Human Tissue Lab

Exodiab, Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden, invites all interested to a mini sympoium

Tuesday November 27th 2018
Agardh lecture hall at CRC, Clinical Research Centre, Malmö

Program

Chair: Maria Gomez, Professor and Exodiab Coordinator, Lund University

09:30-10:00 Coffee/tea and fruit will be served

10:00-10:30 Peter Spégel, Associate Professor, Lund University
"The importance of an atom - Odd-chain fatty acids and beta-cell function"

10:30-11:00 Ben King, Associate Professor, Lund University
"Complement component 3 is highly expressed in pancreatic beta cells and regulates cytoprotective autophagy via interaction with ATG16L1"

11:00-11:30 Albert Salehi, Associate Professor, Lund University
"VDAC1 a common denominator of β-cell and endothelial cell dysfunction: a new approach for a disease modifying treatment of type 2 diabetes and its complications"

11:30-12:00 Malin Fex, Associate Professor, Lund University
"NUDT2 - an essential hydrolase for β-cell function"