2009 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium

AGENDA

7:30 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.	Registration, Poster Setup, Light Refreshments

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Welcome Sam Cushman, NIDDK

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Morning Session Chair: Jesse Roth, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Genomics and Pharmacogenetics in the Physiology and Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity Marc Reitman, Merck & Co., Inc.

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	Differential Regulation of Adipose Triglyceride Lipase (ATGL) and Hormone Sensitive Lipase (HSL) by Lipid Droplet-Associated Proteins (PAT Proteins) Carole Sztalryd, University of Maryland School of Medicine

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Reduction of Adipose Tissue and Pancreatic Islet Inflammation by Sitagliptin in a Mouse Model of Obesity Anca Dobrian, Eastern Virginia Medical School

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.	A Diabetic Fly Model: Growth and Metabolic Defects Are Caused by Deletion of Drosophila Insulin-like Peptides Caroline Li, University of Maryland

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Break

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	No, Bariatric Surgery Has Not Conquered Diabetes (Yet!): Some Intriguing and Disturbing Puzzles Walter Pories, East Carolina University

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Olanzapine Rapidly Stimulates Shifts in Peripheral Fuel Selection and Increases Whole-body Lipid Fuel Oxidation Vance Albaugh, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Beyond Thrombosis: The Role of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type-1 (PAI-1) in Obesity-induced Inflammation Gina Coudriet, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Dynamics of Adipose Tissue Growth Under Weight Gain and Loss Junghyo Jo, NIDDK

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Metabolic Effects of Myostatin Inhibition Alex McPherron, NIDDK

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Lunch and Poster Session

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Afternoon Session Chair: Lester Salans, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Novel Pathways for Preserving Beta-cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes Chris Newgard, Duke University Medical Center

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Caveolin-1 and Cholesterol Regulate GLP-1 Receptor Function in Pancreatic Islets Stacey Barrick, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	PERK (EIF2AK3) Regulates Proinsulin Trafficking and Quality Control in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Douglas Cavener, The Pennsylvania State University

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Break

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	RGS4 and Spinophilin Are Negative Regulators M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor-mediated Insulin Release I. Ruiz de Azua, NIDDK

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	O-GlcNAc Modification Is a Key Modulator for Insulin Production in Drosophila melanogaster Osamu Sekine, NIDDK

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Dynamic Molecular Organization of GLUT4 and Insulin-stimulated Glucose Transport Sam Cushman, NIDDK

4:30 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.	Wrap-up and Thanks Sam Cushman, NIDDK

4:35 p.m.	Adjournment, Poster Removal