The FIFTH Lausanne Integrative Metabolism and Nutrition Alliance (LIMNA) symposium was held on April 25, 2016 at the Olympic Museum of Lausanne.
A flash talks session was organized and Saifeldin Shehata, a pHD student at NIHS in the laboratory of Prof. Kei Sakamoto, was awarded for his talk entitled:
"The regulation of the CDK-related PCTAIRE-1 protein kinase and its role in the brain"
Prof. J. Auwerx (EPFL), Prof. B. Desvergne (Unil), Prof. L. Fajas (Unil), Prof. F. Pralong (CHUV), Prof. B. Thorens (Unil), Prof. Kei Sakamoto (NIHS) and Dr. L. Descamps (coordinator).
Bart Deplancke, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Interschool Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Frédéric Gachon, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ping-Chih Ho, Assistant Professor, Department of Fundamental Oncology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Pere Puigserver, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , Boston, US
Kristina Schoonjans, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Interschool Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Students and scientists had the opportunity to present their work through posters presentation.
Seven abstracts were selected for oral presentations.