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.
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".
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".
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.
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".
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".
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 1 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Hazem Ibrahim from University of Helsinki.
Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 2 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Bruno Freitas from University of British Columbia.
Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during Day 3 of Islet Study Group 2023. Hear from Dr. Olof Idevall-Hagren from Uppsala University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.