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Friday, April 12, 2013
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
(reception following)

Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium
Kellogg Eye Center
Brehm Tower, ground floor
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor 48105

 

Questions: Annette Murphy, (734) 763-3056 or amurph@umich.edu

4th Annual Stefan S. Fajans Lecture in Diabetes

“Gene-Environment Interaction in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes: Potential Role of the Gut Microbiome"

Guest Speaker:
C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.
Mary K. Iacocca Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
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Over the work of three decades, C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., and his colleagues defined the field of insulin signal transduction and mechanisms of altered signaling in disease. Come hear him speak at this annual lecture in honor of the former chief of the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Active Emeritus Professor Stefan S. Fajans, M.D. Reception follows.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
1:00 p.m. registration
2:00 p.m. race begins

U-M Nichols Arboretum
1610 Washington Heights entrance
(off Observatory St., near the U-M Ronald McDonald House)
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5th Annual Victors 5K Run/Walk for Diabetes Awareness

Sponsored by the U-M Students for Diabetes Awareness, a student group with the purpose of increasing awareness about diabetes among students on the University of Michigan campus, forming support networks for students with diabetes, and raising funds to contribute to the effort to find a cure.

Proceeds Benefit:

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center
  • The American Diabetes Association Summer Camps
  • The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
  • D.R.E.A.M.

REGISTER ONLINE
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Noon–10:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 23, 2013
8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. &
After-party:
10:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m.

A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB)
University of Michigan
109 Zina Pitcher Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200

 

6th Annual Midwest Islet Club Conference

The Midwest Islet Club Conference fosters greater communication and interaction between pancreatic beta cell biology investigators within the Midwest region. The meeting will be attended by both senior and junior investigators, with a decided focus toward students, postdoctoral fellows, and newly independent investigators serving as speakers. 

Registration: January 4–April 15, 2013
Cost: $175 (USD) per person

Late Registration: April 16–May 10, 2013
Cost: $195 (USD) per person (includes $20 late fee)

Abstracts deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013

Hotel room blocks released: Monday, April 22, 2013
(Holiday Inn deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
12:00-1:00 p.m.

Ford Amphitheater
2nd floor, University Hospital

 

Questions: Annette Murphy, (734) 763-3056 or amurph@umich.edu

7th Annual John C. Floyd Memorial Fellows Lecture in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

"The Thyroid Axis and Aging"

Guest Speaker:
Anne Rentoumis Cappola, MD, ScM
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Box lunches and bottled water will be available from 11:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m. (or until gone.) The lunches are provided by the Department of Internal Medicine for Grand Rounds attendees.

Departmental Grand Rounds can be accessed in real time via interactive video over the internet by clicking on the enclosed link at the time of the event: https://connect.umms.med.umich.edu/intmedgr

 

For additional scientific events, please see our MEND Division events.