BBDC Newsletter
| BBDC NEWS | Vol. 9, No. 1 -- September 2008 |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
BBDC SEMINAR SERIES
The BBDC will be hosting four diabetes-related
seminars this year which are held in conjunction with City-wide
Endocrine Rounds. The
seminars are held on selected Friday mornings from 8 to 9 a.m. at the
September 12, 2008
Neonatal Diabetes: From Bedside to Bench to Bedside, or There,
and Back Again
Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD, The University of Chicago
Glucose-Lowering and CVD: What Do We Know Now?
Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD, MSc, FRCPC, McMaster University
January 9, 2009
Functional Kinomics and Beta Cell Function: Role of TORC2 and the AMP Kinase Family
Robert Screaton, PhD, University of Ottawa
March 6, 2009
Gs-alpha Imprinting and Metabolic Control
Lee S. Weinstein, MD, NIDDK/NIH
2ND ANNUAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INCRETIN BIOLOGY - 2008
This event will be held on Friday, November 14,
2008 at the U of T Residence,
DIABETES UPDATE 2009
Our next DIABETES UPDATE will be held on Friday, April 3, 2009 at
the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. DIABETES UPDATE is a biannual
continuing education event which is attended by over 600 health care
professionals including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses,
dietitians, and pharmacists from across Ontario and beyond. Our 2009
UPDATE will focus on advances and challenges in managing diabetes in an
era of choice. The program will consist of several lectures and
interactive sessions, and will include international and local
speakers. For more
information, please see our course outline and topics to be covered at
http://static.cmetoronto.ca/support_file/2762/Diabetes_Update_09_Ad_Final.pdf
The complete program and registration information will be
available on the Faculty of Medicine Continuing Education website in the
fall of 2008.
NEW VENUE FOR BBDC ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC DAY
Our Members provided feedback and we listened.
Based on the comments and suggestions made by faculty and
trainees on previous Scientific Day evaluations, we are moving the event
to the more spacious Old Mill Inn.
Besides the added convenience of being next to the Old Mill
subway station, the new venue will provide a larger screen with
unobstructed views, more space for poster presentations and meals, plus
increased guest capacity which means members will no longer be turned
away. We look forward to
seeing you at our 20th Annual Scientific Day on Friday, May 8, 2009
at the Old Mill Inn.
RECENT ADVANCES IN BETA-CELL BIOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL
IMPLICATIONS
This official academic satellite symposium of the
International Diabetes Federation 20th World Diabetes Congress
will be held October 16-17, 2009 at the Sheraton Centre in
downtown Toronto, and will highlight very recent advances in our
understanding of beta cell biology with a focus on translational
relevance and implications for the treatment of both type 1 and type 2
diabetes. Speakers will
include Drs. Susan Bonner-Weir, Peter Butler, Marc Donath, Yuval Dor,
Ele Ferrannini, Leif Groop; Andrew Hattersley; Kevan Herold, Steven
Kahn, Michael Nauck, Constantin Polychronakos, Guy Rutter, Frans Schuit,
and Susumu Seino. Please view the symposium’s website at
www.betacell2009.ca for more
information.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
pilot grants for innovative
activities related to diabetes education, management, and care 2009/2010
The Banting and Best Diabetes Centre will provide up
to $20,000 per applicant for pilot projects which are one to two years
in length. This program is intended to support new research
initiatives in the following general areas:
a) Diabetes care delivery
b) Evaluation of diabetes education programs, and
c) Practical issues in diabetes management
This program is designed to encourage new academic research
activities that would not usually be supported by traditional granting
processes. Specifically, we invite applications from frontline
diabetes health care professionals working in University of Toronto
affiliated institutions or working with University of Toronto faculty.
To be eligible, the principal applicant must be a health care
professional whose primary appointment is with a University of Toronto
affiliated institution or with the University of Toronto.
Eligible applicants include:
physicians; nurses; dietitians; pharmacists and others on the front line
of diabetes care. Staff at both fully and community affiliated
University of Toronto institutions are eligible to apply. Interested
individuals are asked to submit a 1-page letter of intent and a 1-page
proposed budget to the BBDC by Monday, September 29, 2008.
For complete award details and application instructions, please see the
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES section of the BBDC’s web site at
http://www.bbdc.org/fundingOpp/index.htm.
TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARDS – PERIOD 1
FOR TRAVEL OCCURRING BETWEEN JULY 1 AND DECEMBER 31, 2008
Awards of up to $1,000
(Canadian) are available to trainees who will be traveling to a national
or international meeting between July 1 and December 31, 2008 to present
a first-author abstract. The content of the abstract must be
directly related to an area of diabetes research. To be eligible,
applicants must be registered graduate students, post-doctoral or
clinical fellows conducting diabetes research at the
EQUIPMENT GRANTS FOR
DIABETES RESEARCH 2008/2009
This is a biannual funding
program. A minimum amount of $5,000 and a maximum amount of
$30,000 is available from the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre to be
used for the purchase of specific laboratory equipment for diabetes
research. To be eligible the principal applicant and all
co-applicants must be full-time faculty members of the University of
Toronto conducting diabetes research, and must also be registered
members* of the BBDC. The deadline
for receipt of applications is Tuesday, October 28, 2008. For
complete award details and application instructions please see the
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES section of the BBDC’s web site at
http://www.bbdc.org/fundingOpp/index.htm.
DIABETES EDUCATOR OF
THE YEAR AWARD 2008
Each year the BBDC presents
one award to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding efforts and
achievements in his/her role as a diabetes educator.
This award is meant to recognize those who educate at the
patient/client and community/professional levels.
Candidates must be nominated for the award by a health care
professional. To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time or
part-time diabetes educator or other health care professional employed
by a University of Toronto-affiliated institution.
The nominee must have a minimum 3 years of full-time or part-time
experience as a diabetes educator.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is Tuesday, November
25, 2008. For complete award details and nomination
instructions, please see the FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES section of the BBDC’s
website at
http://www.bbdc.org/fundingOpp/index.htm.
Upcoming Funding Opportunities:
- BBDC Post-doctoral Fellowships 2009/2010 (application deadline January 2009)
- Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program 2009 (application deadline January 2009)
- Annual Trainee Awards 2008/2009 (application deadline February 2009)
* Those who are new to the field of diabetes research, education or care and are not members of the BBDC can request free membership by contacting the Centre prior to submitting an application. For more information about BBDC Membership, please view the MEMBERSHIP section of our web site at http://www.bbdc.org/membership/index.htm.
AWARD RESULTS**
GRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS
The following have been offered a one-year studentship commending September 2008:
BBDC-Novo Nordisk Studentships:
BBDC-University Health Network Graduate Awards:
| Applicant |
Supervisor |
Title of Research |
|---|---|---|
|
Nathan Chang |
Dr. Herbert Gaisano |
FRET Analysis of SNARE-K+ channel
interaction reveals their actions in insulin secretion |
|
Madhu Chari |
Dr. Tony Lam |
Hypothalamic Glucotoxicity and Nutrient
Sensing |
|
Grace Cheung |
Dr. Tony Lam |
Mechanisms of small intestinal nutrient
sensing |
|
Taila Hartley |
Dr. Allen Volchuk |
Examining the role of ER stress in
Pancreatic beta-cell apoptosis |
|
Garry Thomas |
Dr. I. George Fantus |
Insulin Sensitivity is Enhanced Through Jun
NH2-Terminal Kinase Inhibition by Guanylate Cyclase/cGMP/Protein
Kinase G Signalling in Rat Adipocytes |
Tamarack Graduate Award in Diabetes Research:
| Applicant |
Supervisor |
Title of Research |
|---|---|---|
|
Geoffrey Paltser |
Dr. Hans-Michael Dosch |
Lymphocytes in adipose tissue control
obesity and insulin resistance |
Yow Kam-Yuen Graduate Scholarship in Diabetes Research:
| Applicant |
Supervisor |
Title of Research |
|---|---|---|
|
Madura Siva |
Dr. Allen Volchuk |
Examining the role of ER stress in
pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction |
** An essential condition of all BBDC programs is the acknowledgement of BBDC support, where appropriate, in all publications relevant to the BBDC-supported research program. Failure to appropriately acknowledge the BBDC’s support in relevant publications will be considered grounds for suspending future eligibility for BBDC funding programs.
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DIRECTOR: DANIEL J. DRUCKER, MD, FRCPC
Banting and Best Diabetes Centre
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Located at the Toronto General Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street
Eaton Building, 12th Floor, Room
12E248
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
Phone: (416) 978-4656 • Fax: (416) 978-4108
E-mail:
diabetes.bbdc@utoronto.ca • Website:
www.bbdc.org