"Social and psychological aspects of obesity"

Psychological and social aspects have a very important influence on the development and treatment of obesity. This module will familiarize students with current research in this field such as psychological studies and functional magnet resonance imaging.
The seminar will take place in Leipzig from 6 to 10 July 2015.

Schedule

Monday, 6 July 2015

09:00–10:00	Brain and behavior in obesity Annette Horstmann
10:15–11:15	Neurobiology of obesity Burkhard Pleger
11:30–13:00	Practical demonstration of behavioral experiments

 

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

09:00–09:45/ 10:00–10:45	Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Jane Neumann
11:00–12:00	Eating and emotions Burkhard Pleger/Juliana Melasch
12:00–12:30	Modulation of eating behavior by means of non-invasive brain stimulation Felicitas Grundeis

 

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

09:00–13:00

Aging and obesity (lecture and lab course) Veronica Witte

 

Thursday, 9 July 2015

09:00–10:00

Stigma and obesity Claudia Sikorski

Setup:

Maximum number of participants: 12

Credit points: 1 (non-graded)

Venue: Max Planck Institute for Cognition and Brain Science, Stephanstraße 1a

If you want to attend the seminar, please register until 8 June by sending an e-mail to  Anja Pohl.

First International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Centre 1052

The CRC 1052 holds its first International Symposium on August 26 and 27 in Leipzig - in collaboration with the 11th NPY-PYY-PP Meeting (August 22–26).

 The symposium focuses on the following topics:

• Central control of energy homeostasis
• Feeding and obesity
• Brown adipose tissue
• Adipokines
• Highlights in obesity - metabolism research in Germany.

Confirmed speakers at the symposium are: 

• Triantafyllos Chavakis (Dresden)
• Michael Cowley (Clayton)
• Hans-Peter Hammes (Mannheim)
• Herbert Herzog (Sydney)
• Antje Körner (Leipzig)
• Peter Kovacs (Leipzig)
• Hendrik Lehnert (Lübeck)
• Alexander Pfeifer (Bonn)
• Tim Schulz (Potsdam)
• Yu-Hua Tseng (Boston)
• Kohjiro Ueki (Tokyo)
• Siegfried Ussar (Munich)

The schedule of the symposium can be found here.

The symposium takes place at the Penta Hotel Leipzig.

For more information please contact Anja Pohl.

"Special aspects of obesity"

 Schedule

Monday, 7 September 2015

9:00–10:30	Size matters–at least for adipose tissue Matthias Blüher
10:45–12:15	Brown adipose tissue John Heiker
13:15–14:15	Obesity: Effects on lipid metabolism and cardiovascular disease Ralph Burkhardt

 

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

9:00–13:00

Inflammation on the cellular level (lab course) Anja Saalbach/Sandra Franz

 

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

9:00–9:45/ 10:00–10:45	Inflammation Martin Gericke
11:00–12:30	The melanocortin system in appetite regulation Torsten Schöneberg
12:45–13:30	Regulation of adipose tissue accumulation and obesity in children Kathrin Landgraf

 

Thursday, 10 September 2015

9:00–9:30	What is problem-based learning (PBL) and how does it work? Assaf Rudich
9:30–10:30	Experience PBL session through case "Doctor, what is my obesity-related risk, and can you estimate it and treat me without surgery?" Assaf Rudich/Tal Pecht
11:00–11:50	Circulating leucocytes on the immune–metabolic junction Tal Pecht
12:00–12:50	Liver miRNAs as potential drivers in obesity reversal Assaf Rudich

Set up:

Venue: Max-Bürger-Forschungszentrum, Johannisallee 30

Maximum number of participants: 10

Credit points: 1 (non-graded)

If you want to attend the course, please register by sending an e-mail to Anja Pohl by 12 August.

Seminar "Therapeutics targeting obesity"

This course will give an overview of the research for drug targets and drug development in obesity and related diseases. Therapeutic strategies including surgery intervention will be discussed.

Schedule

Monday, 2 November 2015

9:00–10:30	Leipzig Obesity Management Sarah Victoria Schwalm
10:45–12:15	Bariatric surgery Arne Dietrich
13:15–14:15	Dietetic treatment of obese patients Tatjana Schütz

 

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

9:00–10:30	Pharmacotherapy of obesity Matthias Blüher
10:45–12:15	Clinical studies with Leptin in treating obesity Mathias Faßhauer

 

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

9:00–10:30	Endocannabinoids–Targeting points in treating obesity Marco Koch
10:45–12:15	"Grünau bewegt sich" – An obesity prevention program for children/ Challenges in treating children for obesity Ulrike Spielau

Set up:

Venue: tbd

Credit points: 1 (non-graded)

If you want to attend the course, please register by sending an e-mail to Anja Pohl by 2 October.