Symposium_Final_Programme_Inverness_October_2011

							Lipids, Diabetes and Blood Vessels Programme

Wednesday, October 5th 2011

11:30-13:00         Registration and Lunch

Session 1

13:00-13:15         Mr. James Fraser (Vice-Chancellor, University of the Highlands and Islands)
                    Welcome to Delegates

13:15-13:45         Professor Ian Megson (University of the Highlands and Islands)
                    Nanoparticle Induced Inflammation


13:45-14:15         Professor John Petrie (University of Glasgow)
                    How Can We Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Type 1 Diabetes?


14:15-14:45         Professor Catherine Godson (University College Dublin)
                    Lipoxins: Promoting Resolution, Suppressing Fibrosis


14:45-15:30         Coffee Break


Session 2

15:30-16:00         Professor Garry Duthie (The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen)
                    Are Plant-Based Foods a Natural Form of Aspirin?


16:00:-16:30        Professor IrfanRahman (University of Rochester)
                    Oxidative Stress and Lipid Mediators in Inflammation


16:30:-17:00        Professor Helen Colhoun (University of Dundee)
                    Should We Have Lipid Treatment Goals in Type 1 Diabetes?


19:00-19:45         Pre-Dinner Drinks (Inverness Town House)


19:45-11:00         Civic Dinner (Inverness Town House)
Lipids, Diabetes and Blood Vessels Programme

Thursday, October 6th 2011

Session 3

09:25-09:30         Welcome and Announcements


09:30 -10:00        Professor Michael Wakelam (Babraham Institute, Cambridge)
                    Analysing Signalling Lipids by Mass Spectrometry

10:00-10:30         Professor Amrita Ahluwalia (Barts and The London Medical School)
                    Inorganic Nitrate/Nitrite and the Cardiovascular System


10:30-11:15         Coffee Break


Session 4

11:15-11:45         Professor Adriano Rossi (University of Edinburgh)
                    Lipids as Regulators of the Resolution of Inflammation


11:45-12:15         Professor Manuel Mayr (King’s College London)
                    Combining Lipidomics and Proteomics to Unravel New Clues for
                    Cardiovascular Pathologies


12:15-12:45         Professor Michael Frenneaux (University of Aberdeen)
                    Modulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism as a Therapy for Heart Muscle Diseases


12:45-13:00         Close of Meeting


13:00-14:00         Lunch