# CSHL 2021 Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling Conference

> **NIH NIH R13** · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · 2021 · $15,000

## Abstract

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on
 Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling
 May 18 – 22, 2021
 Project Summary
This proposal seeks support for the meeting on “Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling” to be
held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in May 18 - 22, 2021. The meeting will assemble leaders
in the field, together with junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, to discuss
the latest advances in our understanding of metabolic regulation and its role in normal
physiology as well as a variety of disease states ranging from obesity to cancer.
Metabolic processes are required for life, and are remarkably similar from organism to organism
and from cell to cell. In mammals, specific cell types use metabolic pathways in highly
specialized ways to conduct their cell-specific functions. Further, the specialized function of
some cell types serves to maintain metabolic homeostasis of the, multicellular organism by
regulating levels of hormone and metabolite messengers in the bloodstream. Metabolic
diseases such as obesity and diabetes result when those processes fail. At the same time,
cancer is increasingly recognized as a state whereby the malignant cell proliferates by altering
its fuel metabolism and ignoring metabolic signals.
The meeting will cover a broad spectrum of topics ranging from Metabolic Crosstalk with
Genome and Epigenome to Interorgan Crosstalk and Nutrient Utilization. In addition, one
session is dedicated to Emerging Technologies in the field. Each session will be chaired by a
leading scientist in the field. Oral presentations will be given by a group of distinguished invited
speakers as well as speakers selected from submitted abstracts. Selected speakers will include
graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty aiming for maximal inclusion of young
investigators. Of special importance are the two poster sessions, where many participants can
present their work in an atmosphere conducive to informal discussion. The meeting will be of
moderate size, and we expect about 250 people to attend, the vast majority of whom will be
presenting a poster or talk. In the event that the COVID19 pandemic situation is still ongoing in
spring 2021, we will plan to run the meeting as a virtual event. CSHL has begun very
successfully holding virtual meetings, with the virtual glia meeting for example attracting 1,125
attendees. Even if the meeting is able to be held in person, we will consider having a virtual
audience layered on top of the in person attendance. This will be important both because travel
concerns are likely to persist for some time after the pandemic, and because, looking to the
future, virtual attendance at meetings will help to reduce the effects of scientific conferences on
climate change and enable more equitable participation from labs around the world.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10225030
- **Project number:** 1R13DK128849-01
- **Recipient organization:** COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID J. STEWART
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $15,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-06-11 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225030

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10225030, CSHL 2021 Mechanisms of Metabolic Signaling Conference (1R13DK128849-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10225030. Licensed CC0.

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