Agenda

Join this one-day virtual event to hear from leading biomedical scientists and physicians as they present critical research bridging basic science and liver disease.

Plenary speakers include:

Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD MPH

Institution: Division of Gastroenterology Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School

Lew Cantley, PhD

Institution: Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Presentation Title: Altered liver metabolism confounds the effectiveness of PI3K inhibitors for treating breast and endometrial cancers

Hans Clevers, PhD

Institution: Roche/Hubrecht Institute
Presentation Title: Organoids to model human diseases

Nikla Emambokus, PhD

Institution: Editor-in-Chief, Med; Executive Editor Med, Cell Metabolism

Heather Francis, PhD​

Institution: Indiana University
Presentation Title: Regulation of Chronic Liver Disease and Cholangiopathies by Mast Cells

Stacey Huppert, PhD

Institution: Cincinnati Children’s
Presentation Title: Hepatic Epithelial Development and Plasticity- Identity and Commitment

Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD

Institution: Cincinnati Children’s
Presentation Title: Protecting transplanted cells from immune rejection is the key to unlocking the potential of regenerative medicine

Bao-Liang Song, PhD​

Institution: Wuhan University
Presentation Title: Inhibition of ASGRI decreases lipid levels by promoting cholesterol excretion

Elizabeth K Speliotes MD, PhD, MPH​

Institution: University of Michigan
Presentation Title: Genetic Subtyping of NAFLD

Joseph Takahashi, PhD ​

Institution: UT Southwestern
Presentation Title: Circadian clocks and their importance for metabolism, aging and longevity

Tram Tran, MD

Institution: Chief Medical Officer, Glympse Bio

Giovanni Traverso, MD, PhD

Institution: MIT, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Presentation Title: Explant liver model for drug development

Aubrey Weigel, PhD​

Institution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Presentation Title: Towards Automatic Segmentation of Organelles in vEM

Hao Zhu, MD, PhD

Institution: UT Southwestern
Presentation Title: Clone Wars: Evolution of Adaptation and Malignancy in the liver

Hosted by:

  • Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital

Agenda

November 10, 2022 – Live, on Zoom (times EST)

  • 09:00 – INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS:
    Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT, Irwin Arias, NIH, Lorraine Stiehl, ALF
  • 09:15 – Hao Zhu, University of Texas Southwestern
    Clone Wars: Evolution of Adaptation and Malignancy in the Liver
  • 09:45 – Bao-Liang Song, Wuhan University School of Medicine
    Inhibition of ASGRI decreases lipid levels by promoting cholesterol excretion
  • 10:15 – Heather Francis, Indiana University School of Medicine
    Regulation of Chronic Liver Disease and Cholangiopathies by Mast Cells
  • 10:45 – Microtalks from abstracts (2 slides/3 minutes)
    Joanna Krawczyk, Boston Children’s Hospital, Biddinger lab
    Insulin regulates bile acid metabolism through zone-specific transcriptional programs
     
  • 10:50 – BREAK
  • 11:00 – Stacey Huppert, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
    Hepatic Epithelial Development and Plasticity – Identity and Commitment
  • 11:30 – Hans Clevers, Roche/Hubrecht Institute
    Organoids to model human diseases
  • 12:00 Aubrey Weigel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Towards Automatic Segmentation of Organelles in vEM
  • 12:30 – Microtalks from abstracts (2 slides/3 minutes)
    William (Will) Schneider, Rockefeller, Rice lab
    An RNA-based system to study hepatitis B virus replication and evaluate antivirals
  • 12:35 – BREAK
  • 13:00 – ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ‘Meet Me on the Bridge’
    Irwin Arias, National Institutes of Health
    Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT
    Wolfram Goessling, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Moderator: Nikla Emambokus, Med, Cell Press
  • 13:30 – Elizabeth Speliotes, University of Michigan Health
    Genetic Subtyping of NAFLD
  • 14:00 – Joseph Takahashi, University of Texas Southwestern
    Circadian clocks and their importance for metabolism, aging and longevity
  • 14:30 – Microtalks from abstracts (2 slides/3 minutes)
    Scott Freeburg, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Goessling lab
    Hepatocyte Vitamin D Receptor in the regulation of energy metabolism
    Shuang (Sammi) Wang, Mt Sinai, Friedman lab
    An autocrine signaling circuit in hepatic stellate cells underlies advanced fibrosis
    Sujin Park, Basel, Hall lab
    Transcription factors TEAD2 and E2A globally repress acetyl-CoA synthesis to promote tumorigenesis
  • 14:45 – BREAK
  • 15:00 – Gio Traverso, Harvard Medical School
    Title TBD
  • 15:30 – Sonja Schrepfer, Sana Biotechnology
    Protecting transplanted cells from immune rejection is the key to unlocking the potential of regenerative medicine
  • 16:00 – Lew Cantley, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Altered liver metabolism confounds the effectiveness of PI3K inhibitors for treating breast and endometrial cancers
  • 16:40 – CLOSING COMMENTS: Wolfram Goessling, MGH