- In Vivo Metabolic
Regulation and Obesity - Islet Development,
Biology, and
Immunology - Complications of
Diabetes - Oxidative stress
- Signal transduction
and Gene Regulation - Clinical Research
- Translational Research
January 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, January 12, 2007
Owen McGuinness
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Glucagon Doesn't Always Have to Play Second Fiddle to Insulin"
Friday, January 26, 2007
Agnes Fogo
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"PAI-1 and Diabetes - To Have Your Pie and Eat it Too"
February 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, February 9, 2007
Julio Ayala
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Erecting a Defense against Insulin Resistance"
Friday, February 23, 2007
Teresa DiLorenzo
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"From Mice to Men and Back Again: CD8 T Cell Antigens in Type 1 Diabetes"
March 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, March 2, 2007
Howard Towle
University of Minnesota
"Glucose-regulated Gene Transcription in the Liver: The Role of ChREBPMlx"
Friday, March 9, 2007
Isabella Artner
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Large Maf transcription factors in Pancreas Development and Beta Cell Function"
Friday, March 23, 2007
Andrew Greenberg
Tufts University
Friday, March 30, 2007
Bruce Damon
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"NIRS and MRI Assessment of Blood Volume and Oxygenation Responses to Isometric Contraction"
April 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, April 6, 2007
Russell Rothman
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Friday, April 13, 2007
Guoqiang Gu
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Role of myt1 for Islet Cell Differentiation and Maintenance"
May 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M. Friday, May 4, 2007
Sergio Fazio
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"HDL and Atherosclerosis"
Friday, May 11, 2007
Richard O'Brien, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Glucose-6-Phosphatase in the Brain, Liver and Pancreas"
September 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Lunch Provided
Friday, September 7, 2007
Mario C. De Tullio, MSc., Ph.D.
University of Bari, Italy
"Vitamin C: More Than an Antioxidant?"
Friday, September 21
alat (Alp) Ikizler, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division
"Obesity in Advanced Kidney Disease – If It Is
Not Beautiful, Is
It at Least Healthy?"
Friday, September 28
Seung Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
"Differentiation and Proliferation of Pancreatic
Islets in Development and Disease"
October 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Lunch Provided
Friday, October 5
Richard O'Brien, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
"Insulin-Regulated Gene Transcription and the Glucose-6-Phosphatase Gene Family"
Friday, October 12
Suzanne Ozanne, Ph.D.
Cambridge UK
“Developmental Programming of Type 2 Diabetes"
Friday, October 19
Maciej S. Buchowski, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division
"Energy Balance: Eat Less or Exercise More?"
Friday, October 26
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
"Allosteric Modulators of GPCRS as a Novel
Approach to Treatment of CNS Disorders"
November 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Lunch Provided
Friday, November 2
Maike Sander, M.D.
University of California at Irvine
"Control of Progenitor Cell Maintenance During Pancreas Organogenesis"
Friday, November 9
Luc van Kaer, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
"Glycolipid-Reactive T Cells and Diabetes"
Friday, November 16
Jackie Corbin, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
"Diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction"
Friday, November 30
Jin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division
December 2007
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.Lunch Provided
Friday, December 7
Takamune Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division
"Common Pathogenic Pathways in Diabetic
Nephropathy"
Friday, December 14
James R. Sowers, M.D.
University of Missouri Health Sciences Center
"Insulin Resistance:Role of Ang II and
Aldosterone"
Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates each of these educational activities for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
