| Diabetes Center Retreat |
| October 17-18, 2007 |
| Marconi Conference Center - 18500 Highway 1 - Marshall, California |
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| October 17 | |
| 1:00 PM | Introduction by Michael S. German, M.D. |
| Talks begin at Buck Hall |
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| 1:15 PM | Mickie Cheng, M.D. (Anderson Lab) |
| A Novel Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Autoimmune Disease |
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| 1:30 PM | Brian Fife, Ph.D. (Bluestone Lab) |
| Programmed death ligand-1 regulates peripheral T cell tolerance and autoimmune diabetes |
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| 1:45 PM | Joao Pereira, Ph.D. (Cyster Lab) |
| Transient a4b1 integrin-mediated retention of immature B cells in bone marrow sinusoids during egress |
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| 2:00 PM | Chaity Chaudhury, Ph.D. (Hanahan Lab) |
| Aspartyl proteases in pancreatic ductal adeenocarcinoma |
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| 2:15 PM | Dan Han, Ph.D. (Papa Lab) |
| The Two Divergent roles of Ire1alpha in Responding to ER Stress |
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| 2:30 PM | Helen Hwang (Rulifson Lab) |
| Notch for the average flylet |
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| 2:45 - 3:30 PM | Break |
| Room check-in at 3:00pm at Registration |
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| 3:30 PM | Helene Favre, Ph.D. (Vaisse Lab) |
| Role of Rab23 in energy homeostasis |
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| 3:45 PM | Yi Guo, Ph.D. (Farese Lab) |
| Functional Genomic Screen Reveals Genes Involved in Lipid Droplet Formation and Utilization |
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| 4:00 PM | Denis Glenn, M.D. Ph.D. (Gardner Lab) |
| Towards a model of cardiac steatosis: overexpression of DGAT in heart |
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| 4:15 PM | Elizabeth Unger (Xu Lab) |
| The role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase in energy balance regulation |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Break |
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| 5:00 PM | Gregory Szot, M.S. (Islet Production Facility Core) |
| UCSF Human Islet Isolation Experience |
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| 5:15 PM | Clinical Talk : Peter Stock, M.D. |
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| 6:00 PM | Dinner (Redwood Dinningroom) |
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| 8:00 PM | Poster Session |
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| 9:00 - 11:00 PM | Social Hour |
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| October 18 | |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Scientific Advisor Board Meeting (Redwood Dinning Hall) |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast (Redwood Dinning Hall) |
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| 9:15 AM | Edward Hsiao, M.D. Ph.D. (Conklin Lab) |
| A Stony Mouse: Examining the Roles of G-protein Signaling in Osteoblasts |
| Talks begin in Buck Hall |
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| 9:30 AM | Eric Kofoed (Schaufele Lab) |
| Biochemistry of Hormone Action in Living Cells |
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| 9:45 AM | Kevin Jones ( Ashrafi Lab) |
| Conserved, energy-sensing pathways and their regulation of fat storage in C. elegans |
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| 10:00 AM | Ali Brincat (UCSF Diabetes Center, McManus Lab) |
| Lentivirus Core Resource and Applications |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 AM | Break |
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| 10:45 AM | Jean Regard, Ph.D. (Coughlin Lab) |
| Probing Gi function in vivo indentifies novel regulators of insulin secretion |
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| 11:00 AM | Gerard Honig (Tecott Lab) |
| Pdx1-expressing progenitor cells generate serotonergic neurons in the developing hindbrain |
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| 11:15 AM | Nada Nekrep, Ph.D. (German Lab) |
| Signals from the neural crest regulate beta-cell mass |
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| 11:30 AM | Lutz Kockel, Ph.D. (Hebrok Lab) |
| Genetic and genomic dissection of Akt-Tor signaling |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch (Redwood Dining Hall) |
