Metabolic Efficiency 2010 Symposium

This Symposium is a satellite meeting of OzBio 2010 and is sponsored by CSIRO and the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The aims of this symposium are to better understand and exploit a fundamental concept of life the regulation of energy acquisition, storage and use.

The cross-species approach we are encouraging will provide unique insights into the core principles of metabolic regulation that impact many human diseases as well as sustainability of our food supply.

The aims of this symposium are to better understand and exploit a fundamental concept of life the regulation of energy acquisition, storage and use.

The Symposium will be structured around several themes:

• the concept of metabolic efficiency
• molecular regulation
• the role of mitochondria
• impact of epigenetic factors
• contribution of the gut microbiome
• evolutionary conservation
• inflamation and metabolism
• systems biology.

Presentations will also be selected from submitted abstracts.

Awards will be presented for the best student poster.

Symposium speakers

• Dr Ian Colditz, CSIRO Livestock Industries
  Areas of expertise Metabolic effects of host defense responses
• Prof Michael Cowley, Monash University
  Areas of expertise Cellular and neural circuitry responses to signals of energy status
• Prof Mark Febbraio, Baker IDI
  Areas of expertise Role of inflammation in muscle energy metabolism
• Dr Victoria Haritos, CSIRO Entomology
  Areas of expertise Comparative enzymology and physiology of energy storage and utilisation pathways between insects and other organisms
• Dr Nick Hudson, CSIRO Livestock Industries
  Areas of expertise A systems-based approach to understanding metabolic efficiency
• Prof David James, Garvan Institute, University of New South Wales
  Areas of expertise Glucose transporters
• Prof Bruce Kemp, St Vincent`s Institute, University of Melbourne
  Areas of expertise Molecular mechanisms in energy regulation particularly the AMP-kinase axis and its function as an energy switch
• Prof Caroline McMillen, University of South Australia, VC Research
  Areas of expertise Sheep models of obesity and an interest in the epigenetics of energy balance, particularly during pregnancy
• Prof Mark Morrison, CSIRO Livestock Industries
  Areas of expertise The interface between the gut microbiome and metabolism
• Prof George Muscat, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
  Areas of expertise Orphan ligand-activated transcription factors regulating metabolism.
• Assoc. Prof Wayne Pitchford, The University of Adelaide
  Areas of expertise Comparative analysis of feed efficiency in different species
• Prof Stephen Simpson, The University of Sydney
  Areas of expertise Systems approaches to understanding energy balance.

Who Should Attend
A wide cross-section of scientists from multiple research fields