International Meeting on Familial Lipodystrophies

2008-12-30T10:39:00.000-08:00

DECLARADO DE INTERÉS SANITARIO POLA CONSELLERIA DE SANIDADE (XUNTA DE GALICIA)

GENERAL INFORMATION

2008-12-30T09:13:00.001-08:00

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English

WEATHER

TRANSPORT

Santiago de Compostela Airport

Lavacolla International Airport, which is Galicia's busiest with international and intercontinental connections, is 12 kilometres from the centre of Santiago. There is a regular bus service during the day, as well as a taxi service, connecting the airport with the city.

Lavacolla, at 12 km. to Santiago, +34 981 547 500, http://www.aena.es/

Airlines operating from Lavacolla Airport:
Iberia.http://www.iberia.com/Aireuropa.http://www.aireuropa.com/Spanair.http://www.spanair.com/
Ryanair. http://www.ryanair.com/Airnostrum. http://www.airnostrum.com/, Airberlin, Clickair, Vueling Airlines

Santiago de Compostela Train Station
There are two direct trains everyday to Madrid (TALGO and Express) and one to Bilbao. There are also daily connections (changing trains once) to Barcelona, Hendaya and Paris and practically all of Spain's main destinations.There are hourly trains to the main destinations along the Atlantic corridor (A Coruña, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo). There is also a direct connection to Ourense.c/ Hórrero, s/n, 902 240 202 and 981 591 859, www.renfe.es

STREET MAP

HOTELS
Hotel Virxe da Cerca (Single Room from 85€)
Hotel Pombal (Single Room from 75€)
Hotel Airas Nunes (Single Room from 60€)
Hotel San Clemente (Single Room from 75€)
Hotel Monumento San Francisco (Single Room from 110€)
Gran Hotel Santiago (Single Room from 75€)

WELCOME

2008-12-26T03:19:00.000-08:00

Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 3-4th April, 2009

Familial lipodystrophies are a group of rare diseases which are characterized by a loss of adipose tissue. Despite its low prevalence since 2000 an important number of papers have spread light upon its ethiopathogeny and pathophysiology. So, both clinicians and basic researchers have put together their efforts in order to get a better understanding of these diseases.
Probably, the majority of familial lipodystrophies are due to nuclear malfuntion. A deep knowledge of nuclear organization and function of several nuclear proteins, including its relationships with other molecules, will be able to advance in the comprehension of these diseases; particularly the reason why adipose tissue is selectively affected in most of them, and questions related with its relationships with aging and with some prevalent diseases as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and hyperlipidaemia.
In this meeting in Santiago de Compostela some of the most prestigious European Scientists in this field will come together in what will be an excellent frame for debating relevant questions related with both clinical and molecular basis of Familial Lipodystrophies.

REGISTRATION

2008-12-26T03:17:00.000-08:00

Registration
lipodistrofias@gmail.com
Deadline: 10th March 2009
Registration Fees : 30 euros

VENUE

2008-12-26T03:16:00.001-08:00

Meeting Venue
Facultade de Medicina: Aula Castealo
Rua de San Francisco s/n
15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Phone: +34647344228

ORGANIZERS

2008-12-26T03:06:00.000-08:00

ORGANIZER COMMITTEE

David Araujo-Vilar

Blanca González-Méndez

Berta Victoria-Martinez

Marta Cuervo

Unidade de Enfermidades Tiroideas e Metabólicas.

Departamento de Medicina

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Sociedad Española de Lipodistrofias

PROGRAM

2008-12-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

Friday, 3rd April 2009

09:00-09:15
Presentation
Prof. J.M. Fraga. Dean of Faculty of Medicine. University of Santiago (Spain)
Prof. D. Araújo-Vilar. Department of Medicine. University of Santiago (Spain)

09:15-09:45
Nuclear organization and familial lipodistrophies
Prof. C. Hutchison School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Durham University (UK)

10:00-10:30
Transcriptional regulation by nucleoplasmic lamins
Prof. R. Foisner. Medical University Vienna (Austria)

10:45-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-11:45
Nuclear envelope abnormalities and progeroid syndromes: from mechanisms to therapies
Prof. C. López-Otín. University of Oviedo (Spain)

12:00-12:30
Clinical features and molecular basis of madibuloacral dysplasia
Prof. G. Novelli. Universitá di Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)

12:45-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:00
Role of prelamin A in familial lipodistrophies
Dr. G. Lattanzi. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Bologne, Italy)

15:15-15:45
Genotype-phenotipe correlations in familial partial lipodistrophy
Dr. C. Vigouroux. Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France)

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-17:00
Regional adipose tissue differences in familial partial lipodystrophy
B. Victoria-Martinez. UETeM. Department of Medicine.Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

17:45-20:30 Visit to Old Town and Cathedral

21:30-23:00 Speakers Dinner

Saturday, 4th April 2009

09:00-09:30
Role of PPARgamma in familial partial lipodystrophy
Prof. H.H. Schmidt. Universitätsklinikum Münster (Germany)

09:45-10-15
Berardinelli-Seip syndrome: lessons from PPARgamma agonists
Dr. M. Cuervo. UETeM. Departmento de Medicina. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:30
Mitochondrial function and lipodystrophies
Prof. F. Villarroya. Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)

11:45-12:15
Using yeast to understand the function of lipodystrophy proteins
Prof. J.M. Goodman. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas, USA)

12:30-12:40
Concluding remarks
Prof. D. Araújo-Vilar

SPEAKERS

2008-12-25T12:42:00.000-08:00

Prof. David Araújo-Vilar
UETeM. Departamento de Medicina. Universidade de Santiago (Spain)

Dr. Marta Cuervo
UETeM. Departamento de Medicina. Universidade de Santiago (Spain)

Prof. Roland Foisner
Department of Medical Biochemistry. Medizinische Universitat Wien (Vienna, Austria)

Prof. Joel M Goodman
Department of Pharmacology. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, USA)

Prof. Chris Hutchison
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Durham University (UK)

Dr Giovanna Lattanzi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. (Bologne, Italy)

Prof Carlos López-Otín
Departmento de Bioquímica. Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)

Prof. Giuseppe Novelli
Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Diagnostica per Immagini. Sezione di genetica. Universitá di Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy)

Prof. Hartmut H. Schmidt
Clinical and Experimental Transplant Hepatology. Universitätsklinikum Münster (Germany)

Berta Victoria-Martinez
UETeM. Departamento de Medicina. Universidade de Santiago (Spain)

Dr. Corinne Vigouroux
Inserm - Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie Site Saint-Antoine (Paris, France)

Prof. Francesc Villarroya
Departamento de Bioquímica i Biología Molecular. Universitat de Barcelona

International Meeting on Familial Lipodystrophies

International Meeting on Familial Lipodystrophies

GENERAL INFORMATION

WELCOME

REGISTRATION

VENUE

ORGANIZERS

SPONSORS

PROGRAM

SPEAKERS