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Aegean Conferences Communication
Please note that our registration fees include hotel accommodations and therefore no additional reservations are required. The only communication you should receive is from Aegean Conferences and if your paying by credit card, payment receipts from Conferex LLC. SCAM Alert: Beware of any third party companies calling and/or emailing you to reserve hotel accommodations for you during our conferences
Registration
In completing the online registration form you are not automatically accepted to attend the conference nor are you automatically registered for the conference. Final registration to the conference shall occur after you have been accepted and notified by the conference chair of your acceptance to the conference. If you have been charged the registration fee but your attendance has been declined you will be reimbursed in full.
Airport
You want to arrive at the Ioannina Airport (code: IOA) and take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~20 EUR)
Accommodation Tax
An accommodation tax of € 4.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts.
Accommodations
Accommodations for the conference are at the Hotel Du Lac. The hotel is located in the city of Ioannina, 7 km from the Airport.
Arrival and Check-in
It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:30 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.
Conference Venue
The Du Lac Conference Center is located at the hotel.
Handicapped Accessibility
The site is fully handicapped accessible.
Oral Presentations
Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session. The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.
City Tour
Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation.
Breakfast
Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Avra Imperial Hotel main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program.
Lunches/Informal Discussions
Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.
Dinners/Informal Discussions
Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org.
Internet, Phone, & Computer
Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.
Certificate of Participation
A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session.
Passports and Visa
Participants are advised to check on their individual requirements before attending any Aegean Conference meeting. Visa applications should be filed at the nearest Greek Embassy in the country in which you are resident, at least three months prior to the anticipated departure date.
Letters of Invitation
Letters of invitation to attend an Aegean Conference meeting will be issued only to:
- Authors of accepted abstracts
- Fully paid registrants
Note: Invitations are issued at the discretion of Aegean Conferences, and requests for letters will be accepted only 60 days prior to the conference start date.
Liability and Insurance
Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.
Other Information
Animals are not permitted on site.
Badges are required for admission to all events.
All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.
No Photographs and Recording Devices
Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations.
Code of Conduct Policy
Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here.
Sunday, June 25
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Conference Registration
07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Welcome Reception & Dinner
Monday, June 26
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Precion Nutrition and public health
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
1
Impact of Riboflavin and its interaction with the MTHFR C677T polymorphism on vascular health across the lifecycleMary Ward
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
2
Micronutrient Quality Varies by Life Stage Among the U.S. Population, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018Alexandra E Cowan1, Janet A Tooze2, and Regan L Bailey1
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
3
TBA Naomi FukagawaNaomi Fukagawa
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
4
A case for optimizing folic acid intake among individuals at low risk for having a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy: Examples from Canada Amanda J. MacFarlane
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
5
Precision nutrition –metabolic phenotype, dietary challenges, meals and variations in response Lydia A Afman
11:05 AM - 11:45 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
One-carbon metabolism and precision nutrition
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM
6
One-carbon metabolism and precision nutrition: the application of stable isotopic tracers and mass spectrometry in tracking metabolic kinetics as therapeutic targets in human diseasesEnPei Isabel Chiang1 and Shu-Rong Wang1
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
7
Molecular mechanisms linking impaired mitochondrial folate metabolism to mitochondrial DNA instability and impaired mitochondrial functionMartha S Field, Sinwoo Hwang, Joanna L Fiddler, Katarina E Heyden, and Yuwen Xiu
12:35 PM - 01:00 PM
8
Interventions of folate-based, one-carbon metabolic pathways: A conserved route to improved longevity?Michael Polymenis
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
9
Mutations in SHMT1 cause folate-dependent neural tube defects which are modified by UNG deficiency in miceKendra A Tiani and Patrick J Stover
01:25 PM - 01:50 PM
10
Metabolic disturbances and clinical pathologies in the B12-deficient rodentBarry Shane, Nan Wang, and Su Yan
01:50 PM - 02:05 PM
11
Shmt1 deficiency causes peripheral neuropathy in miceJoydeep Chakraborty and Patrick J. Stover
02:05 PM - 03:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Tuesday, June 27
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Inflammation and immunity
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
12
Citrate metabolism and transporter influencing inflammation and cancerThekla Cordes
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
13
TBA - Irmgard ForsterIrmgard Forster
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
14
Breaking the Myth: Full TCA Cycle Activity Fuels Macrophage Effector FunctionKarsten Hiller and Alexander Heinz
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
15
Metabolic Programming of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function by Prenatal FolateBrian P Krum1, Noah T Huerta2, and Anna E Beaudin3
