The purpose of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes Research Symposium is to encourage collaborations and better interactions at the regional level in terms of sharing reagents and expertise.

To accomplish this, there will be a special session (oral and/or poster) for investigators to propose collaborations.  Also, there will be special topics such as a summary of the major research and treatment advances over the last couple of years, and a presentation on biological materials and databases that are available at the National Institutes of Health.  In the afternoon, there will be additional short talks plus several hot topics chosen from submitted abstracts in the fields of obesity/insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes and beta cell biology/type 1 diabetes.

 

For questions concerning program content, contact:

Dr. Samuel Cushman
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center
Building 10, Room 5-5752
10 Center Drive, MSC 1453
Bethesda, MD  20892-1453
Phone:  (301) 496-5953
Fax:  (301) 451-6989
Email:  samc@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov

 

For questions concerning meeting logistics, contact:

John Hare, CMP
The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc.
656 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 210
Gaithersburg, MD  20878
Phone:  (301) 670-4990
Fax:  (301) 670-3815
Email:  jhare@scgcorp.com