CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CONFERENCE: ALBERTA-BRITISH COLUMBIA ISLET WORKSHOP
FEBRUARY 11-13, 2025
A-BC MEETING WEBSITE
Key dates:
December 11 Abstract Submission Deadline
January 10 Registration Deadline
We would like to extend an invitation to scientists and trainees to attend the Alberta-British Columbia Islet Workshop 2025. A-BC Islet Workshop is open to all islet scientists and trainees. This meeting will be held at the Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia between February 11-13, 2025.
The meeting has been hosted by the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia at Silver Star Mountain Resort since 2012. This joint workshop began in 2012 in response to a need to provide a scientific meeting for islet scientists and trainees to share their research and network. The format of the meeting invites research trainees and post doctoral fellows to deliver oral presentations and invites two keynote speakers to share their research. The meeting includes group activities to encourage networking and building relationships for islet scientists from Canada and beyond.
Invited Keynote Speakers:
Dr Amelia K. Linnemann
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Indiana Diabetes Research Center Optical Microscopy Core, Associate Director of Pediatrics Pipeline Program Development
Indiana University
Dr Scott Soleimanpour, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Internal medicine
Director, Michigan Diabetes Research Center
University of Michigan
Topics to be covered:
- Islet Transplantation and Encapsulation
- Islet Inflammation and Immunology
- Insulin Secretion and Islet Biology
- Stem Cells and Beta Cell Development
- Beta Cell Growth and Death
- New Techniques and Methodologies
Sponsors
We are grateful to the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta for their continued support of this meeting. Contact meeting organizers for sponsorship opportunities: info@diabetesbc.ca.
Scientific Organizing Committee:
Chair, Nicole Krentz, PhD University of British Columbia
Jim Johnson, PhD University of British Columbia
Francis Lynn, PhD University of British Columbia
Bruce Verchere, PhD University of British Columbia