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February 27.2018

Luskin Conference Center, UCLA

Junior Faculty Workshop (9:00 am - 11:30am) Laureate Room

Coffee and morning refreshments served from 8:30 - 9:30am

9:00 - 9:30 am Navigating the NIH System - how to generate a competitive new investgator R01

9:30-10:15am Publishing Impact Science - panel discussion including top journal editors

Sarah Jackson - JCI
Nikia Emambokus - Cell Metabolism
Paula Kiverstis - Science

10:15 - 11:15am Beyond the Academy - the job market and finding the right science profession

Ron Margolis, PhD - Former NIH NIDDK Program Officer - Big Data Science Initatives
Thomas Gus Gustafson, PhD - VP - Scientific Inovation - CVM, Johnson & Johnson innovation Center
Cindy Hong, PhD - Senior Manager CVMED External Opportunities, Pfizer - Academia/Industry Collaboration
Amy Wang, PhD, MBA - MBD Captial Group, Managing Director Investment Banking - Biotech startups

11:15 - 11:30am Questions, Answers, Discussion

; 11:30 am - 12:30pm LUNCH - Plateia Restaurant - Luskin Conference Center

DRC P&F Speakers and Invited Guests(12:30 - 5:00pm) Laureate Room

12:30 - 12:40 Welcome and Introduction Alan Saltiel, PhD (PI)

12:40 - 12:45 The State of the DRC P & F Peter Tontonoz, MD PhD

12:45 - 1:45 Keynote Address - Bruce Spiegelman, PhD - Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professor of Cell Biology and Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Title: Brown and Beige Fat: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential

1:45-2:05 Philip Gordts, PhD (UCSD) – P&F Award - Genetic analysis of apoC-III in remnant lipoprotein clearance and atherosclerosis

2:05-2:25 Wenxian Fu, PhD (UCSD) - P&F Award - IL-2/IL-15Rb blockade restores immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes

2:25-2:45 Jorge Giani, PhD (CSMC) - P&F Award - The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme in renal inflammation and sodium retention during diabetic nephropathy

2:45-3:00pm Coffee Break

3:00-3:20pm Juyan Kim, PhD (UCSD) - P&F Award - ER stress drives lipogenesis and steatohepatitis via Caspase-2 activation of S1P

3:20-3:40pm Marc Liesa-Roig, PhD (UCLA) - P&F Award - The mitochondrial transporter ABCB10 in liver drives hyperglycemia and steatosis in obesity

3:40-4:40pm Invited DRC Speaker - Chris Glass, MD PhD – UCSD, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine – Director, Genomics and Epigenetics Core. Title: Nature and Nurture of Tissue Resident Macrophages

4:40-5:00pm Closing Remarks and Instructions for PosterSession

5:00pm-7:00pm Poster Session – Wine & Cheese Reception

UCSD-UCLA Diabetes Research Center Retreat

February 27, 2018 – 9:00am-7:00pm

UCLA Luskin Conference Center Laureate Auditorium

425 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles,

California 90095 Phone: (855) 522-8252

Driving and Parking Instructions

Take the Interstate-5 North Freeway and merge onto the Interstate-405 North Freeway. Take the Wilshire

Boulevard exit toward Westwood (east) and merge onto Wilshire Boulevard. Turn left onto Westwood

Boulevard (heading north) and proceed onto Westwood Plaza (the plaza is at the end of Westwood Blvd. in

the heart of the UCLA campus). The UCLA Luskin Conference Center is located on the left.

The Parking Kiosk is located 100 yards south of the Luskin Conference Center on Westwood Blvd.

Parking Options

Self-parking is available underneath the Luskin Conference Center and in UCLA Parking Structure 8,

Level 4, directly across the street from the Center. There is a convenient Pedestrian Walkway/Bridge

connecting Parking Structure 8 (on Level 3) to the Conference Center property. There is a daily fee to park

in either location.

To locate Parking Structure 8, enter the campus by heading north on Westwood Boulevard and make a left

onto the Structure 8 Driveway (located just before the Parking Information Kiosk on Westwood

Boulevard). Proceed up the ramp to Level Four and park in any of the “Pay-by-Space” parking spots. You

will need to purchase parking at a nearby Parking Kiosk.

To access the UCLA Luskin Conference Center via the Pedestrian Walkway/Bridge from Lot 8, take the

east stairs down one level (from Level 4 to Level 3) and cross over Strathmore Place. Elevator access

(located in the northeast corner of Level 3) allows access to the Conference Center via the pedestrian

crosswalk at the traffic light at the intersection of Strathmore Place and Westwood Plaza.

http://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu

METABOLISM GROUP MEETINGS

Event Date: September 20,2017
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: Medical Education and Telemedicine Building Upper Auditorium
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Stephanie Stanford
Organization:UCSD
Department: Medicine
Profile: http://profiles.ucsd.edu/stephanie.stanford
Topic: Diabetes reversal by inhibition of the low-molecular-weight tyrosine phosphatase

Event Date: October 18,2017
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: Medical Education and Telemedicine Building Upper Auditorium
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Peter Tontonoz, M.D.,Ph.D.
Organization: UCLA
Department: Pathology and Labratory Medicine
Profile: http://pathology.ucla.edu/peter-tontonoz
Topic: "The Neurobiology og Body Fat Metabolism: Lessons from C.Elegans"

Peter Tontonoz Event Date: November 8,2017
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: Medical Education and Telemedicine Building Upper Auditorium
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Supriya Srinivisian, Ph.D.
Organization: The Scripps Research Institute
Department: Molecular Medicine
Profile: https://www.scripps.edu/research/faculty/srinivasan
Topic: "The Neurobiology of Body Fat Metabolism:Lessons form C.Elegans"

Event Date: December 14,2017
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: Medical Education and Telemedicine Building Upper Auditorium
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Andrea Hevener, Ph.D.
Organization: UCLA
Department: Molecular Medicine
Profile: http://www.mbi.ucla.edu/faculty/andrea-hevener/
Topic: Strong enough for a man,made for a woman:The impact of ERa on mitochondrial and metabolic health

Event Date: January 17,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Michael Karin, Ph.D.
Organization: UCSD
Department: Pharmacology
Profile: http://profiles.ucsd.edu/michael.karin
Topic: TBA

Richard Bergman Event Date: February 21,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Rich Bergman, Ph.D.
Organization: Cedars-Sinai, Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute
Department: Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
Profile: http://bio.csmc.edu/view/15002/Richard-Bergman.aspx
Topic: TBA

Event Date: March 14,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Simon Schenk, Ph.D.
Organization: UCSD
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Profile: http://profiles.ucsd.edu/simon.schenk
Topic: TBA

Event Date: April 18,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Karen reue, Ph.D.
Organization: UCLA
Department: Human Genetics
Profile: https://labs.genetics.ucla.edu/reue/members.html
Topic: TBA

Event Date: May 16,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Matthias Von Herrath, M.D.
Organization: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Department: Human Genetics
Profile: http://www.lji.org/faculty-staff/matthias-von-herrath/
Topic: TBA

Event Date: June 20,2018
Time: 1PM - 2PM
Location: TBD
Interactive Map:https://maps.ucsd.edu/map/?id=1005&mrkIid=163876
Speaker: Orian Shirihai, M.D.,Ph.D.
Organization:UCLA
Department: Medicine
Profile: http://medschool.ucla.edu/metabolism/about
Topic: TBA