The Alberta-BC Islet Workshop 2023 was held at Silver Star Mountain from February 14 -16. This was the first time the meeting has been held since February 2020. Delegates from across Canada and the USA gathered for two full days of islet science. Thirty trainees presented their latest discoveries at the in-person meeting. Thank you to the Canadian Islet Research and Training Network (CIRTN) for sponsoring the awards. Congratulations to the eight recipients of the the Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop People’s Choice Awards as voted by their peers:
Saumadritaa Kar, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of British Columbia
Transplantation of pramlintide-expressing stem-cell derived beta cells to mitigate amyloid associated islet transplant failure
Howard Cen, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
Comparative analyses of human islet transcriptomes and proteomes
Rana Minab, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of British Columbia
Fecal microbiota transplantation for type 1 diabetes therapy
Peter Overby, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of British Columbia
Loss of beta-cell Scn9a Na+ channel activity is protective in the context of type 1 diabetes while suppressing glucose-stimulated insulin secretion
Bruno Freitas, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of British Columbia
Using macrophages to improve stem-cell-derived Beta-cell differentiation, maturation and function
Liam Hall, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
Mechanisms mediating hyperinsulinemia and metabolic dysfunction in physical inactivity
Janyne Johnson, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of Alberta
Exploring GLP-1 production in pancreatic alpha-cells
Bayley Waters, Graduate Trainee- PhD Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Islet architecture in adult mice is actively maintained by Robo2 expression in β cells
