2021 Spring Symposium and Kroc Lecture

Agenda

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	BlueJeans Virtual Poster Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM	Judges meet
1:15 - 1:30 PM	Welcome Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Opening Remarks Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCH Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
1:30 - 2:15 PM	Katalin Susztak, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Genetics “From Glycemic Control to Complications Preventions; Shifting the Focus in Diabetes”
2:15 - 3:00 PM	J. Nicholas Betley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology *“Adaptive Control of Food Intake”*
3:00 - 3:30 PM	William T. Cefalu, M.D. Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, NIH/NIDDK “NIH-NIDDK Activities and Initiatives”
3:30 - 3:45 PM	IDOM Outstanding Research Project Awards Presentation
*Panel of Guest Judges:*	Morris J. Birnbaum, M.D., Ph.D.,Pfizer Mathew Beymer, Ph.D., Editor, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism Laureen Connell, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Genes & Development; Senior Editor, Molecular Case Studies, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Daniel J. Drucker, M.D., Mt. Sinai Hospital Toronto Ontario Mari-Carmen Fenandez-Aguera, Ph.D., Scientific Editor, Cell Metabolism Randy Levinson, Ph.D., Deputy Editor, Cell Metabolism Ushma S. Neill, Ph.D., Editor at Large, JCI Yevgeniya Nusinovich, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Editor, Science Christoff Schmitt, Ph.D., Chief Editor, Nature Metabolism Lori Sussel, Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver Anschults Medical Campus
4:00 - 5:00 PM	Lori Sussel, Ph.D. University of Colorado Denver Anschults Medical Campus “Novel Insights into RNA Regulation of Pancreatic Islet Functions”

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