Vancouver Diabetes Research Day 2021 Award Announcement
VDRD 2021 Best Poster Presentations
Daniel Gamu, PhD, Gibson Lab, Medical Genetics, UBC
Enrichment of global histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation within oxidative skeletal muscles
Howard Cen, PhD, Johnson Lab, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC
Insulin-dependent and -independent dynamics of insulin receptor trafficking in muscle cells
Yi-Chun Chen, PhD, Verchere Lab, Department of Surgery, UBC
Elevated islet prohormone ratios as predictors of human islet transplant failure
VDRD 2021 People’s Choice Awards
Patient Oriented Research Oral Presentations
Shadan Ashrafi, Tang Lab, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Moving beyond ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’: Mental health needs of adults with type 1 diabetes in rural and remote regions of British Columbia
Islet Biology and Cell Therapy Oral Presentations
Priye Iworima, Kieffer Lab, School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
The effects of the initial seeding concentration and diameter of pluripotent stem cell aggregates on the generation of pancreatic progenitors
Poster Group A: Nutrition and Metabolism, Prevention and Complications of Diabetes
Jelena Kolic, PhD, Johnson Lab, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC
Heterogeneity in macronutrient-stimulated insulin release from human islets
Poster Group B: Cell Biology & Genetics of Diabetes
Erin Tanaka, Klein Geltink Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Investigation of the reactive metabolite methylglyoxal’s role in diabetes
Poster Group C β-cell Stress and Islet Biology
Terri Ser, Klein Geltink Lab, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Investigating the Glut1-dependent pathogenicity of CD8+ T Cells
Lucas Starchuk, Klein Geltink Lab, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Investigating the pro-inflammatory role of XOR in diabetes
