November 30, 2021
Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
(Workshop online)
Registration: to register, send us an email to “isletbiologylab@gmail.com” indicating your full name.
Organizing committee: Dr. Laura Marroquí (IDiBE-UMH and CIBERDEM) and Dr. Reinaldo S. dos Santos (IDiBE-UMH and CIBERDEM)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
10:15-10:30 Welcome Dra. Laura Marroquí and Dr. Reinaldo S. dos Santos
10:30-11:00 Dr. Daniela Nasteska (University of Birmingham, UK) – Differences in beta cell maturity as a desirable trait of a functional islet (I) and novel players in a functional islet (II)
11:00-11:30 Dr. Joan-Marc Servitja (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and CIBERDEM) – Rescuing pancreatic beta cell function in type 2 diabetes
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-12:15 Dr. Elisa De Franco (University of Exeter Medical School, UK) – Using gene discovery in rare disease to gain new insights into pancreas development and function
12:15-12:45 Dr. Diego Balboa (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain) – Modeling what went wrong: stem cell-derived islets to unravel how genetic defects lead to diabetes
12:45-13:00 Closing Remarks Dr. Reinaldo S. dos Santos and Dra. Laura Marroquí
Workshop supported by Generalitat Valenciana – Proyecto SEJI (SEJI/2018/023)
