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The Executive Committee

President
Dr. Peter Clifton
Laboratory Head Nutritional Interve
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
peter.clifton@bakeridi.edu.au

President Elect
Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm Senior Research Fellow Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
karin.jandeleit-dahm@bakeridi.edu.au

Secretary
Dr. Trevor Mori
Department of Medicine
University of Western Australia
tmori@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Treasurer
Assoc. Professor Terri Allen
Senior Research Fellow
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
terri.allen@bakeridi.edu.au

Directors
Professor Peter George
Canterbury Health Laboratories (NZ)

Dr. Heather Medbury
Westmead Hopsital (NSW)

Assoc. Professor Peter Meikle
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (VIC)

Editors
Dr. Alison Heather
The Heart Research Institute (NSW)

Dr. Judy de Haan
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (VIC)

The symposium "High-density lipoproteins: biology and therapeutics" is a satellite of the XVIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (Sydney 2012). It will be held on 30 March - 1 April 2012 in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland, Australia. Further information, registration and abstract submission are available at: www.hdlcairns2012.com.au

The two-day meeting will cover:

  • metabolism of high density lipoprotein
  • the reverse cholesterol transport pathway
  • cellular cholesterol metabolism
  • current status of therapeutic approaches to combat cardiovascular disease through protection against atherosclerosis
  • cell cholesterol trafficking and export in vitro and in vivo
  • clinical aspects of HDL metabolism
  • HDL structure and functions
  • genetics of HDL
  • apolipoproteins - structure and function
  • role of HDL in immunity and inflammation
  • HDL - beyond cardiovascular disease

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE

  • John Chapman (Paris)
  • Sean Davidson (Ohio)
  • John Kastelein (Amsterdam)
  • Dan Rader (Philadelphia)
  • Alan Remaley (Bethesda)
  • Ernst Schaeffer (Boston)
  • Alan Tall (New York)