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Aging, epigenetics, and stem cell function
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
16
TBA - Vadim GladyshevVadim Gladyshev
11:40 AM - 12:05 PM
17
Chance, individuality, and Precision MedicineJoseph Nadeau
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM
18
Prenatal folate status metabolically program adult hematopoietic stem cell function Anna E Beaudin1 and Brian Krum2
12:30 PM - 12:55 PM
19
Impact of Nutrient Availability on the Skeletal Muscle Regenerative ProcessAnna Thalacker-Mercer, Angad Yadav, Ryan Dannemiller, Susan Ruby, and Wenxia Ma
12:55 PM - 01:20 PM
20
Dietary Control of Stem Cells in Physiology and DiseaseOmer Yilmaz
01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
21
Sarcomeric mitochondrial creatine kinase 2 modulates mitochondrial function and is downregulated in men with type 2 diabetesDavid Rizo-Roca1, Dimitrius SPSF Guimarães2, Logan Pendergrast3, Erik Näslund4, Juleen R Zierath1,3, and Anna Krook1
01:35 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Wednesday, June 28
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes, Session 1
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
22
Understanding skeletal muscle metabolism in metabolic disease – from glucose challenge to exercise response.Anna Krook
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
23
Nutrient-sensing ghrelin signaling in inflamm-aging and healthspanYuxiang Sun
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
24
Personalising the diet prescription to improve performance on calorie controlled dietsJohn ,R Speakman and IAEA DLW database consortium
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
25
Branched chain amino acid metabolism in adipose tissue – its role and regulationRory Turner, Xiaofei Yin, Lorraine Brennan, and Martina Wallace
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
26
Targeting nutrient absorption to treat obesity Mark A Febbraio
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
27
Multiple loci drive diet-induced thermogenesis in mice exposed to a ketogenic dietAlexandra Naron1, Anna Salvador 2, David Threadgill1,2, and Emanuele Baldassarri
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
28
Selective flux of cis versus trans fatty acids through sphingolipid metabolism in lipotoxicityJivani M Gengatharan1,2, Michal K Handzlik1,2, Maureen L Ruchhoeft1, Courtney R Green1,2, Patrick Secrest3, Zoya Chih1, Martina Wallace4, Philip L.S.M. Gordts3, and Christian M Metallo1,2
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
29
Food Atlas: Using AI to identify food composition and recommend mealsIlias Tagkopoulos1,, Fangzhou Li1,, Jason Youn1,, and Trevor Chan1,
12:40 PM - 01:05 PM
30
Unsaturated Fatty Acids Uniquely Alter Aggregation Rate of α-Synuclein and Insulin and Change the Secondary Structure and Toxicity of Amyloid Aggregates Formed in Their PresenceDmitry Kurouski
01:05 PM - 01:30 PM
31
Discovery of an rare allele in a Zn transporter that is protective for undesirable metabolic traitsAris N. Economides
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
32
TBA - Guido CampsGuido Camps
01:55 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions
Thursday, June 29
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes, session 2
Chair: Pamela Starke-Reed
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
33
TBA - David ThreadgillDavid Threadgill
09:25 AM - 09:50 AM
34
A genome-wide meta-analysis connects iron homeostasis to metabolic disease through poly-unsaturated fatty acid synthesis Sophia A Praggastis1, Beth Crowell1, Arthur Gilly2, Larisa Ivanova1, Regeneron Genetics Center2, GHS-RGC DiscovEHR Collaboration2, Aris N Economides1, Sarah Hatsell1, Heinrich E Lob1, Jonas Bovijn2, Luca A Lotta2, and Tanima De2
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM
35
Dissociation of intramyocellular lipid content from insulin sensitivity in human skeletal muscle of endurance-trained individuals: the athlete’s paradox revisitedDominik Pesta1, Evrim Anadol-Schmitz2, Theresia Sarabhai2, Yvo op den Kamp3, sofiya Gancheva2, Oana-Patricia Zaharia2, Lucia Mastrotodaro2, Kun Lyu4, Matthias Hesselink3, Jürgen Weiß2, Vera Schrauwen-Hinderling3, Dongman Zhang4, Klaus Strassburger2, Yuliya Kupriyanova2, Hadi Al-Hasani2, Julia Szendroedi2, Patrick Schrauwen3, Esther Phielix3, Gerald Shulman4, and Michael Roden2
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
36
Dysregulation of amino acid metabolism and co-morbidities of diabetesChristian Michael Metallo
10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
37
Tissue-specific insulin resistance phenotype-diet interactions in fasting and postprandial metabolite responses to a 12-week high-MUFA or low-fat, high-protein, high-fibre diet: a secondary analysis of the PERSON studyAnouk Gijbels1,2, Kelly M. A Jardon2,, Inez Trouwborst2,, Koen C.M. Manusama1, Gijs H Goossens, Ellen E. Blaak2,, Edith J. M. Feskens1, and Lydia A. Afman1
10:55 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
38
The impact of extracellular glutamine availability on skeletal muscle stem/progenitor cell stateAngad Yadav, Wenxia Ma, Dexten L. Retchloff, Ryan Dannemiller, Susan Ruby, and Anna E. Thalacker-Mercer
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
39
Targeting BCAA metabolism in hepatic stellate cell transactivation as a potential treatment for liver fibrosisRory Turner, Martina Wallace, Lorraine Brennan, and Xiaofei Yin
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
40
Hepcidin-mediated inhibition of iron absorption by clinical and sub-clinical infections in young Gambian childrenNicole J. D. Cunningham1,4, Andrew M. Prentice2, Elizabeth Ledger2, Amadou T. Jallow2, Bubacarr Susso2, Alansana Saidykhan2, Hans Verhoef3, and Carla Cerami2
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM
41
Systems biology of personalized lifestyle medicine – personalized lifestyle medicine to prevent, revert and remit type 2 diabetes in primary care practiceIris M de Hoogh1, Johanneke E Oosterman1, Dagmar Smid1, Regina J.M. Kamstra1, Wilma Otten1, Anne-Margreet Krijger2, Susanne Berbée3, Hanno Pijl4, Ben van Ommen1, and Suzan Wopereis1
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Closing Remarks
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
02:45 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Farewell Dinner