Seminar Series
The UF Diabetes Center hosts numerous research seminars with topics presented by investigators from around the United States and the world. We hope you will be able to join us for an upcoming event.
Currently scheduled events:
Who: George S. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Executive Director of the Barbara Davis Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine & Immunology
Program Deputy Director, The Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
What: “The Trimolecular Complex: Pathogenic Central and Therapeutic Target”
When: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Where: Medical Science Building, Conference Room 6120
Who: Michael Haller, MD, MS-CI
What: “Combination Therapies to Reverse Type 1 Diabetes”
When: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 8 a.m.
Where: Academic Research Building, Room R5-265
Who: Armando Villalta, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone
Diabetes Center
University of California,
San Francisco, CA
What: “VEGF‐R2 is a central target in the RTKI‐mediated reversal of diabetes in non‐obese diabetic mice”
When: Monday, May 21, 2012 from 2:00-3:00 PM
Where: JG-32 Biomedical Science Building
Previous events:
Who: Akihiro Umezawa, MD, PhD, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Japan
What: “Genome Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation Dynamics in Human iPS Generation”
When: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Where: McKnight Brain Institute, DeWeese Auditorium
Who: Robert Eugene Buchanan Jr.
What: Revealing a body of work to an audience that grasps and understands the medical background of diabetes and wishes to make an impact on the future of how the disease is managed.
When: April 2, 2012
Who: Dr. Kenneth Cusi
What: “Understanding the Link between Diabetes and Obesity…and What You Can Do About it!”
When: February 16, 2012
Presentation slides are attached.