Islet Workshop

Location: Building F, Room F107

12:25

Introductory Remarks

12:30

Michael Ailion, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

A Secretory Granule Biogenesis Pathway that Bypasses the Golgi?

1:00

Ian Sweet, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Pathogenic Action of GAD65 Autoantibodies on Islet Function in Type 1 Diabetes: A Path to Prevention

1:30

Sakeneh Zraika, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Novel Regulators of Beta-Cell Function and Mass

2:00

Break

2:15

Emerson Carmona, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

The Voltage-Gated Proton Channel (Hv1) as a New Regulator of GSIR in Pancreatic Beta-Cells

2:30

Chrystal Guzman

Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology

Role of MicroRNAs and Cell-cell Communication in the Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells Toward the Pancreatic Islet Cell Lineage

2:45

Kaya Keutler

Graduate Student, Oregon Health and Science University

Deciphering the Islet - Pancreatic Hormones and their Role in Islet Growth and Formation

3:00

Break

3:15

Keynote Lecture: Amelia Linnemann, PhD

Associate Professor, Indiana University

In Vivo Imaging of Beta Cell Stress Response