Session 1A: Plenary Talks
Chair: Sam Cushman, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | My Favorite Research Surprises—The 2008 Survey
Jesse Roth, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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| 9:10 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Insights into the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes and New Directions for Treatment
David Kelley, Merck & Co., Inc. |
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Session 1B: Diabetes Research Resources |
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| 9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | NIDDK Obesity and Diabetes Research Resources
Carol Haft, National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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| 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | The National Human Tissue Center Providing Donated Human Organs, Tissues, and Derivatives for Research
Lee Ducat, National Disease Research Interchange |
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| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Break |
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Session 2A: Scientific Solicitations of Collaboration Short Talks(10 minute talk, 5 minute Q&A)
Chair: Jesse Roth, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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| 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Human Vascular Tissue Microarrays to Investigate Diabetic Vascular Disease
Marc Halushka, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
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| 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Changes of Visceral Fat Are Allometrically Related to Total Body Fat Independently of Gender or Weight Loss Intervention
Kevin Hall, NIDDK |
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Session 2B: Basic Science Short Talks (10 minute talk, 5 minute Q&A) |
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| 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | COPI Complex Is a Novel Regulator of Lipid Homeostasis
Carole Sztalryd, VAH and University of Maryland School of Medicine |
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| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Effects of O-GlcNAcase on Insulin Signaling in Adipocytes and MEFs
Chithra Keembiyehetty, NIDDK |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Closer Insight into Pancreatic Endocrine Cell Gene Expression Profiles and Evidence for Facultative β Cell Neogenesis in Adult Mice Using Quantitative Nuclease Protection Array (qNPA) Technology on FACS Purified Mouse Endocrine Cell Subsets
Klaus Pechhold, NIDDK |
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| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Specialized Astrocytes and Glucose-Sensing by the Hypothalamus
John Young, Howard University College of Medicine |
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| 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Lunch, Posters, and Job Fair |
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Session 3: Type 1 Diabetes-Plenary and Short Talks (10 minute talk, 5 minute Q&A)
Chair: Oksana Gavrilova, NIDDK |
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| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Tapping into the Limited Regeneration Potential of a Pancreatic Beta Cell
Sushil Rane, NIDDK |
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| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Genistein Prevents Diabetes: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
Dongmin Liu, Virginia Tech University |
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| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Follow-up Analysis of Genome-wide Association Data and Replication Identifies Novel Loci for Type 1 Diabetes
Struan Grant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
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| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
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Session 4: Type 2 Diabetes Short Talks (10 minute talk, 5 minute Q&A)
Chair: Vincent Manganiello, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
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| 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | D-Chiro-Inositol and Putative Mediator Lack and Insulin Resistance: A Myo-Inositol to Chiro-Inositol Imbalance: A Defective 3H Myo-Inositol to 3H Chiro-Inositol Conversion and Myo-Inositol to Chiro-Inositol Epimerase Enzyme Activity in GK Type 2 Diabetic Rats
Joseph Larner, University of Virginia |
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| 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Revisiting the Functions and Mechanisms of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Preventing Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Allan Zhao, University of Pittsburgh |
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| 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Hypothesis: An Ectopic Synthesis of the Melanin in Adipose May Help to Counteract Metabolic Syndrome
Ancha Baranova, George Mason University |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
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