ISMRM Workshop Series • 21-24 July 2019

ISMRM Workshop on
MRI of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders
Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore

Preliminary Program

Registration & Setup – Sunday, 21 July 2019
16:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available until 18:00
17:00 Opening Reception
Informal Poster Session
19:00 Informal Talk (Introduction by S. Velan) Patrick Cozzone, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
Singapore
19:30 Adjourn
 
Day 1 – Monday, 22 July 2019
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Breakfast on Own
08:00
 Welcome Address & Remarks
Logistics & Housekeeping		 Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair)
Columbus, OH, USA

Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (Co-Chair)
Singapore

Patrick Cozzone, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
Singapore
 
Session 1: Diabetes & Insulin Resistance
Moderators: Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D. & Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
08:45 Type 2 Diabetes in Asia: Is It Really Different? Tai E. Shyong, Ph.D., FRCP, MRCP, M.B. Ch.B.
National University of Singapore
Singapore
09:15 Ectopic Fat & Cardiometabolic Disease Risk in Caucasian, African-American & Latino Youth: Effects of Sex, Race & Ethnicity Gabriel Shaibi, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA
09:45 Break & Speaker Upload Available
Group Photo
 
Session 2: Recent Advances in Water-Fat MRI
Moderators: Diego Hernando, Ph.D. & Charles McKenzie, Ph.D.
10:30 State-of-the-Art Methods & Emerging Techniques for Quantitative MRI of Fat Holden Wu, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
11:00 MRI Fat Biomarker Quantification: Methods & Applications of Advanced Fat Signal Modeling Pernilla Peterson, Ph.D.
Lund University
Malmö, Sweden
11:30 Quantitative Biomarker Imaging & Analysis in NASH Clinical Trials (PDFF & MR Elastography) Michael S. Middleton, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, USA
12:00 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 3: Brown/Beige/Brite Adipose Tissue
Moderators: Rosa Tamara Branca, Ph.D. & Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
13:30 Brown & Browning Adipose Tissues: Metabolic Significance Barbara Cannon, Ph.D.
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
14:00 MR Detection of BAT: Opportunities & Limitations Rosa Tamara Branca, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
14:30 Stem Cell Factors for Adipocyte Maturation & Browning Shigeki Sugii, Ph.D.
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
Singapore
15:00 BAT Imaging Techniques Using Non-MRI Methods Melvin Khee Shing Leow, MBBS, MMed, FAMS, FACE, FACP, FRCP
Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
Singapore
15:30 Break & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 4: Power Pitch & Poster Sessions
Moderators: Dimitrios Karampinos, Ph.D. & Jürgen Machann, Ph.D.
16:00 Power Pitch Session
16:30 Poster Session
17:30 Adjourn
18:00 Dinner on own
 
Day 2 – Tuesday, 23 July 2019
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Breakfast on Own
07:50 Housekeeping & Announcements Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D.
  &
Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
08:00 Imaging Zinc Secretion from the Pancreas & Prostate Using Responsive MRI Contrast Agents
(Introduction by P. Cozzone)		 A. Dean Sherry, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
 
Session 5: Muscle & Adipose Tissue
Moderators: Dimitrios Karampinos, Ph.D., Jürgen Machann, Ph.D. & Holden Wu, Ph.D.
08:45 Quantitative Fat Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease: Methods & Applications Hermien Kan, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
09:15 MRS of Intramuscular Lipids: How to & Why Chris Boesch, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
09:45 MR-Based Phenotyping in Metabolic Research Studies: Impact of Whole-Body Adipose & Lean Tissue Distribution Jürgen Machann, Ph.D.
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
10:15 Break & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 6: Imaging Fat in Fetus, Neonates & Children
Moderators: Charles McKenzie, Ph.D. & Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
10:50 MRI of Fat & Metabolism in Pregnancy & Beyond Charles McKenzie, Ph.D.
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
11:00 MRI of the Mechanisms of Fetal Development Penny Gowland, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
11:30 Developmental Determinants of Childhood Adiposity & Body Fat Partitioning Yung Seng Lee, MBBS, MMed, Ph.D., MRCP, FRCPCH, FAMS
National University of Singapore
Singapore
12:00 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 7: MR Elastography (Obesity, Liver & Beyond)
Moderators: Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D. & Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
13:30 Role of MR Elastography in Obesity Era Claude Sirlin, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
14:00 MR Elastography: The Cutting Edge & Remaining Technical Challenges Meng Yin, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
14:30 The Elastography Battle: MRI vs. Ultrasound Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
15:00 Break & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 8: Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Moderators: Rosa Tamara Branca, Ph.D. & Jürgen Machann, Ph.D.
15:30 T.B.A. T.B.A.
15:40 T.B.A. T.B.A.
15:50 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:00 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:10 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:20 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:30 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:40 T.B.A. T.B.A.
16:50 T.B.A. T.B.A.
 
Session 9: Power Pitch & Poster Sessions
Moderators: Rosa Tamara Branca, Ph.D. & Jürgen Machann, Ph.D.
17:00 Power Pitch Session
17:30 Poster Session
18:30 Adjourn
Dinner on Own
 
Day 3 – Wednesday, 24 July 2019
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Breakfast on Own
07:50 Housekeeping & Announcements
08:00 Energy Balance in Over- & Under-nutrition: Past Lessons & Future Directions
(Introduction by P. Cozzone)		 Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Ph.D.
National University of Singapore
Singapore
08:30 Interactions Between Concepts of Pathogenesis & Targets Assessed by MRI & MRS (Introduction by H. Hu & S. Velan) Fritz Schick, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
09:00 Break & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 10: Big Data & "-omics": The Roles of Imaging
Moderators: Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D. & Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
09:30 Bridging Big Data & Imaging Studies for Precision Healthcare

Neerja Karnani, Ph.D.
Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
Singapore
10:00 Automated Body Composition Analysis with Applications in the UK Biobank Study Magnus Borga, Ph.D.
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
10:30 Break for Change in Moderators
 
Session 11: Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Moderators: Jürgen Machann, Ph.D. & Holden Wu, Ph.D.
10:45 T.B.A. T.B.A.
10:55 T.B.A. T.B.A.
11:05 T.B.A. T.B.A.
11:15 T.B.A. T.B.A.
11:25 T.B.A. T.B.A.
11:35 T.B.A. T.B.A.
11:45 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
 
Session 12: Bone & Marrow Adipose Tissue
Moderators: Rosa Tamara Branca, Ph.D. & Dimitrios Karampinos, Ph.D.
13:00 Importance of Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue in Obesity & Metabolic Disorders Dimitrios Karampinos, Ph.D.
Technische Universität München
Munich, Germany
13:10 Quantitative Bone Marrow MRI & MRS: Methods & Applications Stefan Ruschke, Ph.D.
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany
13:40 Relationships Between Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue & Bone Matrix in the Proximal Femur Using MRI Roland Krug, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
 
Session 13: Open Forum/Discussion
14:10 Workshop Summary & Discussion of Future Directions Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D.
  &
Sambasivam Sendhil Velan, Ph.D.
15:00 Adjournment
 

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