Basic Science Program

The preliminary Basic Science Program is listed below.
Friday 5 April
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Registration
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 1:35 PM	Welcome A/Prof Tim Cole
1:35 PM - 3:20 PM	Symposium 1 Control of body weight: Endocrine control of food intake, energy expenditure and metabolism Chair: Chen Chen
1:35 PM	Greg Cooney - Balancing glucose and fat metabolism: a key issue in understanding metabolic disease *presentation not available due to privacy
2:05 PM	Zane Andrews - Metabolic status affects the centrals of ghrelin in energy homeostasis
2.35 PM	Ken Ho - Brown adipose tissue in humans: metabolic renaissance or myth? *presentation not available due to privacy
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Plenary 1 Prof Matt Watt Unwanted Callers and Welcomed Guests: how tissue-cross talk contributes to metabolic disease Chair: Tim Cole *presentation not available due to privacy
5:30 onwards	Pre-dinner drinks and dinner
Saturday 6 April
8:20 AM - 9:00 AM	"SPECIAL Session - Joint Plenary" Calcium-sensing receptor in health and disease Prof Dolores Shoback
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Symposium 2 Early life programming of body weight and obesity Chair: Nicolette Hodyl
9:00 AM	Magaret Morris - Programming of obesity - maternal and paternal contributions *presentation not available due to privacy
9:30 AM	Beverly Mulhausler - The Early Origins of Obesity: A Matter of Fat?
10:00 AM	Karen Morritz - Prenatal alcohol exposure and metabolic outcomes in adulthood *presentation not available due to privacy
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Mentor Workshop Coordinator: Tim Cole Theme 1: Life outside a PhD – how to be smart about work life balance Dr Nicki Hodyl & A/Prof Karen Moritz Theme 2: Fast tracking your career Prof Matt Watt & A/Prof Jenny Gunton Theme 3: Patent development and entrepreneurial science here and overseas Prof Mark Sleeman Theme 4: How to build a competitive CV A/Prof Tim Cole & Prof Margaret Morris *presentations not available due to privacy
1:00 PM	Lunch then afternoon break
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	ECR Research Snapshots and pre-dinner drinks Selected from abstracts: PhD, MSc or exceptional honours students/3 years after PhD
Sunday 7 April
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Metabolic and Endocrine Consequences of Obesity Chair: Belinda Henry
8:00 AM	Jenny Gunton - Metabolic and Endocrine Costs of Obesity
8:25 AM	Mark Sleeman - TGFbeta signalling and type II diabetes *presentation not available due to privacy
8:50 AM	Frederick Steyn - Growth hormone and obesity: A healthy response to an unhealthy condition *presentation not available due to privacy
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM	Morning Tea
9:40 - 10:50 AM	Debate - "You're fat: It's your fault!" Chair: Emma Duncan
FOR	Dr Spiros Fourlanos & Prof Brian Oldfield
AGAINST	Prof Daniel Marks & Prof Iain Clarke
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Plenary 2 Prof Daniel Marks Hypothalmic inflammation in chronic disease Chair: Prof Ken Ho *presentation not available due to privacy
12:00 PM	Meeting Close Belinda Henry