Invited Speakers

Nicolas G. Bazan, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Executive Research Council, Translational Research Initiative
Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Email: NBazan@lsuhsc.edu
Modulation of neuroinflammatory gene expression by neuroprotectin D1 in
Alzheimer's disease
 
Yong Q. Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Basic Science Director of Prostate Center of Excellence
Associate Director of the Cell Growth & Survival Program
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Email:  yqchen@wfubmc.edu
Genome, Lipidome and proteome analysis of the Lipid-producing Fungus Mortierella alpina
 
Joan Claria, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona Medical School
Barcelona, Spain
Email: JCLARIA@clinic.ub.es
Omega-3-Pufa-Derived Mediators Minimize Obesity-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance
 
Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego                     
La Jolla, CA
Email: edennis@ucsd.edu
Analysis of Eicosanoid Fluxes through Lipidomics Analysis and Application to Inflammation
 
Susan M. Fischer, Ph.D.
Professor of Carcinogenesis
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Science Park-Research Division
Smithville, TX
Email: smfischer@mdanderson.org
COX-2-driven pancreatitis and pancreatic adenocarcinoma
 
Karsten Gronert, Ph.D.
Solon M. and Pearl A. Braff Chair in Clinical Optometric Science
University of California, Berkley
Berkley, CA
Email: kgronert@berkeley.edu
Impact of Dietary w-3 and w-6 PUFA on DHA-derived Protective Autacoid Circuits
 
Yusuf Hannun, M.D.
Ralph F. Hirschmann Professor & Chairman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Email: hannun@musc.edu
Bioactive sphingolipids in inflammatory responses
 
Kenneth V. Honn, Ph.D.
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
Detroit, MI
Email: k.v.honn@wayne.edu
B4 integrin ligation regulates 12 lipoxygenase activity through src kinase pathway
 
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Email: yigarash@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp
Ceramide as a regulatory molecule in skin functions
 
Laszlo Nagy, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Head, Debrecen Clinical Genomics Center
University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
Email: nagyl@dote.hu
Nuclear receptors link lipid metabolism and inflammation in dendritic cells
 
Viswanathan Natarajan Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine &
Director of Lipidomics Facility
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Email: vnataraj@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Lyase is a Novel Target for Sepsis-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury

Abby L. Parrill, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 
Email: aparrill@memphis.edu
Discovering Autotaxin Inhibitors
 
Nigel Pyne, Ph.D.
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Email:  n.j.pyne@strath.ac.uk
Role of cross communication beteween HER2, S1P receptors and sphingosine kinase 1 in breast cancer
 
Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 
Email: cnserhan@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu
Novel Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators in Acute Inflammation
 
Gabor Tigyi, M.D., Ph.D.
Harriet Van Vleet Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Memphis, TN
Email: gtigyi@physio1.utmem.edu
Lysophosphatidic Acid in Cancer Chemo- and Radiation-Resistance
 
Laszlo Vigh, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Biological Research Center
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Szeged, Hungary
Email: vigh@brc.hu
Stress protein response from membranes and back to membranes: lipid rafts at the crossroad

Akihito Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
Osaka University
Osaka, Japan
Email: akihito@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp
Sphingosine 1-phosphate Exporter Spins2