STANFORD DIABETES WORK-IN-PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES


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

Meeting Location: Beckman 302, Developmental Biology Library

Autumn 2023

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Sep 15thMike Hughes, MD
Instructor, Stanford University
"Inequities and Unequal Paths in Pediatric to Adult Endocrine Transfer: How Requiring Consent to Pursue Best-practice RCT Design Can Exclude Those Most in Need"
Sep 22ndVira Kravets, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
"The role of paracrine interaction in the beta cell networks"
Sep 29thSeung Kim, MD, PhD
KM Mulberry Professor, Stanford University
"An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Islet Core"
Holden Maecker, PhD
Professor, Stanford University
Kent Jensen, PhD
Assistant Director, Diabetes Immune Monitoring Core
"An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Immune Core"
Oct 6thPaul Cohen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Rockefeller University
"Brown Fat in Health and Disease: From Human Cohorts to Molecular Mechanisms"
Oct 13thJohn Coller, PhD
Director, Stanford Functional Genomics Facility
Ramesh Nair, PhD
Director of Bioinformatics, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine (SCGPM)
"An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Genetics Core"
Manisha Desai, PhD
Kim and Ping Li Professor, Stanford University
Walter Park, MD
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Vivek Charu, MD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Clinical Core"
Oct 20thWei Wei, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Long Lab, Stanford University
"The bidirectional taurine N-acetyltransferase/hydrolase PTER controls body weight and energy balance"
Oct 27thKatja Weinacht, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Tapping into the immunotherapy potential of the thymus with iPSC-derived thymic epithelial cells."
Nov 3rdSangeeta Dhawan, PhD
Associate Professor, City of Hope
"DNA methylation Patterning of Beta Cell Heterogeneity and Health: From Development to Disease"
CANCELLED-Nov 10thAnanta Addala, MD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Designing for the NIDDK Strategic Plan: Equitable Science is Good Science"
Nov 17thDiabetes Research Forum
Nov 24thThanksgiving break
Dec 1stAimee Ponce, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Gloyn Lab, Stanford University
"A beta-cell journey: from birth to disease"
Dec 8thShuke Xiao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Long Lab, Stanford University
"CNDP2/Lac-Phe mediates the anti-obesity effects of metformin"
Dec 15thRenee Zhao, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
"Miniaturized magnetically driven patch pump for high-accuracy insulin dispensing"
Dec 22ndWinter Holidays Closure