Translational Research and the 40th Anniversary Symposium of the Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior

摘要

The 40th anniversary of the Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior, which had it first meeting March 9, 1972, was celebrated on March 1, 2012, with a symposium whose theme was translational research. The choice of the seven speakers was based on their long standing and continuing affiliation with the seminar and their interconnected research paths which illustrate how this recurrent theme has sustained the seminar for 40 years. The goal was to show how animal and human work have complemented one another and led to some significant break-throughs in our understanding of how the brain, peripheral nervous system, gut, hormones, metabolism, and adipose tissue contribute to the control of appetite, food intake, and body weight.