Masterclass:Application of Exercise to Metabolic Disease:From Science to Therapy
Date: 26 February 2010
Venue: UCD Conway Institute lecture theatre
08.30 - 08.50 Registration (No fee applies)
08.50 Introduction (Prof. Philip Newsholme)
Chair, morning session: Prof. Philip Newsholme, UCD 09.00 Dr Luc Van Loon, Department of Movement Sciences Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences Maastricht University, The Netherlands: 'Exercise and Nutritional Interventions to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes'
09.50 Prof. Anton Wagenmakers, Professor of Exercise Biochemistry, Head of School (Sport and Exercise Sciences). ‘The impact of the microvascular endothelium on muscle metabolism in health and disease’
10.40 Coffee and tea
11.10 Dr. Donal O' Shea, Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. ‘Exercise in Weight Management’
12.00 Sandwich lunch
12.30 Dr. Ulf Ekelund, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science,University of Cambridge. ‘Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and metabolic risk factors in young people’
13.30 Break
Chair, afternoon session: Dr Colin Murphy, ITT
14.00 Dr. Paul Murphy, Department of Anaesthetics & Pain Management, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. ‘Diabetes associated pain and pain management’
14.50 Coffee and Tea
15.20 Dr. Mauricio Krause, Institute Technology Tallaght and UCD Dublin, ‘Exercise, oxidative stress and insulin signaling in muscle’.
16.10 Closing remarks by Chair: Giuseppe De Vito and discussion
