Posters and Abstracts

1.      Herman, L., Acosta, M., Lobdell, H.,4th, Cox, J., Stinchfield, R., Winters, K. Psychiatrically Referred Teens: Externalizing Disorders and Substance Use. 2009 APA Convention. (Abstract, August 2009, Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada).

2.      Hu, C., Ge, F., Walewski, J., Zhou, S., Bessler, M., Dakin, G., Pomp, A., Schrope, B., Ude, A., Inabnet, W.B., Lobdell, H.,4th,  Berk, P.D. Accumulation of increased triglyceride in obese fat is multifactorial, resulting both from increased uptake of long chain fatty acids and decreased fatty acid metabolism. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD). 2009;17 (Supplement 2):S106. (Abstract, November 2009, Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, Washington, DC).

3.      Hu, C., Ge, F., Lobdell, H.,4th, Zhou, S., & Berk, P.D. Cardiomyocyte Lipid Accumulation in Mice with Obesity and/or Fatty Liver is Associated With Increased Facilitated uptake of Long Chain Fatty Acids and Expression of Genes for Fatty Acid Synthesis. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD) 2010;18 (Supplement 2):S65. (Abstract, October 2010, Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, San Diego, CA).

4.      Ge, F., Hu, C., Lobdell, H.,4th, Walewski, J.L., Zhou, S. & Berk, P.D. Mechanisms and Consequences of Myocardial Accumulation of Triglycerides in Mouse Obesity Models. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD). 2011;19 (Supplement 1):S84. (Abstract, October 2011, Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, Orlando, FL).

5.      Ge, F., Hu, C., Hyodo, K., Lobdell, H.,4th, Zhou, S., Walewski, J.L., Homma, S., Goldberg, I.J., Blaner, W.S. & Berk, P.D. Effects of ethanol feeding on myocardial lipid accumulation, contractile function, and gene expression in C57BL/6J mice. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Baltimore, MD). 2011;35 (Supplement 6):180A. (Abstract, June 2011, Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA).

6.      Berk, P.D., Ge, F., Lobdell, H.,4th, Hu, C., Zhou, S.,  Walewski, J.L., Dakin, G., Pomp, A., Inabnet, W.B. & Bessler, M. Up-regulation of fatty acid uptake into adipocytes persists after major bariatric surgical weight loss. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD). 2012;20 (Supplement 9):S58. (Abstract, September 2012, Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, San Antonio, TX).

7.      Walewski, J.L., Ge, F., Lobdell, H.,4th, Schwartz, G., Vasselli, J. & Berk, P.D. A novel human peptide that reduces adipocyte uptake of long chain fatty acids and causes weight loss in mice. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD). 2012;20 (Late-Breaking Abstract Supplement):P6. (Abstract, September 2012, Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, San Antonio, TX).

8.      Ge, F., Lobdell, H.,4th, Clungston, R.D., Jiang, H., Hu, C., Walewski, J.L., Blaner, W.S., Golberg, I.J. & Berk, P.D. Increased fatty acid uptake mediated by Srebp1c-driven up-regulation of multiple fatty acid transporters is the principal contributor to hepatic steatosis in mice with either diet-induced obesity or chronic EtOH consumption. Hepatology. 2012;56 (Supplement 4):847A. (Abstract, November 2012, Annual Meeting of the The American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, MA). Received Presidential Poster of Distinction Award.