2007:Francesco Beguinot - University of Naples - ItalyPrep1(pKnox) gene function in type 2 diabetes Ingo Leibiger - Karolinska Institutet - Sweden Non-invasive in vivo imaging of pancreatic beta cell signal-transduction Martine Vaxillaire - Institut Pasteur Lille - France Post genome-wide association study and functional investigation of novel type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes (GWAFI-T2D) Juleen Zierath - Karolinska Institutet - Sweden Epigenetic modifications involved in insulin sensitivity in human skeletal muscle 2006:Angelo Avogaro - University of Padova - ItalyThe protein p66Shc and the alterations of endothelial progenitor cells in diabetes Benoit Gauthier - University Medical Center - Geneva, Switzerland Human blood monocytes as a source of surrogate beta cells for cellular therapy of type 1 diabetes; establishment of an optimal and reproducible protocol Joanne Rasschaert - Université Libre de Bruxelles - Belgium The signal transduction of virus-induced beta cell death and insulitis Michele Solimena - Dresden University of Technology - Germany SUMOylation in beta cells 2005:Jens Brüning - Cologne University - Cologne, GermanyRole of insulin action in hypothalamic AgRP/NPY-expressing neurons in the regulation of energy homeostasis and gluconeogenesis Sarah Ferber - Sheba Medical Center - Tel-Hashomer, Israel Improving the therapeutic outcome of using liver to replace pancreatic b-cells function in adult human tissues Patrick Schrauwen - Maastricht University - Maastricht, The Netherlands Cardiac lipid content and energy status in type 2 diabetes mellitus Peter Van Endert - Paris Necker Institute - Paris, France Prediction and treatment of type 1 diabetes by CD8+ T cell islet epitopes in HLA-A2/NOD mice 2004:Giovanni Camussi - Turin University - Turin, ItalyRole of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in diabetic nephropathy Jorge Ferrer - Institute for Biomedical Research - Barcelona, Spain A genetic model to study multipotent progenitors of the embryonic and adult pancreas Concepción Mora Giral - Institute for Biomedical Research - Barcelona, Spain Study of the immunological balance resulting from pancreating beta cell hyperplasia and autoaggressive lymphocytic invasion in the NOD/Cdk4R24C knockin mice. Tumor immunity in NOD (Non Obese Diabetic) Autoimmune-pronemurine model Giorgio Sesti - Magna Graecia University - Catanzaro, Italy Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms by which pro- and anti-infammatory molecules affect insulin signalling related to glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle cells and adipocytes Nils Welsh - Uppsala University - Uppsala, Sweden c-Abl, a mediator of beta-cell death? 2003:Angelika Bierhaus - Heidelberg University - Heidelberg, GermanyRAGE-dependent NF-κβ activation in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy Monica Montagnani - Bari University - Bari, Italy Elucidation of adiponectin signalling pathways related to activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the vasculature Juleen Zierath - Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden The role of Diacylglycerol Kinase Delta (DGKd) in the regulation of glucose homeostasis: novel signalling pathways involved in insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus |