The Islet Study Group conference will be held at the UBC Life Science Institute on June 19th-21st, 2023.
Opening Remarks will begin at 12pm on June 19th, and Closing Remarks will begin at 1pm on June 21st. Delegates can attend online or in-person, which have different registration fees. Abstract submissions have closed, but registration is open until June 15th at 12pm.
Keynote Speakers:
- Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD
- Guy Rutter PhD
Session topics:
- Human pancreatic development
- Updates to the glucose stimulated insulin secretion model
- Stem cells to islet cells: How close are we?
- Immunoprotection of stem cell derived islet surrogates
- Expanding roles of islet cells in type 1 diabetes
- Regulation of basal insulin secretion: Redox, lipids, and other factors
- Individualization of insulin responses from human islets: Translational considerations and consortia
- Diabetes genetics and islet genomics
- Beta cell biology
- Sex differences in islet biology
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