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Welcome to the(sugar)science podcast where our mission is to highlight and connect researchers in the type 1 diabetes space.TheSugarScience is an interactive digital platform founded to curate the scientific conversation among type 1 diabetes (T1D) researchers. Our goal is to expedite a cure for T1D by promoting collaboration across diverse research disciplines.

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    Heard on the Street: Christopher Emfinger, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 22:24


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Dr. Christopher Emfinger at University of Wisconsin-Madison as he shares his poster titled "Identifying Conditional Dependence of Proteins Regulating Islet Biology with Machine Learning".

    Heard on the Street: Jeong Hun Jo, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 6:18


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Dr. Jeong Hun Jo at Washington University in St. Louis as he shares his poster titled "Wnt4 controls insulin biosynthesis, processing, and secretion in pancreatic beta cells".

    Heard on the Street: Christopher Acree, PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 14:04


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Christopher Acree at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who gave the talk "High-resolution mapping of glucose-derived 13C in pancreatic islets using MIMS-EM: Unraveling organelle interactions and metabolic flux" at the MIC 2024 meeting. He discusses some of the technology and techniques in the Rafael Arrojo e Drigo lab. 

    Heard on the Street: Noyonika Mukherjee, PhD, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 8:55


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Dr. Noyonika Mukherjee at Indiana Biosciences Research Institute as she shares her poster titled "RIPK1 kinase activity mediates TNFα+IFNγ-induced inflammation and β-cell cytotoxicity".

    Heard on the Street: Debjyoti Kundu, PhD, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 5:41


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Dr. Debjyoti Kundu at Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's as he shares his poster titled "Pivotal role of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase assembly factor 8 in beta cell stress adaptation".

    Heard on the Street: Michael Kalwat, PhD, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's Diabetes Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 14:04


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Midwest Islet Club Meeting 2024. Hear from Dr. Michael Kalwat at Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's Diabetes Center as he shares his poster titled "Identification of type 2 diabetes- and obesity-associated human β-cells using deep transfer learning".

    Heard on the Street: Bart Roep, MD, Leiden University Medical Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 25:32


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Bart Roep at Leiden University Medical Center as he shares his thoughts on the key points of the nPOD meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Noel Morgan, PhD, University of Exeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 8:55


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Noel Morgan at University of Exeter as he shares highlights from the meeting and talks about his current work.

    Heard on the Street: Richard Oram, PhD, University of Exeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 7:46


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Richard Oram at University of Exeter as he shares highlights from the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Tim Tree, PhD, Kings College London

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 6:02


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Tim Tree at Kings College London as he shares key takeaways from the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Leeana Peters, PhD, University of Florida

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 3:44


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting poster session. Hear from Dr. Leeana Peters at University of Florida as she shares her poster with us.

    Heard on the Street: Georgia Fousteri, PhD, Dompé

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 5:40


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Georgia Fousteri at Dompé as she shares her current role and take aways from the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Teresa Mastracci, PhD, Indiana University

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 2:01


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Teresa Mastracci at Indiana University as she shares her key takeaways from the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Nick Thomas, MD PhD, University of Exeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 3:11


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Nick Thomas at University of Exeter as he talks about the work he presented as well as thoughts on work presented during the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Rupangi Vasavada, PhD, City of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 2:07


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Rupangi Vasavada at City of Hope as she talks about a recent clinical trial grant they received for testing Denosumab.

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    Heard on the Street: Richard David Leslie, MD, University of London

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 5:41


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Richard David Leslie at University of London as he shares thoughts on the scientific meeting as well as his current work.

    Heard on the Street: Yuval Dror, PhD, Hebrew University

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 7:19


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Yuval Dror at Hebrew University shares about their current work.

    Heard on the Street: Geetha Mylvaganam, PhD, Grace Voorhees, MS, and Timothy Nelson, MS, Abata Therapeutics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 7:02


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Geetha Mylvaganam, Grace Voorhees, MS, and Timothy Nelson, MS, all at Abata Therapeutics as they share takeaways and future directions from nPOD 2024. 

    Heard on the Street: Raghu Mirmira, MD PhD, University of Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 5:16


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Raghu Mirmira at University of Chicago as he shares work they presented at the meeting discussing their patent-pending nanoparticle technology targeting beta cells and thoughts on other work presented during the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Melanie Shapiro PhD, Denise Drotar PhD, Leeana Peters PhD, Victoria Kuznetsova PhD Candidate, Becca Davidson PhD, Chaitra Rao PhD, and Jacob Enriquez PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 9:38


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Drs. Melanie Shapiro (University of Florida), Denise Drover (University of Florida), Leeana Peters (University of Florida), Becca Davidson (University of Michigan), Chaitra Rao (Indiana University), and Jacob Enriquez (UChicago) as well as PhD Candidate Victoria Kuznetsova (UMiami) as they share exciting take aways from the meeting.

    Heard on the Street: Julia Panzer, PhD, City of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 1:50


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Julia Panzer at City of Hope as she shares takeaways from a recent session.

    Heard on the Street: Barbara Ehall, PhD Candidate, Medical University of Graz

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 2:09


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the nPOD 2024 scientific meeting. Hear from Dr. Barbara Ehall at Medical University of Graz as she shares her current work on the NOD diabetic mouse model.

    Episode 190: Bruce Verchere, PhD, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 40:31


    In this episode, Monica Westley, PhD, catches up with Bruce Verchere, PhD, the winner of the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in Diabetes. Ask the Expert is a ~30 minute digital cafe experience where scientists and grad students can meet and exchange with thought leaders in the field of type 1 diabetes. Link below to sign up for a seat in the cafe!

