BC Diabetes Research Network

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The 12th Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop is underway at Silver Star Provincial Park in British Columbia! This meeting has been bringing together 🇨🇦 Canadian diabetes scientists since 2012!

Call for Abstracts Extended to January 8, 2025 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CONFERENCE: ALBERTA-BC ISLET WORKSHOP 2025 FEBRUARY 11-13, 2025 A-BC MEETING WEBSITE: event.fourwaves.com/abc2025/pages

"Diabetes Dialogue: Intermittent Fasting for Health" Join UBCO researchers on December 5 in Kelowna, BC for an informative night discussing intermittent fasting and type 2 diabetes: eventbrite.ca/e/diabetes-dia… @eventbritehelp

UBCO researchers offering discussion on intermittent fasting and diabetes - Kelowna News castanet.net/news/Kelowna/5…

Congratulations to all our Vancouver Diabetes Research Day 2024 awardees! #VDRD2024 ⁦@UBC⁩ ⁦@BCDiabResNet⁩ ⁦@ubclifesciences⁩

Today is World Diabetes Day and we are marking the occasion by hosting 160 diabetes researchers @UBC for our 11th annual Vancouver Diabetes Research Day 2024!#VDRD2024

Call for Abstracts Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025: event.fourwaves.com/abc2025/pages

@Kc2Canada @nkrentz @WRISGMeeting @CIRTNetwork Congratulations @nkrentz!

@nkrentz giving her Hutton Keynote Award Lecture to kick off #WRISG2024 !

Reduced beta cell PC1/3 and increased alpha cell PC1/3 in #islets from donors with type 1 diabetes may encourage the design of therapeutic targets via leveraging alpha cell adaptation in #diabetes @DiabetologiaJnl link.springer.com/article/10.100… #T1D @BruceVerchere

Type 2 Diabetes Spark Innovation Challenge in Kelowna continues! Our finalists are pitching their innovative ideas to improve the lives of British Columbians living with and at risk for type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes Spark Innovation 2024 is underway in Kelowna!

Call for Abstracts VANCOUVER DIABETES RESEARCH DAY 2024

Do you have an idea with potential to spark change for British Columbians living with Type 2 diabetes? Call for Proposals: Type 2 Diabetes Spark Innovation Challenge 2024. Proposal deadline is September 12: event.fourwaves.com/spark2024/pages

Excited to finally publish our clinical trial @USTEKID_trial showing positive efficacy data of ustekinumab (Stelara) in preserving c-peptide in new-onset Type 1 Diabetes in @NatureMedicine #T1D nature.com/articles/s4159… A mini thread 1/8👇🏽

PDX1+ cell budding morphogenesis in a stem cell-derived islet spheroid system | Nature Communications. Collaboration with Tim Kieffer’s group. Bioinformatics and omics analysis support from the excellent ⁦@HowardCen⁩ in my group. nature.com/articles/s4146…

@UBC's BC Diabetes Research Network research van in Grand Forks BC! @DPRGUBC's Renée Young, RD,CDE, Angie Williams, RN & Joe Kelly, Research Coordinator working to prevent type 2 diabetes via lifestyle modification and behavior change techniques. @DrMaryJung @ubcokanagan

Outstanding new islet lab and mentor in Edmonton!

Proteomic predictors of individualized nutrient-specific insulin secre... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… is the latest work from star fellow (and current faculty job hunter) Dr. Jelena Kolic @JelenaK86.

UBCO Diabetes & Obesity Research Day is underway! Inspiring keynote presentation from Dr Raylene Reimer from University of Calgary #DORD ⁦@BCDiabResNet⁩