2016 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium

Event Details

Background

The 2016 Annual Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium is co-sponsored by the Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch (DEOB) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) at the Department of Medicine, University of Maryland; the Johns Hopkins University-University of Maryland Diabetes Research Center (JHU-UMD-DRC); and the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) at the NIH.

Meeting Objectives

The purposes of this meeting are to encourage collaborations and enhance interactions at the regional level through the sharing of both reagents and expertise. This year’s format will comprise welcoming comments by NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers; five invited lectures; six short, hot-topic talks (selected from the abstracts); and two “poster blitz” sessions inclusive of all posters.

Les Salans (former director, NIDDK) and Jesse Roth (former scientific director, NIDDK) will chair the oral presentations. Space will be available for up to 40 posters.

Breaks will be long enough to view the posters and renew acquaintances, and a 1.5-hour lunch break will feature good food at a reasonable price and a comprehensive poster session. Registration (no fee required), abstract submission, and lunch purchase are available through the symposium website. Early registration is encouraged.

Organizing Committee

Sam Cushman, Marc Reitman, Carol Haft, Kristina Rother, Artie Sherman, Kristin Tarbell, Ranganath Muniyappa, Sushil Rane, Connie Noguchi, Simeon Taylor

Registration Deadline

Sept. 29, 2016

Agenda

Sept. 30, 2016

7:30 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

Registration and Poster Setup

Morning Session

Chair: Lester Salans, Former Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and Mt. Sinai Medical Center

8:20 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Introductory Remarks
Lester Salans

8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks
Griffin Rodgers, Director, NIDDK

8:35 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.

Motor Circuits Underlying Physical Inactivity in Obesity
Lex Kravitz, NIDDK

9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

Short Talk: Downregulation of Dorsomedial Hypothalamic NPY Contributes to the Feeding Effect of Exercise
N. Zhang, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Short Talk: GLUT4 Carbonylations: A Major New Mechanism for Overnutrition Induced Insulin Resistance
Salim Merali, Temple University School of Pharmacy

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Role of Adipose Lipid Droplet Lipolysis in Thermogenesis and Metabolic Health
Liqing Yu, University of Maryland, College Park

10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

Short Talk: Imaging Adipose Tissue Across Scales of Resolution: From Two-Photon to Super-Resolution Microscopy
Daniela Malide, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

10:35 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.

Break and Poster Discussion

11:05 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.

Understanding and Exploiting Plasticity in the Adult Pancreas and Liver
Ben Stanger, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

Short Talk: Regulation of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas by Ciliopathy Genes
Timothy L. Hostelley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Short Talk: Regulation of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas by Ciliopathy Genes
Timothy L. Hostelley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

11:55 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Poster Blitz
Organizer and Chair: Lex Kravitz, NIDDK

12:25 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Discussion

Afternoon Session

Chair: Jesse Roth, Former Scientific Director, NIDDK

1:40 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

Transgenic and Humanized Mice for Type 1 Diabetes Research
Teresa DiLorenzo, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Short Talk: Single-Cell Transcriptomics of the Human Endocrine Pancreas
Yue J. Wang, University of Pennsylvania

2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Short Talk: Transcription Factor Assisted Loading and Enhancer Dynamics Dictate the Fasting Response
Ido Goldstein, National Cancer Institute

2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Break and Poster Discussion

3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

Short Talk: Harnessing GLP-1 and PYY Synergy for Bariatric Surgery-Like Weight Loss and Diabetes Remission
Stephanie Oldham, MedImmune

3:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Short Talk: Effects of Leptin on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Patients with Generalized and Partial Lipodystrophy When Food Intake Is Constant
Areli Valencia, NIDDK

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Resting ß-cells to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Chris Rhodes, MedImmune

4:30 p.m.

Adjournment and Poster Removal