Brief overview on lipobiology -- Intestinal uptake and transport of fatty acids -- Plasma albumin as a fatty acid carrier -- Cellular uptake of long chain free fatty acids: the structure and function of plasma membrane fatty acid binding protein -- Role of FATP in parenchymal cell fatty acid uptake -- Uptake of fatty acids by parenchymal cells: role of FAT/CD36 -- Properties and physiological significance of fatty acid binding proteins -- Long chain acyl-CoA esters and acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP) in cell function -- Physical aspects of fatty acid transport between and through biological membranes -- Computational modeling of cardiac fatty acid uptake and utilization -- Regulation of fatty acid oxidation by malonyl CoA in cardiac muscle -- Alterations in muscular fatty acid handling in diabetes -- Fatty acid metabolism in cardiac hypertrophy and failure -- Physiological significance of uncoupling protein-3: a role in fatty acid handling -- Defects in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation -- Transcriptional regulation of cellular fatty acid homeostasis -- Triacylglycerol metabolism in adipose tissue -- Phospholipid biosynthesis -- Membrane phospholipid asymmetry: biochemical and pathophysiological perspectives -- Regulation of cPLA₂ activity -- Mammalian phospholipase C -- Mammalian phospholipase D- properties and regulation -- Metabolism and physiological functions of sphingolipids -- Essential fatty acid metabolism during pregnancy and early human development -- Phospholipid transfer protein and atherosclerosis -- PPARs and atherosclerosis -- The role of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein in intramitochondrial cholesterol transfer and steroidogenesis.