Celebrating the Diabetes Branch: A Tribute to Jesse Roth and Phil Gorden Dec 6-7, 2004 at the NIH
Alumni of the Diabetes Branch gathered for a day-and-a-half event to pay homage to their mentors, Drs. Jesse Roth and Phil Gorden. Also attending were the families of Drs. Roth and Gorden; NIDDK Director, Dr. Allen Spiegel; NIDDK Scientific Director, Dr. Marvin Gershengorn; and other friends and colleagues.
Agenda
December 6, 2004Morning Session
| 8:30 AM | Welcome Marvin Gershengorn Scientific Director, NIDDK |
| 8:30-10:00 AM | Keynote Speakers: The Diabetes Branch and NIDDK Allen Spiegel, Director, NIDDK Developing the Concept of Receptor Biology Bob Lefkowitz (Durham) |
| 10:30-12:00 Noon | Insulin/IGF Signaling Systems - Their Function and Evolution Chair - Carl Grunfeld (San Francisco) Speakers: Pierre DeMeyts (Copenhagen) Jean Louis Carpentier (Geneva) Derek LeRoith (NIH) |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 1:30 PM | Keynote Speaker |
| Keynote Speaker TBA | |
| 3:00-5:00 PM | Defining Insulin Resistance Chair - James R. Gavin, III (Georgia) Speakers: C. Ronald Kahn (Boston) Mimmo Accili (New York) Jeffrey Flier (Boston) Manu Vanobberghen (Nice) Ira Goldfine (San Francisco) |
| December 7, 2004 Morning Session |
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| 8:30 AM-12:00 Noon | Clinical Correlates Chair, Pierre Freychet (Nice) Simeon Taylor (Princeton) Elif Oral (Ann Arbor) Len Harrison (Melbourne) Alan Shuldiner (Baltimore) George Fantus (Toronto) |
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