Celebrating the Diabetes Branch: A Tribute to Jesse Roth and Phil Gorden Dec 6-7, 2004 at the NIH

Alumni of the Diabetes Branch gathered for a day-and-a-half event to pay homage to their mentors, Drs. Jesse Roth and Phil Gorden. Also attending were the families of Drs. Roth and Gorden; NIDDK Director, Dr. Allen Spiegel; NIDDK Scientific Director, Dr. Marvin Gershengorn; and other friends and colleagues
Alumni of the Diabetes Branch gathered for a day-and-a-half event to pay homage to their mentors, Drs. Jesse Roth and Phil Gorden. Also attending were the families of Drs. Roth and Gorden; NIDDK Director, Dr. Allen Spiegel; NIDDK Scientific Director, Dr. Marvin Gershengorn; and other friends and colleagues.

Agenda

December 6, 2004
Morning Session
8:30 AM Welcome
Marvin Gershengorn
Scientific Director, NIDDK
   
8:30-10:00 AM Keynote Speakers:
The Diabetes Branch and NIDDK
Allen Spiegel, Director, NIDDK

Developing the Concept of Receptor Biology
Bob Lefkowitz (Durham)
   
10:30-12:00 Noon Insulin/IGF Signaling Systems - Their Function and Evolution Chair - Carl Grunfeld (San Francisco)
Speakers:
Pierre DeMeyts (Copenhagen)
Jean Louis Carpentier (Geneva)
Derek LeRoith (NIH)
   
Afternoon Session  
1:30 PM Keynote Speaker
   
  Keynote Speaker TBA
   
3:00-5:00 PM Defining Insulin Resistance Chair - James R. Gavin, III (Georgia)
Speakers:
C. Ronald Kahn (Boston)
Mimmo Accili (New York)
Jeffrey Flier (Boston)
Manu Vanobberghen (Nice)
Ira Goldfine (San Francisco)
   
December 7, 2004
Morning Session 		 
8:30 AM-12:00 Noon Clinical Correlates
Chair, Pierre Freychet (Nice)
Simeon Taylor (Princeton)
Elif Oral (Ann Arbor)
Len Harrison (Melbourne)
Alan Shuldiner (Baltimore)
George Fantus (Toronto)
Last Updated: 1/3/2005

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