Registration & Poster Set Up
Atrium & Lobby
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Bruce Verchere, PhD Natalie Nahirney PhD Trainee Johnson Lab
9:10 AM
Keynote Speaker Rebecca Hull-Meichle, PhD
It’s all about the neighborhood - Role of the islet microenvironment in determining beta-cell function and survival
10:00 AM
Faculty Presentation Elizabeth Rideout, PhD
Considerations for including both sexes in islet and beta cell research
10:30 AM
Morning Break
Atrium
10:45 AM
SESSION 1 Oral Presentations
Theme Insulin Secretion, Beta Cell Biology and Cell Therapy Chair: Yi-Chun Chen, PhD
12:00 PM
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
1:00 PM
SESSION 2 Oral Presentations
Theme: Hyperinsulemia, Metabolism, Microbiome and Diabetes Risk Score Chair: Jelena Kolic, PhD
2:00 PM
SESSION 3 Oral Presentations
Theme: Population Health, Dietary Supplementation and Complications of Diabetes Chair: Alejandra Wiedeman, PhD
2:55 PM
Afternoon Break
3:10 PM
SESSION 4 Poster Presentation Group A
Theme: Islet Biology & Stem Cells 1
SESSION 6 Poster Presentation Group C
Theme: Type 2 Diabetes; Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Beta-Cell Survival
3:52 PM
SESSION 5 Poster Presentations Group B
Theme: Islet Biology & Stem Cells (2)
SESSION 7 Poster Presentation Group D
Theme: Type 1 Diabetes; Prevention and Complications of Diabetes
