Diabetes research day

The event is arranged by the Diabetes programme at Lund University (DPLU), a network of young diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC).

Junior and senior diabetes researchers at LUDC give lectures on current research during the day.
 
Talks are also given by the winners of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research, the DPLU student grant and the Leif C. Groop young scientist scholarship.
 
The event is aimed at anyone with an interest in diabetes research.
 
Register for the meeting over Zoom by sending an email to research administrator Ulrika Blom-Nilsson.
Email address: ulrika [dot] blom-nilsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se

Programme

13.00-13.05
Introduction by DPLU representatives
 
13.05-13.35
Marju Orho-Melander, principal investigator, Diabetes – Cardiovascular Disease, Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC)
"Gut metagenome and plasma metabolome in cardiometabolic disease in large population"

13.35-13.55
Sergey Hladkou, postdoctoral fellow, Diabetes – Molecular Metabolism, Lund University Diabetes Centre
"T2D modelling in iPSC: The story of the two genes"

13.55-14.10
PhD student grant winner

14.10-14.30
Break

14.30-15.30
Talk by Myriam Aouadi, researcher in immunometabolism at Karolinska Institutet, who receives the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 
"The many facets of macrophages in metabolic diseases"

15.30-15.45
Efraim Westholm, doctoral student, Diabetes – Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre
"Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes - crosstalk exocrine to endocrine pancreas"

15.45-16.05
Break

16.05-16.35
Talk by young scholarship winner 2021, Luis Rodrigo Cataldo.
"EPDR1, a novel human batokine regulating β cell metabolism and function"

Motivation:
There were 5 applicants which were evaluated with an objective scoring system. Luir Rodrigo Cataldo was the most scored applicant, scoring highest in 3 out of 4 criterias:
- Significance, novelty and originality
- Scientific quality of the proposed research
- CV and publications
The committee unanimously agreed to award the stipend to Luis Rodrigo Cataldo.

16.35-17.00
Gabriela de Paula, postdoctoral fellow, Diabetes and Brain Function, Lund University Diabetes Centre
"Fat-induced energy metabolism alterations in BV-2 microglia cells"

17.00-17.30
Annelie Carlsson, principal investigator, Pediatric Autoimmunity, Lund University Diabetes Centre
"Is there a link between childhood obesity and the increased incidence of T1D?"

17.30-17.35
Closing remarks by DPLU representatives

Join the Zoom-meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/67129550908