Events Calendar
RECENT EVENTS
The Role of Omega 3 Fatty Acids on Vascular Biology, Vascular Inflammation, Hypertension, Dyslipidem
November 16th
Floyd (Ski) Chilton, PhD presented "The Role of Omega 3 Fatty Acids on Vascular Biology, Vascular Inflammation, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, and Cardiovascular Disease" at the 11th Annual Hypertension Symposium in Nashville, TN.
Cholesterol Esterification in Heart Disease
November 8th
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "Cholesterol Esterification in Heart Disease" as the General Clinical Research Center Seminar, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC.
Fatty acid induced gene expression in humans
November 1-3rd
Kelly Weaver, Molecular Medicine graduate student working on project 3, presented "Fatty acid induced gene expression in humans at the 41st Annual Southeastern Regional Lipid Conference, Cashiers, NC. Co-authors were Priscilla Ivester, Arta M. Monjazeb, Kevin P. High, and Floyd (Ski) Chilton, all of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Trans Fatty Acids: Their Influence on Sugar and Fat in CHD
October 30-31
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "Trans Fatty Acids: Their Influence on Sugar and Fat in CHD" to the 2006 Pennington Scientific Symposium, Botanicals and Cardiometabolic Risk, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Rudel served as a symposium co-chair.
The Role of Dietary Fatty Acids in Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Disease
October 26th
Floyd (Ski) Chilton, PhD, presented "The Role of Dietary Fatty Acids in Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Disease" to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA.
A Practical Approach to Today’s Treatments for Dyslipidemia: Newly Diagnosed Patients
October 25th
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "A Practical Approach to Today's Treatments for Dyslipidemia: Newly Diagnosed Patients" to the Cardiology Fellows Seminar at Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC.
Annual Symposium on The Role of Dietary Fatty Acids in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disea
October 24th
Center for Botanical Lipids hosted the First Annual Symposium on The Role of Dietary Fatty Acids in the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases held at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (read more... ).
Regulation of Inflammation and Innate Immunity by Phospholipase A2
October 18th
Jonathan Arm, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, and PI of CBL Project 4 presented "Regulation of Inflammation and Innate Immunity by Phospholipase A2" to Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Pilot Project Grants Deadline
October 16th
Deadline for submission of Pilot Project Grants.
ACAT2 - The Source of Atherogenic Cholesteryl Esters
October 4&6th
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "Why Monounsaturated Fat Offers Little Protection Against Atherosclerosis" and "ACAT2 - The Source of Atherogenic Cholesteryl Esters" at The Australian Atherosclerosis Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Couran Cove, Queensland, Australia.
The Role of ACAT2 in LDL Composition and Atherosclerosis
October 3rd
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "The Role of ACAT2 in LDL Composition and Atherosclerosis" at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Use of mouse molecular genetics to understand the pathogenesis of Tangier disease
September 27th
John Parks, PhD, presented "Use of mouse molecular genetics to understand the pathogenesis of Tangier disease" to the North Carolina Central University, Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, Durham, NC.
The Role of Liver ABCA1 Transporter in Determining Tangier Disease Lipid Phenotype
September 20th
John Parks, PhD, presented "The Role of Liver ABCA1 Transporter in Determining Tangier Disease Lipid Phenotype" as the General Clinical Research Center Seminar, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC.
The role of dietary fatty acids in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease
September 18th
Floyd (Ski) Chilton, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Director of the Center for Botanical Lipids, and PI of CBL Project 3 presented "The role of dietary fatty acids in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease" to the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Central Role of ACAT2 in Atherosclerosis
September 13th
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "The Central Role of ACAT2 in Atherosclerosis" to the Department of Science and Pharmacology, Universita Degli Studi Di Milano, Italy
Monounsaturated Fats Do Not Protect Against Atherosclerosis: A Molecular Explanation
September 11th
Larry Rudel, PhD, presented "Monounsaturated Fats Do Not Protect Against Atherosclerosis: A Molecular Explanation" at the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
CLA activates cell signals that cause human adipocyte delipidation” to the CBL monthly seminar
September 4th
Larry Rudel, PhD, Professor of Pathology/Lipid Sciences, PI of Project 1 presented "Michael K. McIntosh, PhD, RD, the L.S. Keker Excellence Professor from the Department of Nutrition at UNC-Greensboro, presented "CLA activates cell signals that cause human adipocyte delipidation" to the CBL monthly seminar." to State of the Art Lecture at The European Lipoprotein Club 29th Annual Meeting, Tutzig, Germany
CLA activates cell signals that cause human adipocyte delipidation
August 17th
Michael K. McIntosh, PhD, RD, the L.S. Keker Excellence Professor from the Department of Nutrition at UNC-Greensboro, presented "CLA activates cell signals that cause human adipocyte delipidation" to the CBL monthly seminar.
Analysis of macrophage-specific Abca1 knockout mice
July 2-7
John Parks, PhD, Professor of Pathology/Lipid Sciences, PI of Project 2 presented "Analysis of macrophage-specific Abca1 knockout mice" as an invited Speaker and Session Chair at the Lipoprotein Gordon Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
