Tuesday, March 20, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
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Lipidomics, the study of a broad range of lipids in the context of a biological system, has exploded in interest within the last few years, due in part to the rapid development of analytical tools such as mass spectrometry. This symposium will highlight the use of mass spectrometry-based lipidomics to answer nutrition and health-related questions, and will address the directions in which lipidomics is moving. The symposium is free and open to all with an interest in lipid metabolism in biology, health, and nutrition.

Agenda

9:00-9:30	Registration
9:30-9:45	Introduction Peter Gillies, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, Rutgers University
9:45-10:15	The Transition From Lipid Analysis to Lipidomics Joseph Dixon, Ph.D., Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
10:15-11:15	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Macrophage and Plasma Lipidomes in Health, Nutrition and Disease Edward Dennis, Ph.D., Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Dept. of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego.
11:15-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Targeted Lipidomic Profiling: A Powerful Nutritional Phenotyping Tool John Newman, Ph.D., USDA/ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center and Dept. of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:15	Unbiased Analysis of Biological Samples for Lipids and Small Molecule Metabolites Serhiy Hnatyshyn, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb
2:15-2:30	Break
2:30-3:15	What's On the Horizon for Lipidomics Paul Baker, Ph.D., Lipid Specialist, ABSciex
3:15-3:30	Final Summary George Carman, Ph.D., Dept. of Food Science and Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, Rutgers University
3:30-4:00	Funding Opportunities in Lipidomics Xenia Morin, Ph.D., Office of Grants Facilitation, Rutgers University

Sponsors:

New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research.