Nuclear Receptors and Diseases

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
November 4-8, 2013

September 13th, 2013

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Organized by:
Hueng-Sik Choi, Chonnam National University, South Korea
David Moore, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Kristina Schoonjans, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Nanping Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Nuclear Receptors and Diseases, which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday November 4, and will conclude after the lunch on Friday November 8, 2013.

The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Many nuclear receptors are key metabolic regulators. While such functions for glucocorticoids and thyroid hormone have been known for decades, those of the receptors for fatty acids, bile acids, and xenobiotics, for example, are still emerging. This conference will focus on these exciting new metabolic functions in very different contexts, including maintenance of normal homeostatic balance, and actions in diseases ranging from diabetes and the metabolic syndrome to cancer.

Major Topics:
1. Structure and Function
2. Liver Nutrient Metabolism
3. Energy Balance
4. Metabolic Syndrome-Part1
5. Metabolic Syndrome-Part2
6. Liver and Bile acids
7. Inflammation
8. Cancer

Keynote Speaker:
Mitchell A. Lazar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract title: When altruism fails: The role of circadian nuclear receptors in organismal metabolism

Invited Speakers:
Sung Hee Baek, Seoul National University, KOREA
Abstract title: Lysine Methylation-dependent Ubiquitination of RORa Orphan Nuclear Receptor and Its Implication in Disease
Ajay Chawla, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Abstract title: Anticipatory Inflammation: physiologic functions and metabolic consequences
Hueng-Sik Choi, Chonnam National University, SOUTH KOREA
Abstract title: ERR gamma and liver metabolism
Gen-Shen Feng, University of California, USA
Abstract title: A critical role of non-receptor tyrosine phosphatase Shp2 in control of bile acid homeostasis
Vincent Giguere, McGill University, CANADA
Abstract title: ERRa and growth factor cooperation in reprogramming breast cancer cell metabolism
Christopher Glass, University of California, San Diego, USA
Abstract title: Enhancer RNAs: Noise, Consequence or Contributors to Enhancer Function?
Wendong Huang, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, USA
Abstract title: Bile acid receptor and liver cancer
Satoshi Inoue, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Abstract title: Roles of estrogen-responsive gene COX7RP, a critical factor for the formation of mitochondrial respiratory supercomplexes, in muscle and cancer metabolism
Steven Kliewer, UT Southwestern, USA
Abstract title: Hormone FGF21 regulates metabolism, reproduction and longevity
Juro Sakai, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract title: Epigenomic Regulation of Energy Metabolism in Brown Adipocytes though phosphorylation of histone demethylase JMJD1A
Mi-Ock Lee, Seoul National University, KOREA
Abstract title: RORa links hepatic lipid metabolism and inflammation in nonalcoholic steatoheptitis
Xiaoying Li, Shanghai Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, CHINA
Abstract title: FXR AND FATTY LIVER
Susanne Mandrup, University of Southern Denmark, DENMARK
Abstract title: Transcriptional networks regulating adipogenesis
David Moore, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Antonio Moschetta, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, ITALY
Abstract title: A nuclear receptor team against intestinal tumorigenesis
Kristina Schoonjans, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Abstract title: LRH-1 and control of intermediary metabolism in the liver
Ming-Jer Tsai, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Role of nuclear receptor, COUP-TFII, in heart development and failure
Meng Wang, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Nanping Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, CHINA
Abstract title: Regulation of nuclear recptors by shear stress
Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Keio University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Bile acid metabolism for the control of metabolic syndrome
Eric Xu, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China
Abstract title: Structures and Repression Mechanism of Orphan Nuclear Receptors
Jianming Xu, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: The Determinant Role of the NCOA6 Coregulator in the Uterine Estrogen Sensitivity, Embryo Implantation and Carcinogenesis
Xiao-kun Zhang, Xiamen University, CHINA
Abstract title: Nongenomic Action of Nuclear Receptors and Drug Development

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $200-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in November 2013. 

Package Content:

Please kindly note:

1. The early & normal price will be available if the full payment is finished before the exact due date.
For USD participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if we could not successfully charge the full payment from your registered credit card before the deadline.
For CNY participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if our bank account could not receive your full payment by wire transfer before the deadline.

2. For Student Package registered participants, please add your roommate requirement during the online registration. Otherwise, we’ll assign you a roommate among other student participants.

3. For late registrations, your housing & registration materials may not be guaranteed since the order is usually made in advance.

4. Please inform us your request on extra day (USD 80/CNY 500 per day) and food (vegetarian, kosher…etc.) during the online registration or email us as early as possible so that we could make relevant arrangement accordingly.

5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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