Preliminary Schedule

Time Schedule
Thursday, May 5th.
15:00 - 18:00 Arrival and Registration
18:00 - 19:00 Welcome reception and remarks by Gökhan Hotamışlıgil and introduction of the Sabri Ülker Center and the Symposium.
19:00 - 19:45
G-protein coupled receptors, signaling and metabolism
Introduced by Gökhan Hotamışlıgil
Brian Kobilka, Stanford University
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2012
 Speaker Profile & Abstract
20:00 - 23:00 Gala Dinner
Sabri Ülker International Science Award Ceremony
Friday, May 6th.
09:00 - 10:30
Transcriptional regulation of metabolism
Session I: Chair, Kıvanç Birsoy
09:00 - 09:30 Peter Tontonoz, UCLA, HHMI Speaker Profile & Abstract
09:35 - 10.05 Susanne Mandrup, University of Southern Denmark Speaker Profile & Abstract
Rising Star: 10:10 – 10:20 Kıvanç Birsoy, Rockefeller University Speaker Profile & Abstract
10:00 - 10.50 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
10:50 - 12:10
Metabolic mediators and emerging pathways
Session II. Chair, Lale Özcan
10:50 - 11:20 Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin Speaker Profile & Abstract
11:25 - 11:55 Robert Farese, Harvard University, HHMI Speaker Profile & Abstract
Rising Star: 12:00 - 12:10 Lale Özcan, Columbia University Speaker Profile & Abstract
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Viewing
Featuring Emilie Marcus, Cell Press and Elsevier, Editor-in-Chief: "Scientific Journalism, Ethics, and Integrity"
14:00 - 16:00
Organelle function and metabolic signaling
Session III: Chair, Deniz Atasoy
14:00 - 14:30 Laurie Glimcher, Cornell University Speaker Profile & Abstract
14:35 - 15:05 Ira Tabas, Columbia University Speaker Profile & Abstract
Rising Star: 15:10 - 15:20 Deniz Atasoy, Medipol University Speaker Profile & Abstract
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
16:00 - 17:20
Immunometabolic homeostasis and disease
Session IV: Chair, Ebru Erbay
16:00 - 16:30 Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale University, HHMI Speaker Profile & Abstract
16:35 - 17:05 Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil, Harvard University Speaker Profile & Abstract
Rising Star 17:10 - 17.20 Ebru Erbay, Bilkent University Speaker Profile & Abstract