Participants


Elizabeth Jacob Abraham, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Kristin Abraham, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Chris Adams,
Via Cell, Inc.

Alan Agulnick, PhD
Arcos Bioscience

Beena Akolkar, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Ismail Al-Abdullah, PhD
University of Miami

Amy Allen-Jennings, PhD
Joslin Diabetes Center

Carina Ammala, PhD, MSc
Glaxo Smith Kline

William Anderson, MS
Harvard University

Cecilia Anneren, PhD
Uppsala University

Asa Apelqvist, PhD
Stanford University

Michael Archambault, MS
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.

Donna Armentano, PhD
Genzyme Corporation

Don Arnette
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Suheir Assady, MD
Technion

David Ayares, PhD
PPL Therapeutics Inc.

Laurie Baggio, PhD
Banting & Best Diabetes Centre

Stephen Bartelmez, PhD
University of Washington

Denis Baskin, PhD
University of Washington

Tara Beers Gibson, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Graeme Bell, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago

Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Aimee Bernard
University of Rochester

Tanya Binette, BSc
University of Alberta

Christopher Bravery, PhD
Intercytex Ltd.

Kenneth Brayman, PhD, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Vandewalle Brigitte, PhD
INSERM

Kathleen Brown, PhD, DVM
Glaxo Smith Kline

Juliana Brown
Harvard University

Charles Burant, PhD, MD
University of Michigan

Mark Burcin, PhD
Cardion

Alison Carlen
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Melissa Carpenter, PhD
Geron Corporation

Swarup Chakrabarti, PhD
University of Virginia

Ming-Ko Chiang, PhD
Harvard University

Arlene Chiu, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Diana Clarke, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Laura Cole, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Margaret Coutts, PhD
Novocell, Inc.

Michael Crutchlow, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Josephine D'Alessandro, BA
Curis, Inc.

Jane DeMouy, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Shaoping Deng, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Docherty
University of Aberdeen

Rikke Dodge, BS
Joslin Diabetes Center

Juan Dominguez-Bendala, PhD, MSc
University of Miami

Yuval Dor, PhD
Harvard University

Gregory Downing, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Maire Doyle, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Marlene Dufresne, PhD
INSERM

Shimon Efrat, PhD
Tel Aviv University, Sackler School, M.F.D.

Josephine Egan, MD
National Institutes of Health

Farzad Esni, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Veronica Espinosa, PhD, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Ann Farese
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Carol Feld
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Eva Feldman, PhD, MD
University of Michigan

Sarah Ferber, PhD
Sheba Medical Center

Meri Firpo, PhD
University of California San Francisco

Greg Fisk, PhD
Geron Corporation

Daniel Fourmy, PhD
INSERM

Judith Fradkin, MD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Ulrik Franosen, PhD
University of Copenhagen/Hagedorn Research Institute

Jun Fujita, PhD, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Yoshio Fujitani, PhD, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Richard Furlanetto, PhD, MD
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Maureen Gannon, PhD
Vanderbilt University

Adolfo Garcia-Ocana, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Rosa Gasa, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Benoit Gauthier, PhD
Centre Medical Universitaire, Universite de Geneve

Gradwohl Gerard,
INSERM

Elizabeth Geras-Raaka, MS
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

David Gerber, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Marvin Gershengorn,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Bidyut Ghosh, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

George Gittes, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital

Devorah Goldman, PhD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Robert Goldstein, PhD, MD
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Amy Greenwood, PhD
Harvard University

Guoqiang Gu, PhD
Harvard University

Joel Habener, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Zhiqiang Han, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Neil Hanley, PhD
University of Southampton

John Hanover, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Manami Hara, DDS, PhD
University of Chicago

Anandwardhan Hardikar, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Robert Hay, PhD
American Type Culture Collection

Matthias Hebrok, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Harry Heimberg, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Pedro Herrera, PhD
University of Geneva Medical School

Andrew Holland, PhD
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Jung San Huang, PhD
Academia Sinica

Wei Huang, MS
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Marc Hurlbert, PhD
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Deborah Hursh, PhD
Food and Drug Administration


John Hutton, PhD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Tatsuhiko Ito, PhD
Morinaga & Co. Ltd

Joseph Itskovitz, MD
Rambam Medical Center

Kathyjo Ann Jackson, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Lynn Jacobson, BS
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Joshua James, BS
University of Virginia

Tom Jetton, PhD
University of Vermont

Jianjian Jin, PhD
Organogenesis Inc.

