Lipid regulation of cell stress and death
Rutgers Center for Lipid Research Symposium
November 7, 2025
Program
8:30 a.m. Registration (coffee/tea and poster set up)
8:50 a.m. Laura Lawson (Executive Dean, SEBS) and George M. Carman (Director, RCLR)
Welcome and introductions
Session I Chair: Harini Sampath (Department of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS)
9:00 a.m. Scott Dixon (Stanford University)
Palmitate-dependent non-apoptotic cell death
9:40 a.m. Yumi Imai (University of Iowa)
Traffic control of lipids to protect pancreatic islets from nutrient stress
10:20 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Trainee Flash talks – 3 mins each chosen from abstracts
Moderator: Christy Gliniak (Department of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS)
11:45 a.m. RCLR Annual Picture – IFNH Lobby
12 noon Lunch and posters
Session II Chair: Igor Shmarakov (Department of Animal Sciences, SEBS)
2:00 p.m. Valerian Kagan (University of Pittsburgh; Columbia University)
Redox Lipidomics of Ferroptotic Regulated Death Program for Elimination of the Unnecessary
2:40 p.m. Wenwei Hu (Rutgers Cancer Institute)
The Alteration of Hepatic Pparα and Lipid Metabolism in Cancer Cachexia
3:20 p.m. Harini Sampath and George M. Carman
Awards and Conclusion
3:30 p.m. Depart