Event by Novo Nordisk Foundation Science Cluster

    Conference: Metabolism in Action

    The goal of this meeting is to bring together leading experts with the brightest post-doctoral and doctoral students, to create an inspiring, international, and open environment to explore the influence of molecular and tissue-specific regulation of metabolism.

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    11-15 September 2022

    Metabolism in Action - From Genome to Function

    The goal of this meeting is to bring together leading experts with the brightest post-doctoral and doctoral students, to create an inspiring, international, and open environment to explore the influence of molecular and tissue-specific regulation of metabolism.

     

    Application for the conference is now closed.

    Practical information

    Conference venue
    The conference takes place at the lovely Conference Center Favrholm in Hillerød.
    The address is: Roskildevej 58, 3400 Hillerød.

    Participants will be staying at Hotel Hillerød and Pharmakon during the conference.
    The address is for Hotel Hillerød: Milnersvej 41, 3400 Hillerød.
    The address is for Pharmakon: Milnersvej 42, 3400 Hillerød

    We have arranged for shuttle busses to transport participants back and forth from the hotel.

    Date & time
    The official program starts on Sunday September 11 at 17.30PM.
    The official depature date is Thursday September 15 at 09:00AM.

    All participants will receive more practical information incl. hotel information in August.

    Programme
    Please find the programme for the conference here.

    Poster overview
    Please find the poster overview here.

    How to get there

    Getting there from Copenhagen Kastrup Airport by taxi:

    The drive is 45 minutes and the price is around 1000 DKK. The taxi stand is in P8 on your right hand when you enter the arrival hall and all taxies take major credit cards.

    Getting there from Copenhagen Kastrup Airport by train and bus:

    Plan your journey on www.rejseplanen.dk/en. Travel time is 1.5 hour and the price is 100 DKK. The metro leaves from platforms in the end of the arrival hall. You have to buy your ticket before you enter the train at DSB ticket sales or at the automatic ticket machines both in the arrival hall. Take the train to Hillerød station. To get from Hillerød station to Favrholm you can take the bus 600S or a taxi. From Hillerød station you can take bus 600S or a taxi to get to both Hotel Hillerød or Favrholm.

    Be aware that you have to cover the travel expenses from the airport to Hillerød yourself.

    For more practical details about the conferences, please click here.

     

    Organizing committee – Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

    • Camilla Schéele
    • Juleen R. Zierath
    • Kei Sakamoto
    • Romain Barrès
    • Ruth Loos
    • Zach Gerhart-Hines

    Speakers

    Alan Saltiel UC San Diego
    Bruce Spiegelman Harvard University
    Claudia Langenberg University of Cambridge
    Emma Ahlqvist Lund University Diabetes Centre
    Evan D. Rosen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Fiona Gribble University of Cambridge
    Gad Asher Weizmann Institute of Science
    John Speakman University of Aberdee
    Katrien De Bock ETH Zürich
    Kristina Schoonjans Schoonjans Lab - Laboratory of Metabolic Signaling
    Lori Sussel University of Colorado
    Madan Babu St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    Marc Donath University of Basel
    Marcelo Nobrega University of Chicago
    Martin Myers University of Michigan
    Melina Claussnitzer Broad Institute
    Michael N. Hall BioZentrum, University of Basel
    Michael W. Schwartz UW Medicine Diabetes Institute
    Rana Gupta Duke University
    Thomas A. Rando Stanford University School of Medicine

    Conference topics

    Conference topics

    Cell type heterogeneity in metabolic health and disease
    Genomics of metabolic disease
    Incretins, hormones and metabolic homeostasis
    Neurobiology of energy metabolism
    Exercise biology and tissue cross-talk
    Circadian biology
    Influence of the microbiome and infection on metabolic health
    Adipose plasticity and communication
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