Lund University Diabetes Centre’s 20th Anniversary Symposium – Evolving heterogeneity in diabetes

Since Lund University Diabetes Centre was formed 20 years ago, the centre has been committed to improving the quality of life for people with diabetes. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of we invite you to join our celebration in Malmö.

Type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are major health challenges for our society. 20 years ago, Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) was formed to facilitate all aspects of clinical, translational, and basic research with the goal to improve the quality of life for people suffering from diabetes.

Today, junior and senior researchers work together at LUDC in a vibrant research environment consisting of around 30 research groups at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, in Lund and Malmö. Many of LUDC’s research group leaders have positions at Skåne University Hospital, which help ensure that insights from the lab can be translated into clinical practice. Our organisation for early career researchers, LUDC Early Career Network (LUDC ECN), help facilitate their career development and the freedom to pursue innovative ideas that will shape the future of diabetes care.

Our centre is well-known for several major research contributions, for example classification of patient groups with diabetes into subgroups, studies of various diabetes-related autoantibodies in children with a high risk of developing type 1 diabetes, and for establishing clinical cohorts and sample collections that enable advanced diabetes research.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of LUDC, we are inviting some of the world's most distinguished diabetes researchers to Malmö to discuss new developments and research questions. This two-day symposium will not just look back at the last 20 years but also discuss the future of diabetes research.

Please register by June 26.

Link to registration

The programme will be updated continuously.
 

September 24

09.00-09.15 

Welcome talk 
Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor, Lund University

Session I

09.20-09.50
Jens Juul Holst, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
GLP-1 receptor aganists and the CaRaMeLo (cardio-renal-metabolic-liver-obesity) syndrome

09.55-10.25
Helena Elding-Larsson, LUDC/Lund University, Sweden
Type 1 diabetes heterogeneity in early autoimmunity, prevention and novel treatment

10.25-11.00
Break with coffee and tea

11.00-11.30
Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Tracking the Progressive Continuum f Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes

11.35-12.05
Chantal Mathieu, KU Leuven, Belgium

12.05-13.00
Lunch and poster mingle

Session II

13.00-13.30
Christopher Bang Newgard, Duke University, US

13.35-14.05
Jens Lagerstedt, Novo Nordisk, Denmark
Drug discovery in obesity and diabetes

14.10-14.40
Elisa De Franco, University of Exeter, UK
Gene discovery in neonatal diabetes: insights into beta cell biology

14.40-15.10
Coffee break

15.10-15.40
Anna Gloyn, Stanford Medicine, US
Insights into diabetes heterogeneity from rare and common variation

15.45-16.15
Patrik Rorsman, Oxford University, UK
The ups and downs of blood glucose regulation - a career perspective

Mingle and gala dinner

September 25

09.00-09.15
Introduction

Session III

09.20-09.50
Stefano Romeo, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

09.55-10.25
Hiddo Lambers Heerspink, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

10.25-11.00
Break with coffee and tea

11.00-11.30
Jan Nilsson, LUDC/Lund University, Sweden
Promoting vascular repair to prevent cardiovascular complications in diabetes

11.35-12.05
Peter Rossing, Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark

12.05-13.00
Lunch and poster mingle

Session IV

13.00-13.30
Paul Franks, LUDC/Lund University, Sweden
Maximising the translational potential of precision medicine research

13.35-14.05
Sonia García Calzón, University of Navarra, Spain
Epigenetics for precision medicine in type 2 diabetes

14.05-14.35
Break with coffee and tea

14.35-15.05
Ewan Pearson, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
iDiabetes & Precision Diabetes Care

15.10-15.40
Emma Ahlqvist, LUDC/Lund University, Sweden

15.45-16.15
Concluding remarks by Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson, coordinators of LUDC