Metabolism & Integrative Physiology Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting

Stream: Metabolism & Integrative Physiology

• BAT in the Dark Ages: a biological context for the Renaissance - Greg Cooney
• Fatty shades of brown colour metabolism in humans - Paul Lee
• Molecular determinants of brown/beige fat function - Shingo Kajimura
• Central neural pathways directed to white, brown and transformed brite / beige fat - Nicole M Wiedmann
• Functional significance of rosiglitazone treatment on ß-adrenoceptor function on brite adipocytes derived from inguinal white adipose tissue - Dana S Hutchinson

Stream: Metabolism & Integrative Physiology

• Physiological and clinical impact of obesity in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the role of physical activity: Where to from here? - Nigel Stepto
• Modulation of Pancreatic Islet Oxidative and ER stress with IL-22 to Ameliorate Metabolic Syndrome in Obesity - Michael McGuckin
• Do liver secreted factors link obesity to diabetes? - Matthew J Watt
• Subcutaneous fat transplantation alleviates diet-induced glucose intolerance and inflammation in mice - Michael M. Swarbrick
• Characterisation of the Adiponectin Receptors: Cell-surface expression and signal transduction of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 are palmitoylation-dependent - Jon Whitehead

Stream: Metabolism & Integrative Physiology 

• Hypothalamic pathways for energy intake and expenditure including recent insights into circadian cycles - Herbert Herzog
• The Geometry of Macronutrient Balance - Stephen J Simpson
• Diet intervention in obesity and the role of the microbial landscape - Andrew Holmes
• Postpartum stress during the early postnatal period has long-lasting effects on metabolic profile in rat dams - Margaret Morris
• Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC-1/GDF15), a novel regulator of body weight and appetite and a potential therapeutic for obesity - Vicky Wang-Wei Tsai

• Human gastro-oesophageal adipose tissue (GO fat): A depot enriched in thermogenic beige/brige adipocytes - Michael M. Swarbrick
• Genome wide methylation analysis identifies differentially methylated CpG loci associated with severe obesity in childhood. - Rae-Chi Huang
• O-1602 reduces plasma concentrations of leptin and ghrelin but increases AST, in diet-induced obese rats - Andrew J McAinch
• Elucidating how diet drives gut bacterial composition through computational simulation.  - Mark Read
• Induction of heme-oxygenase (HO-1) does not enhance adiponectin production in human adipocytes: evidence against an HO-1/adiponectin axis - Johanna L Barclay
• Apolipoporotein A-I mimetic peptides improved insulin sensitivity in high fat diet fed mice. - Kristine CY McGrath
• Impaired blood glucose clearance and mitochondrial function induced by high fat diet is improved by exercise and an ‘exercise mimetic’ - Golam Mezbah Uddin
• Ameliorative effect of kaempferol a flavonoid against streptozotocin-generated oxidative stress induced diabetic rats - Chandramohan Govindasamy
• Disruption of glucocorticoid signaling in osteoblasts prevents age-associated metabolic dysfunction in mice - Holger Henneicke
• Bone phenotype of insulin-resistant and insulin-sensitive overweight and obese humans - Katherine Tonks

• Male offspring from obese fathers develop growth defects associated with perturbation of the lipid metabolism. - Virginie Lecomte
• Gastric vagal afferent satiety signals are modulated by endogenous and exogenous oestradiol - Stephen J Kentish
• A gold bullet to treat obesity related metabolic disorders  - Jane PM Ng
• Cortisol response to food intake in men: Influence of overweight and obesity - Anne I Turner
• Sympathetic overactivity and endothelial dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome is independent of obesity and metabolic profile - Elisabeth Lambert
• High dietary fat intake negatively affects bone mass in mice via osteoblastic glucocorticoid signalling - Sarah Kim
• Access to glucose-sweetened yoghurt or solution produces enlarged fat pads in the rat. - Robert A Boakes
• Effects of bariatric surgery on adipokine profile over 12 months in humans - Michelle Isaacs
• Pyloric motility and energy intake responses to intraduodenal fat in lean, overweight and obese humans - Nada Cvijanovic
• Daily cold exposure – a therapy to stimulate beige fat or a recipe for diabesity in mice? - Shu Lin
• Metabolic effects of access to 10% sucrose solution in female rats and transmission of some effects to their offspring - Michael D Kendig