Sponsored by the Department of Molecular Metabolism
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
May 3 @ 12 PM EST
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The Inaugural
Professor Marianne Wessling-Resnick
Distinguished Lecturer
Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD
Francis and Albert Piansky Chair
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor of Biological Chemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
“New pathways in cellular and systemic lipid transport”
About Our Speaker:
Peter Tontonoz is the Frances and Albert Piansky Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Tontonoz received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School. The focus of his laboratory is the control of gene expression by lipids and the role of nuclear receptors in lipid metabolism. Dr. Tontonoz’s work has helped to reveal fundamental mechanisms by which animals maintain cellular and whole-body lipid homeostasis. His laboratory has elucidated pathways for the regulation of lipid uptake, transport, and efflux, and has shown how these pathways impact the function of immune cells and metabolic tissues in both physiology and disease.
Peter Tontonoz is the Frances and Albert Piansky Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Tontonoz received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School. The focus of his laboratory is the control of gene expression by lipids and the role of nuclear receptors in lipid metabolism. Dr. Tontonoz’s work has helped to reveal fundamental mechanisms by which animals maintain cellular and whole-body lipid homeostasis. His laboratory has elucidated pathways for the regulation of lipid uptake, transport, and efflux, and has shown how these pathways impact the function of immune cells and metabolic tissues in both physiology and disease.
About the Professor Marianne Wessling-Resnick Distinguished Lecture Series
This lecture series offered by the Department of Molecular Metabolism at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is named in honor of Dr. Marianne Wessling-Resnick, to remember her contributions to the scientific community. Dr. Marianne Wessling-Resnick was known for her research on metal metabolism and in particular genetic disorders of iron metabolism. Her groundbreaking studies implicated iron disorders in neurotoxicity, with possible relation to an etiology of Alzheimer’s disease. Marianne also leaves behind a legacy of dedicated mentoring: to honor her commitment to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, this lecture series features speakers who have been chosen by the trainees of the Department of Molecular Metabolism.
