissecting lipid metabolism in diabetes and atherosclerosis
• Lipid metabolism, transcription, stemness
• Signal transduction, gene expression and circadian rhythm in the regulation of lipid metabolism
• Dynamics of membrane microdomains and pathophysiological implications
• Lipids and membranes in stress management: stress perception, signaling, repair and adaptation

• Dynamics of Triacylglycerol Metabolism
• Phospholipid Function (Symposium in memory of Eugene Kennedy)
• Lipid Signaling and Regulation
• Cholesterol Metabolism (Symposium celebrating Konrad Bloch's 100th Birthday)
• Lipids and Disease
• Fatty Acid Metabolism

• Lipids in molecular medicine
• Lipids in regulation of gene expression
• Lipids in signaling and intracellular trafficking
• Isoprenoid lipids
• Membrane microdomains, lipid binding proteins and membrane repair
• Lipid modifications of proteins
• Lipid – protein interactions

• Physical chemistry of lipids
• Lipids and biomembranes
• Bioactive lipids and lipidomics
• Lipid-protein interactions and lipid trafficking
• Lipid-binding proteins
• Lipids in health and disease
• Plant lipids

• Mediator lipidomics targeting transcriptional regulation
• Membrane microdomain heterogeneity and signalling
• Functions of sterol molecular species
• Metabolism and impact of molecular species from minor fatty acid classes
• Eicosanoids and biological signalling
• Regulatory functions of glycerophospholipid and sphingolipid species
• Lipotoxicity and phospholipidosis
• Lipid barrier function

• Cell membrane organization and dynamics of biomembranes
• Lipid droplets as multifunctional organelles
• Lipids and their dynamics in intracellular transport
• Fatty acids, lipids and the metabolic syndrome
• Lipids and inflammation
• Lipid sensing and lipid sensors
• Lysosomal lipid metabolism

• Lipid metabolism - sphingolipids
• Membrane structure and function - lipids and domains
• Membrane structure and function - proteins in membranes
• Membrane structure and function - computational studies
• Intracellular lipid transfer
• Lipid metabolism - fatty acids

• Metabolism and function of lipids in the brain
• Sphingolipids
• Lipids and Stress
• Membrane microdomains: lipid rafts and caveolae
• Gene regulation by nucleus-targeted lipid signaling system
• Lipidomics
• What are healthy lipids?

• Lipids and gene expression
• Reverse cholesterol transport and cellular trafficking
• Membrane lipid domains
• Phospholipases
• Obesity, diabetes and energy metabolism

• Lipid metabolism and functional diversity
• Biological activity of olive oil components
• Pro-inflammatory lipid mediators
• Molecular and genetic basis of lipoprotein metabolism
• Hot topics

• The transport and distribution of triacylglycerols
• Lipids and transcription factors
• New aspects of cholesterol research
• Lipid oxidation: a key process in pathology or an epiphenonemon?

• Lipids of microorganisms
• Lipid transport and assembly of lipids into membranes
• Cell biology and molecular biology of lipases and phospholipases
• Pathobiochemistry of lipids

• Mitochondrial biogenesis and function
• Lipids as regulators of apoptosis and cell division
• Obesity and insulin resistance
• Membranes structures and membrane fusion

• Structural Biology of Enzymes acting on lipids
• Sources, targets and mechanisms in lipid signalling
• Membrane integrity and trafficking

• Gene Expression and Fatty Acid metabolism
• Conjugated Polyenoic Fatty Acids
• Free Radicals and Membrane Lipids

• Cellular trafficking of cholesterol and other lipids
• Biophysical aspects of membrane lipid research
• Functional aspects of membrane lipid topology

• Enzymes Involved in Phospholipid synthesis
• Skin lipids: from biochemistry to pathology
• Lipid metabolism in diabetes

• Enzymes and Transfer proteins Related to Lipoprotein Metabolism
• Aspects of Protein Lipidation
• Peroxisomal Lipid Metabolism

• Lipid-Protein Interaction
• Glycosphingolipids and Cell Proliferation
• New Approaches in the Treatment of Coronary Artery and Glycolipid Disorders

• Biochemistry of Polynsaturated Fatty Acids in Marine and Freshwater Organisms
• Metabolism of Essential Fatty Acids in Man in vivo
• Free Radicals and Antioxidant Vitamins in Lipid Metabolism

• Cellular Phospholipases and Phosphoinositide Kinases in Receptor Function and Signal Transduction
• Lipids and Recognition
• Intracellular Lipid Transport and Metabolism

• Eicosanoids and fatty acids hydroperoxides
• Fatty acid metabolism in plants
• Lipoprotein oxidation and cell activation

• Polyunsaturated fatty acids of the n-3 series: biological and metabolic roles
• Synthesis and secretion of lipoproteins in the intestine
• The oxysterol pathway and its biological implications

• Lipid Flow and Cellular Lipid Carriers
• Lipid Mediators and Signal Transduction
• Lipoprotein-Receptor Interactions