3 rd Announcement - 2011 International Conference on Diabetes ...

Scientific program
Plenary lectures
Friday 11 NOV. (10:30~11:10)
The diabetic foot in <strong>2011</strong>
Chair : Jin Woo Kim
Andrew James Michael Boulton (University of Manchester, UK)
Satu<strong>rd</strong>ay 12 NOV. (14:00~15:00)
Chair : Sung Woo Park
Systemic impact of adipocyte-derived factors: impact on hepatic physiology
Special lecture
Friday 11 Nov. (11:10~11:40)
New agents in development for therapy of type 2 diabetes
Symposia
Friday 11 NOV. (13:30~15:30)
S1
Islet cell death and regeneration
Philipp E. Scherer (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
Chair : Sung Woo Park
Robert R. Henry (University of Califormina, San Diego, USA)
Chairs : Ho Young Son, Hyun Chul Lee
S1-1 The role of interleukin-21 in the development of type-1 diabetes
Cecile King (The Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Australia)
S1-2 Role of innate immunity in diabetes
Myung Shik Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
S1-3 Insulin regulation of pancreatic beta cell function and proliferation
Rohit N. Kulkarni (Harva<strong>rd</strong> Medical School, USA)
S1-4 Differentiation of pancreatic epithelial cell-derived NOD-iPS cells into functional
pancreatic insulin-producing cells
Ssan Goo Cho (Konkuk University, Korea)
Friday 11 NOV. (13:30~15:30)
Chairs : Yong-Wook Cho, Min Seon Kim
S2 Brain-peripheral tissue communication
S2-1 Role of Rho-kinase in hypothalamic control of energy balance
Young Bum Kim (Harva<strong>rd</strong> University, USA)
S2-2 Organ-organ interaction for metabolic control
Wataru Ogawa (Kobe University, Japan)
S2-3 Synaptotagmin, oxytocin and obesity mechanism
Dongsheng Cai (Albert Einstein Medical School, USA)
S2-4 Role of GRP78 in Regulation of MC4R Signaling
Ja Hyun Baik (Korea University, Korea)