Event Info

Scientific and Social Program of the 3rd Annual Midwest Islet Club

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

11:30 - 1:45 PM Arrivals, Registration and Lunch: University Place Hotel, 850 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
2:00 - 2:15 PM Welcome and Introduction: Raghu Mirmira (Host). Walther Hall, 2nd Floor Auditorium
2:15 - 3:30 PM SESSION 1 - Endocrine Pancreas Development and Early ß-Cell growth (Moderator: James Wells)
2:15 - 2:30 pm CHAD HUNTER - 'Ldb1, a cofactor of Isl1, is required during the development of the endocrine pancreas'.
2:30 - 2:45 pm YAN HANG - 'The MafB and MafA Transcription Factors Regulate Genes Critical to Beta Cell Maturation and Function in a Cooperative and Sequential Manner'.
2:45 - 3:00 pm BRIGID GREGG - 'Beta- and ductal-cell population dynamics in the perinatal period through adulthood: The potential contribution of beta-cell neogenesis after birth'.
3:00 - 3:15 pm RACHEL REINERT - 'Pancreatic Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGF-A) Regulates Islet Vascularization and Innervation'.
3:15 - 3:30 pm MICHELLE GUNEY - 'Dissection of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Function in Beta Cell Proliferation Using Conditional Gene Inactivation'.
3:30 - 4:00 PM Tea Break
4:00 - 4:15 PM SESSION 2 - Islet Transcription Factors and Gene Regulation (Moderator: Mauren Gannon)
4:00 - 4:15 pm JAMES DUTTON et al – 'Successful re-specification of cells to insulin producing phenotypes using transcription factors' - Abstract #65
4:15 - 4:30 pm SHIN TSUNEKAWA - A Distinct FoxO Feedback Control of IRS-2 Expression in Islet ß-cells'.
4:30 - 4:45 pm TATSUYOSHI KONO - 'PPAR-gamma Activation Restores Islet SERCA mRNA and Protein Levels and Prevents beta-Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes'.
4:45 - 5:00 pm pm DHANANJAY GUPTA- 'Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Receptor (GIPR): A novel target of Peroxisome-proliferator Activated Receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) action'.
5:00 - 5:15 pm JONATAN - The Role of Sox17 in Beta Cell Function and Islet Homeostasis .'
6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner, Medical Science Building Atrium
7:30 - 10:00 PM POSTER SESSION and SOCIAL: Medical Science Building Atrium

Thursday, May 27, 2010

7:00 - 8:30 AM Breakfast: University Place Hotel, 850 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (All registrants invited to breakfast)
8:30 - 9:00 AM Walk to Walther Hall 2nd Floor Auditorium
9:00 - 10:00 AM SESSION 3 - Islet ß-Cell Growth (Moderator: Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña)
9:00 - 9:15 am DAWN BELT DAVIS - 'The role of FoxM1 in beta cell proliferation in mouse and human pancreatic islets'.
9:15 - 9:30 am NAGESHA GUTHALU - 'Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) enhances human beta cell proliferation and function with simultaneous induction of cyclin-dependent-kinase 2 (cdk2) and CyclinE expression'.
9:30 - 9:45 am TAYLOR ROSA - 'Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) overexpression in the beta cell ameliorates hyperglycemia in Irs2-deficient mice by increasing beta cell mass and maintaining compensatory hyperinsulinemia'.
9:45 - 10:00 am PATRICK FUEGER - 'Effects of Dexamethasone on Beta Cell Proliferation'.
10:00-10:15 am SARA ERNST - 'The HGF/cMet Signaling Pathway is Essential for Pancreatic Beta-Cell Regeneration'.
10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 PM SESSION 4 - Islet ß-Cell Death and Survival (Moderator: John Corbett)
10.45 - 11.00 am JEREMY LAVINE - 'Cholecystokinin is upregulated in obese islets and expands beta-cell mass by increasing beta-cell survival'.
11.00 - 11.15 am GORDON MEARES - 'Connecting ER stress signaling to mTOR: IRE1 dependent activation of AMPK in response to nitric oxide'.
11.15 - 11.30 am REIESHA ROBBINS - 'Deoxyhypusine Syn11.00 - 11.15 am
11.30 - 11.45 am AARON BALDWIN - 'Aberrant Palmitoylation Induces ER Stress and Death in the Beta-cell'.
11.45 - 12.00 pm MING LIU - 'Mutant Preproinsulin Induced Diabetes'.
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch, Medical Science Building Atrium
1:30 - 2:45 PM SESSION 5 - Islet ß-Cell Signaling for Insulin Secretion (Moderator: Les Satin)
1:30 -1:45 pm LYNLEY POUND - 'Is G6PC2/IGRP a component of the beta cell glucose sensor?'
1:45 - 2:00 pm MATTHEW MERRINS - 'Metabolic Oscillations in Islets Depend on Ca2+ Level but not Ca2+ Oscillations'.
2:00 - 2.15 pm RICHARD BENNINGER - 'Islet Gap Junction Coupling and the Regulation Insulin Secretion'.
2:15 - 2:30 pm EUNJIN OH -Munc18-1 is a key regulator of first-phase insulin secretion in human and mouse islet beta cells and in the maintenance of whole-body glucose homeostasis'.
2:30 - 2:45 pm JAMIE CANTRELL - 'Analysis of the role of sphingosine-1-phosphate in pancreatic beta-cell function'.
2:45 - 3:30 pm Tea Break
3:30 - 4:45 PM SESSION 6 - Insights into Islet Dysfunction (Moderator: Debbie Thurmond)
3:30 - 3.45 pm N.S. KAYTON - 'Loss of Beta Cell-Resident Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Impairs Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion'.
3:45 - 4:00 pm ALEJANDRO AKROUH - 'Functional Study of Compound Heterozygous Mutations in the SUR1 Subunit of Pancreatic KATP Channels That Cause Neonatal Diabetes'.
4:00 - 4:15 pm STACEY DULA - 'Evidence that low-grade systemic inflammation can induce beta-cell failure'.
4:15 - 4:30 pm SINDU RAJAN - 'SUMO mediated regulation of Glucagon Like Peptide Receptor-1 activity'.
4:30 - 4:45 pm DEAN WISEMAN - 'Glucose-Induced S-Nitrosylation of Syntaxin 4 Regulates Insulin Exocytosis from Pancreatic Beta Cells'.
4:45 - 5:15 PM Break
5:15 - 6:15 PM SESSION 7 - THE 3RD ANNUAL LACY MEDAL LECTURE (Moderator: CHRIS RHODES)
BARBARA E. CORKEY Ph.D. (Boston University) - 'Mechanisms for Basal Hypersecretion of Insulin'
6:15 - 7:00 pm Break, Posters and Social: Medical Science Building Atrium
7:00- 10:00 pm Dinner and Awards

Friday, May 28, 2010

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Depart

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