Program

Wednesday, September 3, 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday, September 4, 09:00 - 18:00
Friday, September 5, 09:00 - 12:15

The program will be updated until the conference. 

Wednesday September 3

08:00-08:45    Registration
08:45-09:00    Introduction/purpose of the meeting (organizers); Introduction of the keynote speaker
     
Keynote Speaker:

 
09:00- 09:45 Sir Peter Ratcliffe
New Insights into Oxygen Homeostasis?
     
  09:45- 10:00 Coffee break
     
Session 1: Metabolite-mediated generation of Malignancy
Chair: Sir Peter Ratcliffe
 

 

10:00-10:30
 
Craig Thompson, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
What oncometabolites have taught us about biology
  10:30-11:00
 
Celeste Simon, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Exploiting tumor metabolism for therapeutic gain
  11:00-11:30
 
Sara-Maria Fendt, Professor. PhD, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
Metabolic rewiring driving metastasis formation
  11:30-12:00
 
Russell Jones, PhD, Chair and professor, Van Andel Research Insitute
Metabolic reprogramming of anti-tumor immunity
     
  12:00-13:00 Lunch
     
Session 2: Metabolites and Immune Response
Chair: Jorge Ruas
 
  13:00-13:30
 
Erika Pearce, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Delineating the metabolic signals that direct immune cell differentiation and function
 

13:30-14:00
 

Carl June, MD, The University of Pennsylvania
High-Octane CAR T: Tuning Metabolism for Enhanced Persistence and Potency
  14:00-14:30
 
Marcia Haigis, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Metabolites in cancer and immunity
     
  14:30-15:00 Coffee break
     
  15:00-15:30
 
Luke O’Neill, PhD, Trinity College Dublin
How mitochondria control cytokines
  15:30-16:00
 
Randall Johnson, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
aKG and glutaric acid: a link between control and catabolism
  16:00-16:30
 
Lydia Lynch, Professor, Princeton University
Cytokines as ancient metabolic messengers
  16:30-17:00
 
Marina Kreutz, PhD, University Hospital Regensburg
The immunological Warburg effect – a metabolic checkpoint
     
  17:00-18:00 Reception, drinks and light snacks in Nobel Forum
     

Thursday September 4

Session 3: Metabolites generated by the Microbiome and by Nutrition
Chair: Mikael Rydén
 
  09:00-09:30
 
Harry Sokol, PhD, Sorbonne Université
Gut Microbiota-derived metabolite and intestinal inflammation
  09:30-10:00
 
Sara Vieira-Silva, Professor. Dr, Johannes Gutenberg University
Tracking microbial metabolism in health and disease
  10:00-10:30
 
Max Nieuwdorp, Professor. Dr, Amsterdam UMC
Tryptophan metabolites as modulators of immunological tone in autoimmune DM1
     
  10:30-10:45 Coffee break
     
  10:45-11:15
 
Martin Bergö, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Vice President, Karolinska Institutet
Oxidative stress, antioxidants, and tumor progression
  11:15-11:45 Anna Krook, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
     
  12:00-13:00 Lunch
     
Session 4: Metabolites and energy regulation
Chair: Carolina Hagberg
     
  13:00-13:30
 
Navdeep Chandel, PhD, Northwestern University
Mitochondria signaling in physiology and disease
  13:30-14:00
 
Audrey Carriére, PhD, Restore
Lactate as a redox metabolite supporting non shivering thermogenesis.
  14:00-14:30
 
Joshua Rabinowitz, MD. PhD, Princeton University
Metabolism in action
  14:30-15:00
 
Matthew Vander Heiden, MD. PhD, MIT
Environmental influence on cancer metabolism
     
  15:00-15:30 Coffee break
     
Session 5: Metabolites and organismal metabolism
Chair: Anna Krook
     
  15:30-16:00
 
David James, Professor, The University of Sydney
Probing metabolic disease using systems genetics
  16:00-16:30
 
Lydia Finley, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Metabolic control of cell fate decisions
  16:30-17:00
 
Jorge Ruas, Ph.D. University of Michigan
Tryptophan / Kynurenine metabolites in metabolism and mental health
  17:00-17:30
 
Mikael Rydén, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Novel insights into the link between metabolites and white adipose tissue function
     

Friday September 5

Session 6: Metabolites, epigenetics, and post-translational modification
Chair: Randall Johnson
     
  09:00-09:30
 
Sonia Rocha, Professor, University of Liverpool
Mechanisms controlling gene expression in hypoxia
  09:30-10:00
 

Yingming Zhao, Professor, The University of Chicago
Metabolite-Coupled Lysine Acylation Pathways: Lysine L-Lactylation as a Case Study

  10:00-10:30
 
Christian Frezza, Professor, University Hospital of Cologne, CECAD
The role of fumarate hydratase in cancer
     
  10:30-10:45 Coffee break
     
  10:45-11:15
 
Edward Chouchani, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / HHMI
Mass spectrometry and machine learning to identify a cellular cysteine sensor
  11:15-11:45
 
Ralph DeBerardinis, MD/PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Metabolic reprogramming and cancer progression in patients
  11:45-11:50
 
Concluding remarks and farewell from the Organisers
     

Speakers

Martin Bergö
Audrey Carrière
Navdeep Chandel
Edward Chouchani
Ralph DeBerardinis
Sarah-Maria Fendt
Lydia Finley
Christian Frezza
Marcia Haigis
David E. James
Randall Johnson
Russell Jones
Carl June
Marina Kreutz
Anna Krook
Lydia Lynch
Claudio Mauro
Max Nieuwdorp
Luke O'Neill
Erika Pearce
Joshua D. Rabinowitz
Sir Peter Ratcliffe
Sonia Rocha
Jorge Ruas
Mikael Rydén
Celeste Simon
Harry Sokol
Craig Thompson
Matthew Vander Heiden
Sara Vieira-Silva
Yingming Zhao