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
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
University Medical Center Hamburg – Eppendorf, Germany
Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
Keynote Speakers

New frontiers in cardiovascular disease
Prof Stefanie Dimmeler
Goethe University Frankfurt
Germany

Obesity through a genetic lens – Dissecting 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