ANNOUNCEMENTS
2010 Award Lecture PRESENTATIONS NOW
available online
Watch each speaker presentation from the comfort of your own desk! Full Schedule
David W. Russell, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Oxysterols: Cholesterol Metabolites of Diverse Function in Mice and Men
“(Russell) has employed imaginative genetic analysis to knock out the individual genes involved and determine the precise role of each enzyme in cholesterol degradation. He has placed a special emphasis on the regulatory aspects and in the process has identified the precise enzymes responsible for several genetically linked diseases. Watch Now
Sarah L. Keller, University of Washington
Amazing feats of membrane lipids: Cases in which proteins are welcome, but not necessary
Sarah Keller, an associate professor at the University of Washington whose research focuses on how changes in membrane lipid composition lead to alterations in physical parameters that potentially modify the activity of membrane proteins, has been named the winner of the 2010 Avanti Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. Watch Now
Full Schedule
Katherine E. Ward – Appointed Web Editor
Katherine E. Ward, Web Editor, Ph.D. Candidate Stahelin Laboratory: Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend and the University of Notre Dame.
As an undergraduate, Katherine E. Ward conducted research in organic chemistry under Dr. Richard Tarka with the goal of synthesizing a stable and reusable cysteine detecting agent. Through encouragement of the university faculty, she applied and was accepted to the NSF Research Experience Program for the summer of 2008 in Biological Nanotechnology at the University of Notre Dame. Working under Dr. Ryan Roeder for the summer, she devised a method for measuring the diffusion of functionalized gold nanoparticles through bovine cortical bone. Upon returning to the University of Central Arkansas, Katherine began working to further investigate the adhesion properties of the ADAM family of proteins under Dr. Lance Bridges. Katherine received her B. S. in Chemistry from the University of Central Arkansas in 2009 and started graduate school in Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 2009. Once at Notre Dame, she began working with Dr. Robert Stahelin to investigate the cytosolic phospholipase A2 family of enzymes as well as other lipid binding proteins in the hopes of better understanding bioactive sphingolipid-protein interactions. Katherine is serving as web editor of the lipid corner website.
Highlights of the Lipid Sessions from the 2010 ASBMB Annual meetings:
Cellular Lipid Movement and Compartmentalized Metabolism
Emerging Concepts in the Physiology and Pathology of Lipid Metabolism
Novel approaches for studying lipid signaling, metabolism and membranes
Structure and Regulation of Lipid Transporters and Metabolizing Enzymes
Have you seen . . . .
We are introducing a new section to the Lipid Corner. “Have You Seen” will contain links to interesting news articles, websites and protocols.
Exploiting the Exploiter
Sandra Schmid: Collaring endocytosis
From Journal of Cell Biology:
Acid sphingomyelinase deals the seal
From Nature Chemical Biology:
Inflammation: Hope for sepsis treatment
The plasma membrane code
Lipids: PI couples voltage to catalysis
From Time Magazine, Health & Science:
Scientists Find a Way to Trigger Fat-Burning Fat
From the LIPD MAPS site:
A role for Orm proteins in sphingolipid homeostasis and childhood asthma.
From Nature reviews
Metabolic Disease: Muscular Fat Burning
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Timothy Hla Appointed to Lead Center for Vascular Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College
NEW YORK (Mar. 19, 2010) — One of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Founded in 1995, Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology is dedicated to biomedical research into vascular disease — specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis — and the contributing role of the vascular system in a wide range of diseases. More . . .
JOB BOARD
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2010 Award Lecture PRESENTATIONS NOW
available online
Watch each speaker presentation from the comfort of your own desk! Full Schedule
David W. Russell, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Oxysterols: Cholesterol Metabolites of Diverse Function in Mice and Men
“(Russell) has employed imaginative genetic analysis to knock out the individual genes involved and determine the precise role of each enzyme in cholesterol degradation. He has placed a special emphasis on the regulatory aspects and in the process has identified the precise enzymes responsible for several genetically linked diseases. Watch Now
Sarah L. Keller, University of Washington
Amazing feats of membrane lipids: Cases in which proteins are welcome, but not necessary
Sarah Keller, an associate professor at the University of Washington whose research focuses on how changes in membrane lipid composition lead to alterations in physical parameters that potentially modify the activity of membrane proteins, has been named the winner of the 2010 Avanti Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. Watch Now
Full Schedule
Katherine E. Ward – Appointed Web Editor
Katherine E. Ward, Web Editor, Ph.D. Candidate Stahelin Laboratory: Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend and the University of Notre Dame.
As an undergraduate, Katherine E. Ward conducted research in organic chemistry under Dr. Richard Tarka with the goal of synthesizing a stable and reusable cysteine detecting agent. Through encouragement of the university faculty, she applied and was accepted to the NSF Research Experience Program for the summer of 2008 in Biological Nanotechnology at the University of Notre Dame. Working under Dr. Ryan Roeder for the summer, she devised a method for measuring the diffusion of functionalized gold nanoparticles through bovine cortical bone. Upon returning to the University of Central Arkansas, Katherine began working to further investigate the adhesion properties of the ADAM family of proteins under Dr. Lance Bridges. Katherine received her B. S. in Chemistry from the University of Central Arkansas in 2009 and started graduate school in Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 2009. Once at Notre Dame, she began working with Dr. Robert Stahelin to investigate the cytosolic phospholipase A2 family of enzymes as well as other lipid binding proteins in the hopes of better understanding bioactive sphingolipid-protein interactions. Katherine is serving as web editor of the lipid corner website.
Highlights of the Lipid Sessions from the 2010 ASBMB Annual meetings:
Cellular Lipid Movement and Compartmentalized Metabolism
Emerging Concepts in the Physiology and Pathology of Lipid Metabolism
Novel approaches for studying lipid signaling, metabolism and membranes
Structure and Regulation of Lipid Transporters and Metabolizing Enzymes
Have you seen . . . .
We are introducing a new section to the Lipid Corner. “Have You Seen” will contain links to interesting news articles, websites and protocols.
Exploiting the Exploiter
Sandra Schmid: Collaring endocytosis
From Journal of Cell Biology:
Acid sphingomyelinase deals the seal
From Nature Chemical Biology:
Inflammation: Hope for sepsis treatment
The plasma membrane code
Lipids: PI couples voltage to catalysis
From Time Magazine, Health & Science:
Scientists Find a Way to Trigger Fat-Burning Fat
From the LIPD MAPS site:
A role for Orm proteins in sphingolipid homeostasis and childhood asthma.
From Nature reviews
Metabolic Disease: Muscular Fat Burning
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Timothy Hla Appointed to Lead Center for Vascular Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College
NEW YORK (Mar. 19, 2010) — One of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Founded in 1995, Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology is dedicated to biomedical research into vascular disease — specifically atherosclerosis and thrombosis — and the contributing role of the vascular system in a wide range of diseases. More . . .
JOB BOARD