Fall 2023 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER(S) | TALK TITLE |
| Sep 15th | Mike Hughes, MD Instructor, Stanford University | "Inequities and Unequal Paths in Pediatric to Adult Endocrine Transfer: How Requiring Consent to Pursue Best-practice RCT Design Can Exclude Those Most in Need" |
| Sep 22nd | Vira Kravets, PhD Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego | "The role of paracrine interaction in the beta cell networks" |
| Sep 29th | Seung Kim, MD, PhD KM Mulberry Professor, Stanford University | "An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Islet Core" |
| Holden Maecker, PhD Professor, Stanford University Kent Jensen, PhD Assistant Director, Diabetes Immune Monitoring Core |
"An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Immune Core" | |
| Oct 6th | Paul Cohen, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Rockefeller University | "Brown Fat in Health and Disease: From Human Cohorts to Molecular Mechanisms" |
| Oct 13th | John Coller, PhD Director, Stanford Functional Genomics Facility Ramesh Nair, PhD Director of Bioinformatics, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine (SCGPM) | "An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Genetics Core" |
| Manisha Desai, PhD Kim and Ping Li Professor, Stanford University Walter Park, MD Associate Professor, Stanford University Vivek Charu, MD Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "An introduction to the SDRC Cores: The Clinical Core" | |
| Oct 20th | Wei Wei, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, Long Lab, Stanford University | "The bidirectional taurine N-acetyltransferase/hydrolase PTER controls body weight and energy balance" |
| Oct 27th | Katja Weinacht, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "Tapping into the immunotherapy potential of the thymus with iPSC-derived thymic epithelial cells." |
| Nov 3rd | Sangeeta Dhawan, PhD Associate Professor, City of Hope | "DNA methylation Patterning of Beta Cell Heterogeneity and Health: From Development to Disease" |
| CANCELLED-Nov 10th | Ananta Addala, MD Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "Designing for the NIDDK Strategic Plan: Equitable Science is Good Science" |
| Nov 17th | Diabetes Research Forum | |
| Nov 24th | Thanksgiving break | |
| Dec 1st | Aimee Ponce, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, Gloyn Lab, Stanford University | "A beta-cell journey: from birth to disease" |
| Dec 8th | Shuke Xiao, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, Long Lab, Stanford University | "CNDP2/Lac-Phe mediates the anti-obesity effects of metformin" |
| Dec 15th | Renee Zhao, MS, PhD Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "Miniaturized magnetically driven patch pump for high-accuracy insulin dispensing" |
| Dec 22nd | Winter Holidays Closure | |
Winter and Spring 2024 | ||
| Jan 12th | Ana Paredes García, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Wellcome Sanger Institute | "Retinoid X Receptors: a missing link between metabolism and cardiac function" |
| Jan 19th | Emily Sims, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University | "Beta believe It: How Beta Cell Dysfunction Can Inform T1D Pathology and Disease Modifying Therapies" |
| Jan 26th | Jeff Grethe, PhD Principal Investigator, dkNET; Associate Professor, UC San Diego | "dkNET resources to help with NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Plan" |
| Feb 2nd | Tamadher Alghunaim, PhD Gloyn Lab, Stanford University | "A Molecular Quest for Understanding Islet Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes" |
| Feb 9th | Irv Weissman, MD Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor, Stanford University | "Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells" |
| Feb 16th | Lars Krogvold, MD, PhD Pediatric Endocrinologist, Associate Professor, University of Oslo | "Prevention and screening for type 1 diabetes" |
| Feb 23rd | No Seminar | |
| Mar 1st | Rebecca Lee, PhD Greg Ku Lab, University of California, San Francisco | "A shRNA screen in primary human beta cells identifies the serotonin 1F receptor as a negative regulator of survival during transplant" |
| Mar 8th | Eunhee Choi, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University | "Activation of the insulin receptor by insulin and non-insulin peptide: Application in human disease" |
| CANCELLED-Mar 15th | Ashwin Nayak, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "Use of Conversational AI for Insulin Management in Type 2 Diabetes" |
| Mar 22nd | Judith Simcox, PhD HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison | "Regulation of energy expenditure and metabolism by plasma lipid signaling" |
| Mar 29th | Qiao (Joe) Zhou, PhD Professor, Cornell University | "Developing an autologous cell therapy to treat diabetes" |
| Apr 5th | Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, PhD Professor and Chair, City of Hope | "In Pursuit of Therapies to Treat Diabetes: From Small Molecules to Single Cell Transcriptome Analysis" |
| April 12th | Hyun Cheol Roh, PhD Assistant Professor, Indiana University | Cellular & Epigenomic Remodeling of Adipose Tissues During Obesity |
| April 19th | Jesse Engreitz, PhD Assistant Professor, Stanford University | "Mapping the convergence of coronary artery disease genes on endothelial cell programs with Perturb-seq" |
| Ronghao Zhou PhD Student, Engreitz & Rando lab, Stanford University | "Mapping genes and pathways for liver aging with in vivo Perturb-seq" | |
| Apr 26th | Frontiers in Diabetes Research Symposium | |
| May 3rd | Jameel Lone, PhD Basic Life Research Scientist, Stanford University | "BRP3, a peripheral mediator of appetite regulation that reverses obesity" |
| May 10th | Seung Kim, MD, PhD KM Mulberry Professor, Stanford University | "Overview of the SDRC: Past, Present & Future" |
| May 17th | Alyce Adams, PhD Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor and Professor, Stanford University | "An introduction to the Center for Clinical & Translational Research" |
| May 24th | Minas Nalbandian, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, Blau Lab, Stanford University | Talk Title TBA |