Symposium on metabolic diosorders and cardiovascular disease
The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) hosts the symposium "The lifelong development of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease" on February the 18th. The event is open to interested attendees at Umeå University, Region Västerbotten, other WCMM centers, SciLifeLab and SRP-Diabetes KI.
It will not be possible to view the event afterwards.
PROGRAM
Metabolic programming in early life
Chair: Staffan Berglund
8.30-8.45 Introduction Helena Edlund & Tommy Olsson, Umeå University
8.45-9.30 Role of early life developmental factors in development of metabolic health, Johan G Eriksson, Helsingfors University, Finland
9.30-10.00 Gestational diabetes and obesity in the PONCH study – metabolic consequences for mother and child, Ulrika Andersson Hall, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
Mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
Chair: Elias Johansson
10.30-11.00 Mechanistic insights into the cardiometabolic fingerprint of obesity, Emma Börgeson, WCMTM, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
11.00-11.30 NAFLD – bright liver, dark future, Stergios Kechagias, Linköping University, Sweden
11.30-12.15 Lunch
Mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (cont’d)
Chair: Anna Södergren
12.15-13.00 Why is diabetes such a nasty risk factor?, Coen DA Stehouwer, Maastricht University, Netherlands
13.00-13.45 Changing the perception of type 2 diabetes by demonstration of the Personal Fat Threshold, Roy Taylor, Newcastle University, UK
13.45-14.10 Coffee break
Transthyretin amyloidosis
Chair: Jonas Wixner
14.10-14.55 Transthyretin in health and disease, Maria Saraiva: Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
