A Message from Dr. Bluestone regarding the 2009 Diabetes Center Retreat.

First, I would like to thank all of you for attending this year’s Diabetes Center Retreat. It was especially gratifying to see the breadth and depth of the research efforts at UCSF in Diabetes ranging from research to education to community action. Also, I wish to thank all those who were involved in putting the event together including Christian Vaisse, the IT staff, Jimmy and other administrative personal and the students and post-docs who put together the movies (has anyone seen my chair – its black).

Finally, let’s all congratulate Janet Lau for presenting the winning poster at the 2009 Diabetes Center Retreat. The title of her poster was:  "Activation of Hh signaling in the pancreas through Gli2 is facilitated by loss of cilia and results in profound endocrine loss”

I look forward to a great event next year.

Jeff


Diabetes Center Retreat Objective

The objective of the Diabetes Center Retreat is to facilitate the exchange of research information and discussion among investigators within UCSF research community. Diabetes Center and DERC Members, UCSF Faculty/Staff, fellows, and students are welcome to attend. The Diabetes Center Retreat will be held on April 7-8,2009 at Asilomar Conference Center.

Please note:  This year's retreat will be held back-to-back with the Institute of Regenerative Medicine retreat (April 8-10), with a joint-session on the afternoon of April 8.  However registrations for each event will be independent from one another.  Please register for IRM's retreat at http://irm.ucsf.edu/News/Retreat.aspx  by February 13, 2009.

Please be sure to register by February 23, 2009. Go to http://derc.diabetes.ucsf.edu/EN/registration_form/ to register online.  The Registration Fee is $50 which includes dinner, social hour, and lodging on April 7th as well as breakfast and lunch on April 8th.   Lodging is based on first-come/first-serve basis due to limited room capacity.  If you would like to spend an extra night at Asilomar since the joint session and dinner will end at 7:00 PM, there will be an additional $25 charge for the additional meals and night of accommodation.

If you're a UCSF member, you can pay by completing the Recharge Form. Go to http://derc.diabetes.ucsf.edu/EN/recharge_form/ to download and complete the Diabetes Recharge Authorization Form.  You can email the form to alam@diabetes.ucsf.edu or fax it to 415/731-3612.  For non-members of UCSF, please make checks payable to UCSF Regents and mail it to the address below:

UCSF Diabetes Center
C/O Amy Lam
513 Parnassus Ave. HSW 1090
San Francisco, CA 94143-0534

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