2009 Diabetes Center Research Seminars
January
Fred Schaufele, Associate Professor
Voodoo Biochemistry and Other Tales from The Dark Side of Cell Imaging
1/8/09
Cristina Penaranda, Graduate Student, Bluestone Lab
Role of T cell priming and expansion in the pancreas of diabetes-prone NOD mice
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Alana Lerner, Graduate Student, Papa Lab
Modulation of the unfolded protein response and diabetes
1/15/09
Chong Park, Specialist, McManus Lab
Dissecting the Dark Matter of Our Genome: microRNA Knockout Mouse Project
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Bruce Adams, Postdoctoral Fellow, German Lab
New Tools for Studying Ducts in the Developing Pancreas
1/22/09
Mitch Lazar, MD, PhD
Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine, Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"The Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism"
1/29/09
February
Michael McManus, Assistant Professor, Diabetes Center
RNA interference
2/5/09
Akihisa Fukada, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
The role stat3 in Pancreas cancer initiation
2/19/09
Qizhi Tang, Assistant Professor, Surgery
From Auto to Alloimmunity: my trip from HSW11 to HSE5
2/26/09
March
Yuki Ohi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Santos Lab
Regulation of human somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency
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Limor Landsman, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
Mesenchymal signals during pancreas development
3/5/09
Dan Evans, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hsueh Lab
Common Genetic Variation in the Single-Minded1 (SIM1) Gene & the Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R) Gene is Associated with Obesity-related Traits in Humans
3/12/09
Louise Olofsson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Xu Lab
TBA
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Matthew Chun, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hanahan Lab
Invasion in the RIP-Tag mouse model of pancreatic cancer
3/19/09
Corrinth Auld, PhD
Scientific Liason, Mercodia, Inc.
3/26/09
April
Lucienne M. Chatenoud, Senior Professor & Chair, Immunologie des maladies auto-immunes et de la transplantation, Institut Universitaire de France
Immune Intervention in Type 1 Diabetes
4/2/09
John P. Morris IV, Graduate Student, Hebrok Lab
Kras and beta-catenin: a dirty dance to dangerous ducts
4/16
Sapna Puri, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
Gasping for oxygen- Mimicking hypoxia within the pancreatic beta-cell
4/23/09
James Warne, Postdoctoral Fellow, Xu Lab
Hypothalamic PI3-kinase Signaling and Energy Balance
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Cedric Louvet, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bluestone Lab
From diabetes to paralysis: Mouse models of multiple autoimmune diseases
4/30/09
May
Michael Sachs, Grad Student, Santos Lab
Chd1 as a Regulator of Chromatin State in Embryonic Stem Cells
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Jason Devoss, Postdoctoral Fellow, Anderson Lab
Your thymus: protecting you from yourself
5/7/09
Allison Xu, Assistant Professor, Diabetes Center
The Weighty Issue of Feeding Regulation
5/14/09
Dennis Van Hoof, Postdoctoral Fellow, German Lab
Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells
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Jonathan Esensten, Graduate Student, Bluestone Lab
T-bet deficiency prevents diabetes in the NOD mouse via separable effects on pathogenic T cells and antigen presenting cells
5/21/09
Maureen Su, Clinical Fellow, Anderson Lab
The Role of Aire in Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy
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Anna Krawitz, Medical Student, Stanford University
A New Mouse Model for Investigating the Role of Aire in the Deletion of CD4+ T Cells During Thymic Negative Selection
5/28/09
June
Janet Lau, Graduate Student, Hebrok Lab
Loss of Hedgehog Signaling in the Pancreas results in delayed pancreas formation and impaired insulin production
6/4/09
September
Xuyu Zhou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bluestone Lab
Treg and Autoimmunity
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Clara Tan-Tam, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tang Lab
Immunological Assessment of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
9/3/09
Weihong Liu, Clinical Assay Manager, Bluestone Lab
Effect of Thymoglobulin on Regulatory T cells
9/10/09
Yasuhiro Kosaka, Postdoctoral Fellow, German Lab
Ets family transcription factor, Pet1 (Fev) in pancreas development
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Jamil Kaanani, Research Biochemist, Baekesskov Lab
Trafficking of the autoantigenic GAD65 and the non-autoantigenic GAD67 in primary neurons and beta cell lines
9/17/09
Kaveh Ashrafi, Assistant Professor, UCSF
Small molecule modulators of fat
9/24/09
October
Wen-chi Hsueh, Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Genetics
Toward incorporating microRNA genes in genome-wide studies of complex traits in humans
10/1/09
Sara Cervantes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
Cilia-dependent Gli/Hedgehog activation in the pancreas
10/8/09
Ivy Aslan, Clinical Fellow, Vaisse Lab
Severe obesity due to MC4R mutations and Bariatric surgery outcome
10/15/09
Elizabeth Allen, Scientific Project Manager, Hanahan Lab
Angiogenesis inhibitor therapies – efficacy, evasion, invasion, and metastasis
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Tingxia Guo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
In vitro generation of pancreatic ß-cells from human embryonic stem cells
10/22/09
Jennifer Wade, Postdoctoral Fellow, Vaisse Lab
The primary cilium and obesity
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Mickie Cheng, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anderson Lab
A role for acquired defects in central tolerance in adult-onset autoimmunity
10/29/09
November
Hail Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, German Lab
Serotonin Regulates Pancreatic b-Cell Mass during Pregnancy
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Nikki Shariat, Postdoctoral Fellow, McManus Lab
Regulating the Regulators: Understanding the Regulation of microRNAs in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
11/5/09
Sam Wang, Surgery Resident, Hebrok Lab
Stat3 and MMP7 in pancreatic cancer initiation
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Chris Law, Staff Research Associate, Gardner Lab
Mechanism of Dehydration-induced atriuresis
11/19/09
December
Anastasia Mavropoulos, Postdoctoral Fellow, German Lab
Post-transcriptional control of the beta-cell factor Nkx6.1
12/3/09
Alexandra Folias, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrok Lab
Immunological regulation of cellular reprogramming and pancreatic regeneration
12/10/09