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The 1st Virtual EASD MASLD Study Group Meeting - May 19-20 and June 1-2, 2020 - Rome, Italy

EASD MASLD Study Group goes virtual because of Covid-19, the beautiful Aegina Island will have to wait!

Meeting is organized as four late afternoon Zoom webinars (Italian time 5-7 pm) sessions to enable participation in all time zones.

Scientific program

Part I 19-20 May

May 19 Tuesday 5-7 pm (Italian time)

"Pathogenesis of MASLD"

Chair: Christopher Byrne, UK

Catherine Postic, France: Molecular drivers of lipogenesis

Anu Suomalainen, Finland: Redox-mediated redirection of systemic metabolism

Kitt Petersen, USA: The Role of Muscle Insulin Resistance in the Development of MASLD

May 20 Wednesday Monday 5-7 pm (Italian time)

"Pathogenesis of fibrosis in MASLD"

Chair: Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni, Italy

Dina Tiniakos, Greece/UK: Fibrosis in MASLD

Sophie Lotersztajn, France: Interplay between macrophages and hepatocytes in the context of fibrosis NASH

Sonia Najjar, USA: Is insulin involved in hepatic fibrosis?

Part II 1-2 June

June 1 Monday 5-7 pm (Italian time)

"Genetics of MASLD"

Chair: Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Finland

Luca Valenti, Italy: New data on genes associated with MASLD

Panu Luukkonen, Finland/USA: Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and mitochondrial metabolism)

Ferdinand Vant Hooft, Sweden: The TM6SF2 variant and hepatic lipoprotein metabolism 

June 2 Tuesday 5-7 pm (Italian time)

"Novel strategies and mechanisms to investigate NASH"

Chair: Paula Macedo, Portugal

Bruno Costa Silva, Portugal: Extracellular vesicles as emerging players in cell-cell communication and diagnostic applications

Piero Pingitore, Sweden: Liver organoids: a tool to investigate Fatty Liver Disease

Ruben Nogueiras, Spain: GPR55, a putative cannabinoid receptor involved in MASLD and NASH

Steering committee

  • Amalia Gastaldelli (Italy) Chair
  • Hannele Yki-Jarvinen (Finland) Vice-Chair
  • Christopher Byrne (UK)
  • Leann Hodson (UK)
  • Paula Macedo (Portugal)
  • Stefano Romeo (Sweden)
  • Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni (Italy)

Scientific secretariat

  • Chiara Saponaro (France)
  • Caroline Bonner (France)

Meeting secretariat

  • Lucrecia Mota (Italy)
  • Yannick Carbonnaux (France)

For information on registration please contact:

There is no registration fee

With the kind support of:

Lilly® and GILEAD

Release date: May 19, 2020 Category: Virtual meeting Posted by: admin
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