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The Annual Spring Symposium includes a poster session with awards for the best basic science and the best patient-oriented research posters as judged by our esteemed panel of guest Judges:

• Domenico Accili, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
• James F. Hyde, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Career Development (“K” awards) & Diabetes Centers Programs, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health
• Paula Kiberstis, Ph.D., Senior Genetics Editor, Nature Medicine
• Ushma S. Neill, Ph.D., Executive Editor, The Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Randy Levinson, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Nature Medicine
• Kenneth S. Polonsky, M.D., Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University in St. Louis
• Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University
• Susanne Tranguch, Ph.D., Editor, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cell Press

Following the poster competition, the day culminates with the Kroc Lecture delivered by Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University.

Topic: Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Lipodystrophy and the Metabolic Syndrome

Location: BRB II/III Lobby & Auditorium

Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Please note that the deadline for poster registration is March 3, 2010