Brenda Kahan, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Yoshitaka Kajimoto, MD
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

Yoshiya Kawaguchi, PhD, MD
Vanderbilt University

Ayse Kayali, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute

Donald Kelemen, PhD
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Alan Kenny, PhD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Julie Kerr-Conte, PhD
Inserm Erm 106

Mary Beth Kester
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Michael Keyoung, PhD, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College

Yoon-Jung Kim, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Karen Kotkow, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Eleni Kousvelari, DDS, DSc
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Morey Kraus
Via Cell, Inc.

Marcie Kritiz, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute

Shoen Kume, PhD
Harvard University

Giorgio Lagna, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Cheng Lai, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Jonathan Lakey, PhD
University of Alberta

Eckhard Lammert, PhD
Harvard University

Katharine Lang, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Paul Latta
Novocell, Inc.

Brigitte Le Mauff, PhD, MD
National Institutes of Health

Jack Leahy, MD
University of Vermont

Andreas Lechner, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Arnold Leckstrom, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Catherine Lee, PhD
University of Pennsylvania,
School of Medicine

Hee-Sheung Lee, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Frederic Lemaigre, PhD, MD
Louvain University Medical School

Yin Liang, PhD, MD
Bayer Corporation

Chengyu Liu, PhD
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH

Guoxun Liu, MD
The Scripps Research Institute

Lennart Logoberg, PhD, MD
Emory University (Hospital)

Judith Lopez-Fernandez, PhD, MD
Hospital Universitario de Canarias

Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera, PhD, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Kuanghui Lu, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Xinping Lu, MD
National Institutes of Health

Nadya Lumelsky
National Institutes of Health

Bruce Raaka, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Jay Rajagopal, MD
Harvard University

Josina Reddy, PhD, MD
University of California
San Francisco Cancer Center

Carrie Redinger
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Carol Renfrew Haft, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

William Rhoten, PhD
Joan C. Edwards
School of Medicine

Camillo Ricordi, MD
University of Miami

Lee Rubin, PhD
Curis, Inc.

Ingrid Rulifson, PhD
University of California,
San Francisco

Eric Rulifson, PhD
Stanford University

M. Behnan Sahin, MD
University of Minnesota

Bernice Samuels
National Institutes of Health

Sheryl Sato, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Abraham Scaria, PhD
Genzyme Corporation

Marie Scearce, PhD
University of Pennsylvania,
School of Medicine

Sara Schachter, DVM
Joslin Diabetes Center

David Scharp, MD
Novocell, Inc.

Hanna Segev, PhD
Rambam Medical Center

Palle Serup, PhD
University of Copenhagen/ Hagedorn Research Institute

Belinda Seto, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Anath Shalev, MD
National Institutes of Health

Steven Sheridan, PhD
Cythera Inc.

Diane Simeone, MD
University of Michigan

Karl Skorecki, MD, FRCP
Rambam Medical Center

Anouchka Lee Skoudy, PhD
Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM)

Philip Smith
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Stuart Smith, PhD
University of California,
San Francisco

Stephen Smith
Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Meera Srivastava, PhD
Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences

David Stafford
University of Chicago

Roland Stein, PhD
Vanderbilt Medical School

Doris Stoffers, PhD, MD
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine

Luc St-Onge
DeveloGen A.G.

Cale Street, BSc
University of Alberta

Takuya Sugiyama, PhD, MD
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo

Yuhua Sun, PhD, MD
National Institutes of Health

Zhaoxia Sun, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lori Sussel, PhD
University of Colorado Health Science Center

Atsushi Suzuki,
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba

Mei-Hui Tai, PhD
Michigan State University

Karen Takane, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Hideki Taniguchi, PhD, MD
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba

Simeon Taylor, PhD, MD
Lilly Research Laboratories

Melissa Thomas, PhD, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Elizabeth Thuresson, PhD
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Ivan Todorov, PhD
City of Hope National Medical Center

Satish Totey, PhD
Reliance Life Sciences

Maty Tzukerman
Technion

B. Vandewalle, PhD
INSERM

Rupangi Vasavada, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Ivan Velasco, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH

Jian Wang, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Zheng-Ming Wang, PhD
Institute of Molecular and
Cell Biology

Collin Weber, MD
Emory University

Chiju Wei, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Gordon Weir, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center

Michael Welsh, PhD
Uppsala UniversityDorothy West,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Burton Wice, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Laura Wilding, BS
Vanderbilt University

Maria Wilson, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Bryan Wolf, PhD, MD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Fred Wu
University of California, DavisGang

Xu, PhD, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center

Lijun Yang, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine

Li Yin, PhD, MD
Ixion Biotechnology Inc.

Soonsang Yoon, PhD
Children's Hospital

Heremans Yves,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Guo Zhang, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Jingsong Zhao, PhD
VivoRx, Inc.

Yun-Ping Zhou, PhD
Metabolex, Inc.

Jie Zhou, PhD, MD
Ixion Biotechnology Inc.