Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025
The University of British Columbia hosted the 12th annual Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop from February 11-14, 2025.
The goal of the 2025 A-BC Islet Workshop was to provide an opportunity to disseminate the latest islet research findings, strengthen existing research interactions and create new collaborations across a wide variety of islet biology disciplines across Canada and the USA.
We are grateful to our invited keynote speakers Dr Amelia Linnemann from Indiana University and Dr Scott Soleimanpour from the University of Michigan for sharing their research and experience in their fields of expertise.
Congratulations to our 2025 People’s Choice Awardees:
Janyne Koepke, University of Alberta
Characterizing the production and secretion of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in primary human alpha cells
Pulkit Kumar, University of Alberta
Enhancing islet transplant viability through Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Microparticle-Encapsulated Necrostatin-1
Jeffrey Lin, University British Columbia, Life Sciences Institute
Insulin-mediated endocrine-exocrine communication during pancreatic cancer progression
Chris Schaaf, University of Colorado
NKX2.2 directs endocrine commitment via metabolic regulation of NEUROG3+ progenitors
Jane Velghe, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Human islet immune-enriched single cell transcriptomics in health and disease
Thank you to our generous sponsors who made this meeting possible:
- University of Alberta-Alberta Diabetes Institute
- University of British Columbia
- Breakthrough T1D
- Akoya Biosciences
- Meso Scale Discoveries
- 10X Genomics
- BC Children’s Hospital Childhood Diabetes Laboratories
- ADI Islet Core
- Canadian Islet Research and Training Network
We thank everyone who attended and supported this meeting. We are encouraged by the discussions of islet science, the expansion of knowledge and the in-person networking that brought us together for a rewarding and enjoyable workshop in the beautiful Canadian Okanagan Valley.
