Scientific programme 2027

European Lipoprotein Club 50th Anniversary Scientific Programme

50 Years of Lipid and Lipoprotein Research at ELC

A special joint keynote session reflecting on the past 25 years of lipoprotein and lipid research, presented by four internationally active researchers with a long-standing history with the European Lipoprotein Club.

Speakers: Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Jörg Heeren, Dagmar Kratky and Patrick Rensen
Chair: David Bowyer, first secretary of the ELC

Ruth Frikke-Schmidt
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Jörg Heeren
University Medical Center Hamburg – Eppendorf, Germany
Dagmar Kratky
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Patrick Rensen
Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands

Keynote Speakers

New frontiers in cardiovascular disease

Prof Stefanie Dimmeler
Goethe University Frankfurt
Germany

Obesity through a genetic lensDissecting mechanisms and translating insights

Prof Ruth Loos
University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Beyond lipoproteins in resolving atherosclerosis

Prof Edward Fischer
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
USA

Studying metabolism and disease using new OMICS approaches

Prof Nathalie Krahmer
Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center
Germany

Fatty acid binding proteins in metabolism and inflammation

Prof Gökhan Hotamışlıgil
Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
USA