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Obesity: Developmental Origins and Environmental Influences

Spring Symposium - 20 February 2004 - Searle Center, Lecture Hall

Duke University Integrated Toxicology Program
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS

8:45 to 9:00 Welcome and Introduction  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/heindel/)
9:00 to 9:30 Overview of Clinical Perspectives and
Mechanisms of Obesity  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/collins/)
Sheila Collins, Ph.D.
Duke University
9:30 to 10:00 Adipocyte Development and Signaling Control  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/lane/)
M. Daniel Lane, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
10:00 to 10:15 Break
10:15 to 10:45 Birthweight, Obesity and Fat Distribution  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/rogers/)
Imogen Rogers, Ph.D.
University of Bristol, UK
10:45 to 11:15 Toxic Impacts on Fetal Programming and Obesity
William Slikker, Ph.D.
National Center for Toxicological Research
11:15 to 11:45 Fetal Nicotinic Overload, Blunted Sympathetic Responsivity and Obesity  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/levin/)
Edward Levin, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
11:45 to 1:00 Lunch
1:00 to 1:30 Kinetic Model of TCDD Effects and Obesity  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/deVito/)
Michael DiVito, Ph.D.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1:30 to 2:00 Imprinted Genes and Transposons: Genetic and Epigenetic Targets of Obesity  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/jirtle/)
Randy Jirtle, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
2:00 to 2:30 Genestein Effects on Adipocyte Signaling
Anne Harmon, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:30 to 2:45 Break
2:45 to 3:15 Estrogen and Phytoestrogen Regulations of Adipocyte Development and Function  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/cooke/)
Paul Cooke, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
3:15 to 3:45 Estrogenic Compounds and Fat Cells: In Vivo Studies  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/vomSaal/)
Frederick S. vom Saal, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
3:45 to 4:15 Developmental Exposure to Estrogenic Compounds and Obesity  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/2004/stats/newbold/)
Retha Newbold, Ph.D.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
4:15 to 5:00 Discussion

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