    Heard on the Street: Vit Neuman, MD PhD, Charles University in Prague

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 5:03


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Vit Neuman at Charles University in Prague as he shares his poster: changes in gut bacterium composition in low-carbohydrate diet in children with type 1 diabetes.

    Heard on the Street: Guanlan Xu, PhD, University of Alabama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 4:48


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Guanlan Xu at University of Alabama as he shares his poster: Verapamil prevents decline of IGF-1 in subjects with T1D.

    Heard on the Street: Caroline Miranda, PhD, University of Gothenburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 5:32


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Caroline Miranda at University of Gothenburg as she shares her poster: Alpha-cell heterogeneity contributes to phasic glucagon release.

    Heard on the Street: Katy Digovich, CEO, and Sapna Puri, VP and PhD, Minutia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 3:42


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from CEO Katy Digovich and Dr. Sapna Puri both at Minutia as they share about what is going on at Minutia. Check out more about minutia: https://www.minutia.co. 

    Heard on the Street: Corentin Cros-Méneur, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 3:48


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Corentin Cras-Méneur at University of Michigan Medical School as he shares his poster: novel imaging platform highlights the disconnect between beta cell mass and glucose control in type 1 diabetes.

    Heard on the Street: Aaron Cox, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 4:59


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Aaron Cox at Baylor College of Medicine as he shares his poster: Leptin regulates delta cell secretion of somatostatin from human mouse islets 

    Heard on the Street: Jason Gaglia, MD, Joslin Diabetes Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 5:53


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Jason Gaglia at Joslin Diabetes Center as he shares his exciting poster: Novel autologous dendritic cell therapy AVT001 for type 1 diabetes.

    Heard on the Street: Shilton Dhaver, Joslin Diabetes Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 3:29


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Shilton Dhaver at Joslin Diabetes Center as he shares his poster: relationship between glycemic control and body weight in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type 1 diabetes.

    Heard on the Street: Faisal Malik, MD, T1D Exchange

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 4:20


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Faisal Malik at T1D Exchange as he talks about initiatives of the T1D exchange and ADA's involvement.

    Heard on the Street: Jessica Dunne, PhD, Novo Nordisk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 7:51


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the ADA 2023 Conference. Hear from Dr. Jessica Dunne the director of T1D research at Novo Nordisk as she shares her highlights of the conference and future directions of T1D research.

    Heard on the Street: Elsa McCallan, PhD Candidate, and Richard Oram, PhD, University of Exeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 7:02


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Richard Oram and his graduate student Elsa McCallan from University of Exeter.

    Heard on the Street: Hazem Ibrahim, PhD Researcher, University of Helsinki

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 5:49


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Hazem Ibrahim from University of Helsinki.

    Heard on the Street: Bruno Freitas, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 4:04


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Bruno Freitas from University of British Columbia.

    Heard on the Street: Olof Idevall-Hagren, PhD, Uppsala University

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 5:55


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Olof Idevall-Hagren from Uppsala University.

    Heard on the Street: David Lorberbaum, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 6:34


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. David Lorberbaum from University of Michigan Medical School.

    Heard on the Street: Deasung Jang, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 6:30


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the poster session at the Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Deasung Jang from University of British Columbia as he discusses his poster: single cell glucose-stimulated insulin secretion assay using nanowell-in-microwell plates.

    Heard on the Street: Jelena Kolic, PhD, UBC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 3:04


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Jelena Kolic from University of British Columbia as she speaks about her talk at the conference.

    Heard on the Street: Bruce Verchere, PhD, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 2:25


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Bruce Verchere from University of British Columbia.

    Heard on the Street: Accalia Fu, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 5:12


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Accalia Fu from UMass Chan Medical School.

    Heard on the Street: Daniel Luciano, PhD, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 2:42


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Dan Luciano from University of British Columbia as he discusses his lab's work and future directions.

    Heard on the Street: Rana Minab, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 7:30


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the Day 2 poster session at Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Rana Minab from University of British Columbia as she discusses her poster: Using Fecal microbiome transplantation for type 1 diabetes therapy.

    Heard on the Street: Jim Johnson, PhD, University of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 10:22


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Jim Johnson from University of British Columbia and the organizer of the conference as he discusses his thoughts on the conference thus far and the research going on his lab.

    Heard on the Street: Burcak Yesildag, PhD, InSphero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 11:54


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Burcak Yesildag from InSphero as she discusses offers from the company. 

    Heard on the Street: Patrick MacDonald, PhD, University of Alberta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 6:30


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Patrick MacDonald from University of Alberta as he discusses his lab and his takeaways from the conference thus far.

    Heard on the Street: Manuj Bandral, PhD Candidate, TU Dresden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 5:04


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during the Day 1 Poster session at Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Manuj Bandral from TU Dresden as he discusses his poster: Islet clusters as mini-organs for diabetes therapies.

    Heard on the Street: Mark Andrade, MD PhD Candidate, University of Washington

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 4:24


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Islet Study Group 2023 poster session. Hear from Mark Andrade a MD PhD Candidate at University of Washington as he discusses his poster: Unlocking beta-cell replication through the manipulation of αΕ-catenin function.

    Heard on the Street: Vira Kravets, PhD, UCSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 3:26


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Vira Kravets from UCSD as she discusses her lab's work and highlights from her talk happening Day 2 of the conference.

    Heard on the Street: Saleth Sidharthan, McGill University

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 5:13


    Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of the Islet Study Group 2023 poster session. Hear from Saleth Sidharthan a MS student at McGill University as he discusses his poster: A perfusable bioartificial islet encapsulation device to treat type-1 diabetes.

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