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Formal Seminar Schedule 2007-2008

 
Date
Name of Speaker
Title
3-Oct-07 Paul Robertson, MD PNDRI Estimation of beta cell mass by metabolic tests, necessary but how sufficient?
5-Dec-07 Donalyn Scheuner, PhD University of Michigan The unfolded protein response in beta cell failure and diabetes
12-Dec-07 Vincent Poitout, DVM, PhD Montreal Diabetes Rsch Ctr Fatty Acids and Pancreatic Beta-cell Function: Two Sides of the Coin
16-Jan-08 Jake Kushner, MD University of Pennsylvania Growth and Regeneration of Adult Beta Cells of the Islets of Langerhans Does Not Involve Specialized Progenitors
18-Jan-08** Daniel Storm, PhD University of Washington Role of Type III Adenylyl Cyclase in Fat Cell Metabolism.
23-Jan-08 Maureen Gannon, PhD Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr Connective Tissue Growth Factor: a novel regulator of pancreatic islet development
6-Feb-08 William Hagopian, MD, PhD PNDRI Preventing type 1 diabetes via the road less traveled
13-Feb-08 Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD Baylor College of Medicine Viral mechanisms of metabolic disease: lessons from HIV-1 Vpr
27-Feb-08 H. Franklin Bunn, MD Harvard Medical School Ncb5or, a novel flavoheme reductase required for fatty acid desaturation and viability of beta cells and adipocytes.
19-Mar-08 Alberto Hayek, MD UCSD In search of a cell therapy for type 1 diabetes 2:30-3:30pm
26-Mar-08 Adolfo Garcia Ocaņa, PhD University of Pittsburgh Protein kinase C zeta: A key kinase in growth factor-mediated beta cell proliferation 2:30-3:30pm
23-Apr-08 Robert Sherwin, MD Yale University Brain Glucose Metabolism and Memory: A Tight Connection
21-May-08 Peter Butler, MD Islet Research Center at UCLA Regulation of Beta Cell Turnover

** not on a Wednesday