Recipients
EFSD/Novo Nordisk Programme in Diabetes Research



2005/6:

Sylvie Guerder - Toulouse Centre of Physiopathology, France
Analysis of the mechanisms of diabetes resistance in NOD mice deficient for a thymic serine endopeptidase: a model system to evaluate the potency of protease inhibition in preventing autoimmune disease.

André Herchuelz - Brussels University, Belgium
Prevention of beta-cell death in type 1 diabetes mellitus by modulation of intracellular Ca²+ homeostasis.

Stephan Herzig - German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany
Molecular control of hepatic energy metabolism through transcriptional co-factor TBL1.

Marta Hribal - Catanzaro Magna Graecia University, Italy
Role of the Akt specific phosphatase PHLPP in insulin action and in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance.

Pierre Maechler - Geneva University, Switzerland
Beta-cell specific abrogation of the gene encoding for glutamate dehydrogenase (GLUD1 ko)in transgenic mice and isolated islets.

Michael Roden - Hanusch Hospital - Austria
Mitochondrial dysfunction in human insulin resistance and diabetes: causes and consequences.

Coen Stehouwer - Maastricht University - The Netherlands
The role of ATF6, a key regulator of the unfolded protein response, in risk of type 2 diabetes.


2004/5:

Per-Olof Berggren - Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Increased serum apoliprotein CIII and Ca2+ -dependent β-cell death.

Per-Ola Carlsson - Uppsala University, Sweden
Blood vessels in transplanted pancreatic islets.

Miriam Cnop - Université Libre, Belgium
Endoplasmic reticulum stress: a putative cause of nutrient- and obesity-induced pancreatic ß-cell dysfunction and death in type 2 diabetes.

Lena Eliasson - Lund University, Sweden
Regulation of insulin secretion by a specific miRNA and its target protein. Karlhans Endlich - Heidelberg University, Germany
Diabetic nephropathy and mechanotransduction in podocytes.

Martin R. Larsen - S. Denmark University, Denmark
Do microparticles in plasma contain biomarkers for insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes (T1DM)?

Stellan Sandler - Uppsala University, Sweden
KATP-channel openers (KCO) as rescue drugs during acute β-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes.


2003/4:

Peter Arner - Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Novel adipocyte lipolysis mechanisms causing obesity mediated type 2 diabetes.

Decio Eizirik - Université Libre Brussels, Belgium
Mining genomic data to identify genes leading to β-cell death in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Heikki Hyöty - Tampere University, Finland
Biobank of human diabetogenic enterovirus strains.

Pierre Maechler - Geneva University, Switzerland
Cloning and functional characterisation of the mitochondrial glutamate carrier 1 (GC1) in insulin secreting cells.

Marcelina Párrizas - Institute for Biomedical Research Barcelona, Spain
Role of transcription factor FOXO1 in β-cell function and differentiation.

Michele Solimena - Dresden University, Germany
Molecular machinery for the biogenesis of insulin secretory granules.

Antonio Vidal-Puig - Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom
Lipotoxicity and insulin resistance. characterisation of the SREBP1c skeletal muscle tissue specific knock-out mouse.