NATIONAL ISLET CELL RESOURCE CENTER’S
3rd ANNUAL ISLET WORKSHOP

University of Illinois at Chicago
Friday, October 18, 2007

AGENDA
 
I. Developmental Biology of Pancreatic Islet Cells
     
Moderators: Chris Rhodes, U.Chicago & Charles Murtaugh, Utah, SLC
 
  1. Jen Jensen, Cleveland Clinic
“the developmental biology of islet cells - a different view on islet cell expansion”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. John Hutton, UC at Denver
“Decoding the human islet cell development”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
II. Cell Cycle in Human Pancreatic Islet Cells
     
Moderators: Bob Sorenson, U. MN & Anil Bhushan, UCLA
 
  1. Andrew Stewart, U. Pitt
“Human beta cell cycle”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Hans Hohmeier, Duke
“Novel pathways for control of adult beta cell”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
 
III. External Beta Cell Growth Factors
     
Moderators: Bill Lowe, NWU & Alberto Hayek, UCSD, Whittier Inst.
 
  1. Alex Rabinovitch, U. Alberta
“EGF, gastrin and GLP-1”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Bob Sorenson, U. MN
“Prolactin and placental lactogen”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
 
IV. Standardization of Human Islet Shipment
     
Moderators: Bernhard Hering, U. MN & Al Powers, Vanderbilt
     
  1. Leo DeBandi, US Red Cross
“What can be learned from shipping blood products”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Klearchos Papas, U. MN
“Shipping human islets”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
V. Predicting Islet Graft Function- Islet Assessment
     
Moderators: Camillo Ricordi, U. Miami & Fouad Kandeel, SCIC
     
  1. Chris Rhodes, U. Chicago
“Characterization of functional human islets”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Thomas O'Halloran, NWU
“Cellular zinc homeostasis and fluorescent imaging”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
VI. Islet Neogenesis
     
Moderators: Fred Levine, UCSD & Al Naji, U. Penn
     
  1. Julie Kerr-Conte, Lillie, FR
“How to make islets from waste”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Jake Kushner, U Penn
“Where do beta cells regenerate from?”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
VII. Non-immunological Islet Graft Loss - Islet Cell Pathology
     
Moderators: Dixon Kaufman, NWU & Luis Fernandez, U. Wisconsin
     
  1. Bruce Verchere, UBC
“Islet Amyloid - Can we abrogate destiny”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Kathrin Maedler, UCLA
“Inflammation of islets and apoptosis”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
 
VIII. Immunological Graft Loss - Islet Graft Engineering
     
Moderators: Bernard Tuch, Sydney & Juan Contreras, U. Alabama
     
  1. Ricardo Calafiore, Perugia, IT
“Protecting islets by microencapsulation”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract
  2. Bill Lowe, NWU
“Scaffolds for islet transplantation”
PowerPoint Presentation Abstract