The Adipoplast network organized an open symposium on “The adipose tissue plasticity in health and disease” followed by an internal organizational meeting at “Centro Singular de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS)”, Santiago de Compostela, the last March 12th. Members of the Adipoplast network presented recent research advances as well as collaborative perspectives. External speakers were the international reputed scientists on adipobiology Dr L.Fajas (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Dr. R. Nogueiras (CIMUS). More than forty attendants participated. Plans for further actions were developed in the Adipoplast organizational meeting. Adipoplast is a “Red de Excelencia” supported by the Spanish government to promote interdisciplinary research on adipose tissue, and is coordinated by Francesc Villarroya.