2008:Susanna Cardell -Modulation of type 1 diabetes by sulfatide specific natural killer (NK) T cells Eugenia Carvalho -
Dissecting mechanisms of neuronal
dysfunction in wound healing in diabetes type 1 Michael Christie - King's College
Anti-idiotypic antibodies in the
autoimmune response to the IA-2 autoantigen in type 1 diabetes Lena Claesson-Welsh - Subversion of VEGF signalling in diabetic retinopathy Allan Flyvbjerg - Aarhus University Hospital - Denmark The role of the mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-pathway and sMAC complex sC5-C9 in the development of diabetic vascular complications in type 1 diabetes Agnès Lehuen - Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul - France Cooperation between iNKT cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the prevention of type 1 diabetes Timo Otonkoski - University of Helsinki - Finland Induced human pluripotent stem cells as a source of pancreatic beta cells Ana Maria Wägner - Servicio Canario de Salud - Spain Post-translational protein modifications in type 1 diabetes: a role for the repair enzyme protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PIMT)? Yehiel Zick - Weizmann Institute of Science - Israel Improving the functionality of pancreatic beta cells using mutant IRS-2 proteins 2007:Isabella Artner - Lund University - SwedenThe function of FGF signalling in pancreatic progenitor cell proliferation and endocrine cell differentiation Malin Flodström-Tullberg - Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden MDA-5 and human islet cell recognition of coxsackievirus infection Roberto Mallone - Hôpital Necker Paris - France Development of T cell assays for type 1 diabetes immune staging Jens Nielsen - Copenhagen University - Denmark Identification and function of microRNAs in regulation of beta cell growth and survival Suvi M. Virtanen - Tampere Univeristy - Finland The significance of prenatal and postnatal nutrition in the development of pre-type 1 diabetes: a prospective cohort study 2006:Luc Bouwens - Vrije University - Brussels, BelgiumMolecular regulation of in vitro beta cell neogenesis from adult pancreatic tissue - role of Notch Per-Ola Carlsson - Uppsala University - Sweden Endothelial cell signalling in beta-cell function and growth Paolo Madeddu - Bristol University - U.K. Molecular characterisation of vascular progenitor cell migratory signalling in type 1 diabetes: focus on the kallikrein-kinin-nitric oxide system Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen - Steno Diabetes Center - Denmark Signalling of cytokine mediated beta-cell apoptosis Emmanuel Van Obberghen - Nice University Hospital - France Role of microRNAs and regulation of their gene expression in pancreatic β-cells Ana María Wägner - Steno Diabetes Center - Denmark Identification of type 1 diabetes predictive biomarkers in dried blood spots from newborns by Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization (SELDI) mass spectrometry 2005:Malin Flodström-Tullberg - Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, SwedenCharacterization of human beta cell antiviral defense and its importance for beta cell survival during Coxsackievirus infection Kathleen Gillespie - Bristol University - Bristol, UK Maternal cells in children with type 1 diabetes: A role in the initiation of autoimmune diabetes? Harry Heimberg - Vrije University - Brussels, Belgium Mechanisms behind regeneration of beta cell mass in diabetic mice following vasculogenesis from an hemangioblast Elmar Jaeckel - Hannover University - Hannover, Germany Antigen-specific regulatory T cells for therapy of type 1 diabetes Lorenzo Piemonti - San Raffaele Centre - Milan, Italy The contribution of islet homing mesenchymal stem cells to beta cell survival and function in a transplant model Flemming Pociot - Steno Center - Gentofte, Denmark High-density genome-wide association (linkage disequilibrium) studies in type 1 diabetes Joanne Rasschaert - Brussels Libre University - Brussels, Belgium The signal transduction of Toll-like receptor-induced β-cell apoptosis 2004:Christian Boitard - Hospital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Paris, FranceRegulation of the immune response to proinsulin isoforms in normal and diabetes-prone mice Luc Bouwens - Université Libre - Brussels, Belgium Role of endothelial cells in development and regeneration of β-cells. Lucienne Chatenoud - Necker Institute (IRNEM) - Paris, France Synergistic effect between G-CSF and CD3 antibody to promote immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes Martine Darville - Université Libre - Brussels, Belgium Cytokine-induced de-differentiation of pancreatic beta-cells: a major obstacle for stem cell-directed therapies for type 1 diabetes mellitus Decio Eizirik - Université Libre - Brussels, Belgium ER stress as a mechanism of immuno-mediated beta cell dysfunction and death in type 1 diabetes mellitus Agnès Lehuen - Hospital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Paris, France Therapeutic manipulation of NKT cells in type 1 diabetes Helle Markholst - Hagedorn Research Institute - Gentofte, Denmark Functional characterisation of the diabetes susceptibility gene Lyp/Ian411 |