Circadian Biology and Sleep: Missing Links in Obesity and Metabolism

摘要

The 2009 Pennington Scientific Symposium entitled 'Circadian Biology and Sleep': Missing Links in Obesity and Metabolism. Was held at the Lod Cook Conference Center on the Louisiana State University Campus on 4/27-28, 2009. Over 25 invited speakers and their guests together with approximately 15 to 20 faculty members from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center attended the sessions which integrated current findings in the fields of circadian biology, metabolism, nutrition, and sleep. In addition to the keynote address by Dr. Joseph Takahashi, a total of 14 full talks and 2 short talks were presented. A round-table discussion was conducted at the conclusion of each day's meeting. Each speaker was given the option to submit his/her talk in manuscript format to the journal Obesity Reviews; over 75% of the speakers have indicated that they will publish in this special supplement issue.