Novel aspects of diabetes pathogenesis
DIRAC Symposium
11 December, 2006

Venue:
Niels Bohr Institute
Auditorium A, entrance C, Blegdamsvej 17
DK-2100 Copenhagen
 

Chairman: Henrik E. Poulsen, Rigshospitalet
 

Programme

13.00 - 13.10     Introduction by Henrik E. Poulsen

13:10 - 14:00     Novel aspects of the pathogenesis of diabetes
                        (Kitt Falck Pedersen, Yale University)

14:00 - 14.10     Discussion

14:00 - 14:30     Oxidative stress, an early or late event in diabetes
                        (Henrik E. Poulsen, Rigshospitalet)

14:30 - 14:40     Discussion

14:50 - 15:20     Low birth weight and diabetes risk (Allan Vaag)

15:20 - 15:30     Discussion

15:30 - 16:00     The insulin-antagonistic effects of GH in muscle and fat
                        (Jens Otto Lund Jørgensen, Aarhus University)

16:00 - 16.10     Discussion

16:10 - 16:40     Molecular mechanisms in exercise-induced glucose transport

                        in muscle tissue

                        (Sten Lund, Aarhus University)

16:40 - 16:50     Discussion

16:50 – 17:20    The role of myokines in diabetes
                        (Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Rigshospitalet)

17:20 - 17:30     Discussion
 

Participation in the symposium is free of charge, but please register.

Please register on tludvig@health.sdu.dk