Diabetes Research Forum 2021
To mark November as Diabetes Awareness Month, the Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) organizes a Diabetes Research Forum each year. The sixth iteration of this series was held on Nov 19th, 2021 at the Berg Hall in Li Ka Shing Center. The Diabetes Research Forum is a symposium with presentations from Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) award winners. Members from within the center, including faculty members, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attended this year. We had the following speakers:
Eric Appel, Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering: “Novel ultra-fast insulin formulations for diabetes treatment”
Peter Jackson, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology: “Ciliary GPCRs directing pancreatic β-cell proliferation and GSIS”
2020 Awardees:
Alan Pao, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine: “Mechanisms Underlying Obesity-Related Hyperoxaluria”
Meryl Sperling, Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: “Fasting versus Fed: Effect of oral intake prior to the glucose tolerance test in pregnancy”
Seema Dangwal, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute: “Endothelial Dysfunctio in COVID19-associated Organ Injury”
Udit Parekh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chou Laboratory, Bioengineering: “Next-generation Insulin Therapeutics Enabled by Computational Protein Design”
Dr. Rick Kraemer, Director of the SDRC Pilot and Feasibilty Program, showcased the success of the program over the last 6 years. It was exciting to see the breadth of projects that have been funded since the center has received NIH funding. Dr. Kraemer highlighted publications and grants that have benefited from pilot funding from SDRC. He also thanked the support of partnering departments and institutes at Stanford that have co-funded pilot awards. The 2021 P&F awardees presented updates on their progress so far and received valuable feedback from members of the diabetes research community. 8 new pilot awards have been granted in 2021 and the awardees presented their proposed work that will begin in January 2022. Dr. Seung Kim, Director of SDRC, provided updates on the activities of the center and thanked all members for active participation.
