Conferences and symposiums Rolf Luft Symposium 2024

Program

09:00 Introduction, Alan Raffensperger and Kerstin Brismar (chair) 

09:05 Jeffrey Friedman, Rockefeller University, US 
Obesity, Causes and Treatment: The End of the Beginning

09:35 C Ronald Kahn, Harvard Medical School, USA 
Defining The Molecular Basis for Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome 

10:05 Coffee/tea 

10:25 Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, Cambridge University, UK 
Hormones, metabolism and behaviour

10:55 Nils-Göran Larsson, Karolinska Institutet 
How metabolism is impacted by the organization of the respiratory chain 

11:25 Lunch, Svarta Räfven for invited speakers and organizers 

13:00 Introduction, Chair: Kerstin Brismar 

13:05 Rolf Luft Award Ceremony, Marie Arsenian Henriksson, Vice President for Research, KI.

Recipient of Rolf Luft Award: Dame Commander Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford, UK

13:10 The Prize lecture: Frances Ashcroft 
Metabolic regulation of insulin secretion in health and disease 

14:10–14:40 Coffee/tea 

14:40 Rolf Luft Symposium for researchers and clinicians 

Chair: Daniel Andersson 

14:45 Sergiu Catrina, Reduced response to hypoxia as a contributing factor to diabetes complications 

15:00 Lisa Juntti Berggren, ApoCIII and the relation to diabetes 

15:15 Afroditi Barouti, Low Carbohydrate diet in type 1 diabetes, 

15:30 En blick in i Novo Nordisk forskning och utveckling (Novo Nordic future research) TBD 

15:45 Fruktpaus 

16:00 Flash News from ongoing research in Stockholm: 

Peter Ueda, SGLT2i och ketoacidos 
David Nathanson, Monogen Diabetes 
Vladimer Darsalia, Diabetes and Stroke 

16:30 Ylva Trolle Lagerros och Joanna Uddén 
Behandling av obesitas, idag och i framtiden 

17:00 Reflektion 

17:15 – 17.45 Lättare förtäring.

Registration

The Symposium is open and free of charge, please register your attendance via this link