2009:Hadi Al-Hasani - German Institute for Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke - Nuthetal, GermanyRole of TBC1D1 in GLUT4 translocation Control of pancreatic cell specification by Groucho/TLE-mediated transcriptional repression Sylvie Guerder - Physiopathology Centre of Toulouse-Purpan, France Study of the function of the protease TSSP, a protease that controls diabetogenic CD4 T cell development and autoimmune diabetes in the NOD mouse Per-Anders Jansson - Sahlgrenska University Hospital - Gothenburg, Sweden Daniel Konrad - University Children's Hospital - Zurich, Switzerland Regulation of glucose and energy homeostasis by fat tissue transplantation Anna Krook - Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden Charlotte Ling - Lund University - Malmö, Sweden Impact of genetic and epigenetic factors on type 2 diabetes Regulation of metabolic and inflammatory balance in liver and skeletal muscle by AMP-activated protein kinase Michael Roden - Heinrich-Heine University - Düsseldorf, Germany Insulin resistance of mitochondria and the effect of insulin therapy in humans 2008:Peter Carmeliet - Flanders Institute for Biotechnology -Evaluation of the oxygen sensor prolyl 1 hydroxylase domain 1 (PHD1) protein as a novel anti-type 2 diabetic target Miriam Cnop - Free University Brussels - Belgium Mitochondrial dysfunction in insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell failure - role in the pathogenesis of diabetes in Friedreich's ataxia Stephan Herzig - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg - Germany Hepatic inflammation through co-activator-dependent macrophage activation in obesity-related type 2 diabetes Claes Wollheim - University of Geneva - Switzerland Intervention studies to ameliorate ER stress in diabetes using animal and cell models of MODY3 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 - Brussels Free University - 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 - 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 - The Netherlands Cardiac lipid content and energy status in type 2 diabetes mellitus Peter Van Endert - Paris Necker Institute - France Prediction and treatment of type 1 diabetes by CD8+ T cell islet epitopes in HLA-A2/NOD mice 2004:Giovanni Camussi - Turin University - 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 - Sweden c-Abl, a mediator of beta-cell death? 2003:Angelika Bierhaus - Heidelberg University - GermanyRAGE-dependent NF-κβ activation in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy Monica Montagnani - Bari University - 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 |