Alberta British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025
Welcome to the Alberta British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025 meeting website!
The A-BC Islet Workshop will be held February 11, 12 & 13, 2025 at the Silver Star Mountain Resort in the beautiful Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada.
We would like to extend an invitation to islet scientists and trainees from across Canada & USA to attend the Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025 (A-BC). The A-BC Islet Workshop meeting has been organized by the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia since 2012. This joint workshop began in response to a need to provide a targeted scientific meeting for islet scientists and trainees to share their research.
Topics to be covered:
- Islet Transplantation and Encapsulation
- Islet Inflammation and Immunology
- Insulin Secretion and Islet Biology
- Stem Cells and Beta Cell Development
- Beta Cell Growth and Death
- New Techniques and Methodologies
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Amelia Linnemann, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Indiana Diabetes Research Center Optical Microscopy Core, Associate Director of Pediatrics Pipeline Program Development
To eat or be eaten: beta cell autophagy in type 1 diabetes
Scott Soleimanpour, MD
Larry D. Soderquist Professor of Diabetes Research Director, Michigan Diabetes Research Center Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology University of Michigan
Mitochondria and the regulation of β cell fate
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
KEY DATE:
December 11 - Abstract Submission Deadline
Submit your 350 word abstract to present your research at the A-BC Islet Workshop.
Note: Your Registration form is required before you will be able to submit your Abstract Submission form.
ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA ISLET WORKSHOP
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chair, Nicole Krentz, PhD University of British Columbia
Jim Johnson, PhD University of British Columbia
Francis Lynn, PhD University of British Columbia
Bruce Verchere, PhD University of British Columbia
CONTACT US
The 2025 A-BC Islet Workshop is being organized by the University of British Columbia.
Questions?
Contact: Meg Hughes, Network Manager, BC Diabetes Research Network
Location
Silver Star Mountain
123 Shortt Street Silver Star Mountain, BC Canada, V1B 3M1Registration period
October 7, 2024 - AM 1:00 until January 31, 2025 - PM 11:59
Submission period
October 7, 2024 - AM 1:00 until January 8, 2025 - PM 11:59
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact meg.hughes@ubc.ca .
