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RESEARCH CONFERENCES

Research Conferences are held weekly for one hour on Thursdays during the academic year.  A wide range of topics in molecular and cellular research, organ physiology, and clinical research are covered. Speakers include the faculty and staff of the Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND) Division, University of Michigan researchers performing endocrinology-related work, and invited visiting guest speakers.

Below are listed the diabetes-related conferences. To see all lectures hosted by the MEND division, including the non-diabetes-related conferences, go to: www.med.umich.edu/intmed/endocrinology/edu/conferences_public.htm

To be added to our mailing list for conference notification, contact diabetes@umich.edu. Please call (734) 763-3056 for more information.

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Fridays, 3:00-4:00 PM
(unless otherwise noted below)
Room 5050, "CURE" Room

5th floor, Brehm Tower
1000 Wall Street (west of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center)

February 3, 2012

Frank C. Brosius, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine and  Molecular & Integrative Physiology

“Diabetic Nephropathy: From mouse to humans and back again”

February 10, 2012

Carey N. Lumeng, MD. PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

“Adipose tissue leukocytes in health and disease”

February 17, 2012
2:00–3:15 PM
Combined Clinical/Research Conference

Vasantha Padmanabhan, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology
and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

“Developmental Origin of PCOS phenotype”

February 24, 2012

Angela R. Subauste, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes

“When fat makes you stronger: Omega-3 fatty acids for the prevention of age-related muscle loss”