STANFORD DIABETES WORK-IN-PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES


Meeting Time: Every Friday, 12:00-1:00 pm

Meeting Location: Beckman 302, Developmental Biology Library

Winter 2024

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Jan 12thAna Paredes García, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wellcome Sanger Institute
"Retinoid X Receptors: a missing link between metabolism and cardiac function"
Jan 19thEmily Sims, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University
"Beta believe It: How Beta Cell Dysfunction Can Inform T1D Pathology and Disease Modifying Therapies"
Jan 26thJeff Grethe, PhD
Principal Investigator, dkNET; Associate Professor, UC San Diego
"dkNET resources to help with NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Plan"
Feb 2ndTamadher Alghunaim, PhD
Gloyn Lab, Stanford University
"A Molecular Quest for Understanding Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes"
Feb 9thIrv Weissman, MD
Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor, Stanford University
"Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells"
Feb 16thLars Krogvold, MD, PhD
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Associate Professor, University of Oslo
"Prevention and screening for type 1 diabetes"
Feb 23rdNo Seminar
Mar 1stRebecca Lee, PhD
Greg Ku Lab, University of California, San Francisco
"A shRNA screen in primary human beta cells identifies the serotonin 1F receptor as a negative regulator of survival during transplant"
Mar 8thEunhee Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University
"Activation of the insulin receptor by insulin and non-insulin peptide: Application in human disease"
CANCELLED-Mar 15thAshwin Nayak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Use of Conversational AI for Insulin Management in Type 2 Diabetes"

Spring 2024

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Mar 22ndJudith Simcox, PhD
HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
"Regulation of energy expenditure and metabolism by plasma lipid signaling"
Mar 29thQiao (Joe) Zhou, PhD
Professor, Cornell University
"Developing an autologous cell therapy to treat diabetes"
Apr 5thAdolfo Garcia-Ocaña, PhD
Professor and Chair, City of Hope
"In Pursuit of Therapies to Treat Diabetes: From Small Molecules to Single Cell Transcriptome Analysis"
April 12thHyun Cheol Roh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Cellular & Epigenomic Remodeling of Adipose Tissues During Obesity
April 19thJesse Engreitz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Mapping the convergence of coronary artery disease genes on endothelial cell programs with Perturb-seq"
Ronghao Zhou
PhD Student, Engreitz & Rando lab, Stanford University
"Mapping genes and pathways for liver aging with in vivo Perturb-seq"
Apr 26thFrontiers in Diabetes Research Symposium
May 3rdJameel Lone, PhD
Basic Life Research Scientist, Stanford University
"BRP3, a peripheral mediator of appetite regulation that reverses obesity"
May 10thSeung Kim, MD, PhD
KM Mulberry Professor, Stanford University
"Overview of the SDRC: Past, Present & Future"
May 17thAlyce Adams, PhD
Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor and Professor, Stanford University
"DREAMS-CDTR (Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translational Research"
May 24thMinas Nalbandian, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Blau Lab, Stanford University
"15-PGHDH inhibition improves muscle regeneration in semaglutide treated HFD mice"

Autumn 2024

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Sep 6thYunkyeong Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anna Gloyn Lab, Stanford University
"Unravelling the role of CALCOCO2 in pancreatic beta cell mitophagy"
Sep 13thBrian Palmisano, MD, PhD
Instructor, Stanford University
"At the Crossroads of Metabolic Disease and Coronary Artery Disease: PRDM16, a Novel Epigenetic Regulator of Smooth Muscle Cell Function"
Sep 20thDessi Zaharieva, MsC, PhD
Instructor, Stanford University
"Beyond the Numbers: Simplifying Glucose Management Around Exercise in Type 1 Diabetes"
Sep 27thEverett Meyer, MD
Associate Professor, Stanford University
"Donor CD8 T regulatory cells generated in chimeric NOD mice delete autoreactive T cells"
Shiva Pathak, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Everett Meyer Lab, Stanford University
Oct 4thSeth Sharp, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anna Gloyn Lab, Stanford University
"Polygenic Drivers of Cellular and Clinical Heterogeneity in Diabetes"
Oct 11thDan E. Azagury, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Stanford University
"Are GLP-1RAS the end of Bariatric surgery?"
Oct 18thRayhan Lal, MD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Automated Insulin Dosing Lab Updates"
Oct 25thVarvara Kirchner, MD
Associate Professor, Stanford University
"Regenerative Strategies and Transplantation"
Nov 1stVeronica Cochrane, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
"In vitro Maturation of SC-islets: Lessons from MAFA"
Nov 8thSona Kang, PhD
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
"Epigenetic regulation of adipose development and remodeling"
Nov 15thDiabetes Research Forum
Nov 22ndFarnaz Shamsi, PhD
Assistant Professor, New York University
"The Dialogue within Fat: Targeting Adipose Tissue Innervation to Improve Metabolism"
Nov 29thThanksgiving break
Dec 6thNo seminar
Dec 13thHaopeng Xiao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Edward Chouchani Lab, Harvard University
"New technologies to systematically uncover molecular mechanisms of metabolic control over physiology and disease"
Dec 20thWinter Holidays Closure
Dec 27thWinter Holidays Closure