STANFORD DIABETES WORK-IN-PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES


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

Meeting Location: Beckman 302, Developmental Biology Library

Winter 2026

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Jan 16thLiang Feng, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
"Molecular mechanism of glucose transport"
Jan 23rdRachel Turn, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Mohammad Aziz-Zanjani, PhD
Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baxter Laboratory, Stanford University
"Metabolic STAMP for deciphering GPCR-regulated insulin secretion by pancreatic β cells"
Jan 30thZhao Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Decoding Metabolic Disease by Forward Genetics"
Feb 6thAndrea Tobais, MSc, PhD
Instructor, Division of General Pediatrics, Stanford University
"Reducing Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals: Evidence, Challenges and Policy Opportunities"
Feb 27thIsha Jain, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
"Turning the Oxygen and Vitamin Dials"
Mar 6thPeter Jackson, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Stanford University
"Primary Cilia as Metabolic Signaling Hubs in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: How Proteomics Translates Human Genetics into Mechanism"
Mar 13thEric Appel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
"Biomimetic Polymer Technologies for Improving Biologic Formulation and Delivery"
Mar 20thRyan Hart
Ph.D. candidate, Huising Lab, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology program, University of California, Davis
"Somatostatin Receptors Shape Insulin and Glucagon Output within the Pancreatic Islet through Direct and Paracrine Effects"

Spring 2026

DATESPEAKER(S)TALK TITLE
Apr 3Amanda Cambraia, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University
"Calorie Restriction Up Regulates PD-L1 Signaling to Promote Beta Cell Longevity in NOD mice"
Apr 17Alice Bertaina, MD, PhD
Lorry I. Lokey Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
"Full Donor Chimerism to Eliminate Immunosuppression and Chronic Rejection in Solid Organ Transplantation"
May 1Weston Elison
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Sciences, University of California, San Diego
"From Genetic Variation to Cellular Mechanisms in Diabetes and Fatty Liver Disease "
May 15Miwa Himuro, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Gregory Ku Lab, UCSF Diabetes Center
"CRISPR-Sec-MS: peptide barcoding strategy for pooled CRISPR screens for protein secretion"