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Formal Seminar Schedule 2009-2010

Revised: 9-Mar-10 Questions: call Mike Toney,
(206) 860-6775 
 
SEMINAR SCHEDULE 2009-10:
Date
Name of Speaker
Title
16-Sep-09 Peter Arvan, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Rounding the Bases in the Insulin Secretory Pathway: Stranded on First Base
22-Sep-09** William Banks, MD
University of Saint Louis
Obesity, Diabetes, and the Blood-brain Barrier: A Mechanism for CNS Influences on the Metabolic State
23-Sep-09 Alejandro Caicedo, PhD
University of Miami
The Anterior Chamber of the Eye Is a Viable Platform for the Study of Human Islet Cell Biology In Vivo
7-Oct-09 Silvana Obici, MD
University of Cincinnati
A lesson from CB1 receptors antagonism: how to fight back obesity and insulin resistance
28-Oct-09 Peter Havel, DVM, PhD
UC Davis
Endocrine and Dietary Nutrient Interactions in Animal Models of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes
18-Nov-09 Michael Schwartz, MD
University of Washington
Understanding Obesity as a Disorder of Energy Homeostasis
9-Dec-09 Qingcheng Mao
University of Washington
Glyburide Disposition During Pregnancy: Role of the ABCG2 Transporter and CYP Enzymes
13-Jan-10 Vanessa Routh, PhD
UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School
Glucose Sensing Neurons: From Turning a Blind Eye to Crying Wolf
20-Jan-10 Tony Lam, PhD
University of Toronto
Nutrient Sensing in the Gut and Brain
3-Feb-10 Jay Taborsky, PhD
University of Washington
Selective Loss of Islet Nerves in Autoimmune Diabetes: Insights into the Mechanism
17-Mar-10 Jesper Gromada, DMSci, PhD Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. FGF21 - A Novel Regulator of Pancreatic Islet Function and Survival
24-Mar-10 Lori Sussel, PhD
Columbia University
Regulation of Pancreatic Islet Cell Formation and Maturation
7-Apr-10 Helen Thomas, MD
St. Vincent's Institute
Islet Biology Laboratory
Pancreatic Beta Cell Apoptosis in the Development of Diabetes
12-Apr-10** Roland Stein, PhD
Vanderbilt University
The Interrelationship Between the MafA and the MafB Transcription Factors in Islet Beta Cell Development and Function - NOTE: 10am
19-Apr-10** Susan Ozanne, PhD
University of Cambridge
Early Life Programming of Obesity and Metabolic Disease - NOTE: 4pm, ERC seminar at South Lake Union
12-May-10 Joel Elmquist, DVM, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Leptin Action on POMC Neurons
26-May-10 Rudolph Leibel, MD
Columbia University
Molecular bases for control of beta cell mass

** not on a Wednesday