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DIABETES WELLNESS GROUP WEBINAR

Erin Hodgson, MS, RD, CDCES

"Mixology Basics for Festive Low-Carb Cocktails & Mocktails"
December 12th, 2024
5PM - 6:30PM

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Recorded Lectures

Ask the Endo

Dr. Eda Cengiz
Professor of Pediatrics; Director of the Pediatric Diabetes Program
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

Dr. Marina Basina
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism
Stanford University

Dec 17th, 2024
8AM - 9AM

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Breakthrough Study by SDRC Investigator Jonathan Long Uncovers the Connection Between PTER and Taurine Metabolism in the Fight Against Obesity
Breakthrough Study by SDRC Investigator Jonathan Long Uncovers the Connection Between PTER and Taurine Metabolism in the Fight Against Obesity

Jonathan Long's team has uncovered a link between PTER and taurine metabolism in mice, revealing its potential to combat weight gain and metabolic disorders thus paving the way for innovative anti-obesity drugs through a novel GLP1R-independent pathway.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Cell, SDRC member Anna Gloyn contributed to a review on Diabetes Mellitus – Progress & opportunities in the evolving epidemic.
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Cell, SDRC member Anna Gloyn contributed to a review on Diabetes Mellitus – Progress & opportunities in the evolving epidemic.

The article is free to read here until September 14th

SDRC Investigator Jonathan Long Co-Discovers Lac-Phe: Molecule Produced After Exercise, Also Linked to Metformin-Induced Moderate Weight Loss
SDRC Investigator Jonathan Long Co-Discovers Lac-Phe: Molecule Produced After Exercise, Also Linked to Metformin-Induced Moderate Weight Loss

Metformin and Sprint Exercise Affect Your Body Weight through the Same Pathway.

SDRC investigators, David Maahs (SDRC Associate Director) and Priya Prahalad spearhead implementation of major technological advances in intensive diabetes management
SDRC investigators, David Maahs (SDRC Associate Director) and Priya Prahalad spearhead implementation of major technological advances in intensive diabetes management

Tools for providing top-notch diabetes care to everyone

New research from SDRC investigators reveals our gut bacteria creates a unique microbiome signature, much like an individual’s fingerprint
New research from SDRC investigators reveals our gut bacteria creates a unique microbiome signature, much like an individual’s fingerprint

The research has many implications for metabolic diseases like diabetes

NIH funds $12.5 million initiative to create the world's first integrated pancreas knowledgebase PanKbase (PanKbase team includes SDRC member Anna Gloyn)
NIH funds $12.5 million initiative to create the world's first integrated pancreas knowledgebase PanKbase (PanKbase team includes SDRC member Anna Gloyn)

Leading investigators in diabetes, pancreas and islet biology, and computational biology have received $12.5 million in two five-year awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the world's first, integrated knowledgebase of human-derived tissue- and cellular-level pancreatic information to support innovative, collaborative and reproducible research.

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9th Annual Frontiers in Diabetes Research Symposium

May 14th, 2025
SDRC RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES

No seminar from 12/20/24-01/03/25 due to Winter Closure. Happy Holidays! See you in the new year!

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Nutrition and Obesity Affinity Group (NORC) Research Seminars
Malene Lindholm, PhD
Senior Research Engineer, Department of Medicine, Stanford University

"Charting the molecular terrain of exercise – towards the goal of precision exercise health"

December 11th, 2024
3PM - 4PM
via Zoom

NATIONAL DRC VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES
Sonia Michael Najjar, MS, PhD,
Professor, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, Ohio University

"Is Hepatic Fibrosis an Insulin Resistance Disease?"

December 18th, 2024
11AM - 12PM

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