dkNET community events and announcements in September, 2024

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Events in September 2024

Sep. 05-06, 2024

NIDDK Meeting (Hybrid): The Application of Digital Health Technology to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

This workshop explores the application of currently available digital health technology to the management of type 2 diabetes, including continuous glucose monitoring, activity and sleep monitoring, mHealth applications and telemedicine.  Both benefits and current barriers to the application of digital health to diabetes management will be fully explored.

Location:  Bethesda, MD, USA

More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2024/application-of-dht-2024

Sep. 09, 2024

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Symposium "Understanding and Preventing Hypoglycemia in Diabetes"

Helmsley’s Type 1 Diabetes Program will host a one-day industry session on the occasion of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Join us for this scientific meeting exploring the latest research in how alpha and delta cell dysfunction leads to hypoglycemia, and efforts to therapeutically restore the body’s ability to reverse it. Session themes will include: (1) Genetic and gene expression studies that aim to understand the cause of glucagon secretion defects in diabetes. (2) Understanding and restoring alpha cell function in type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes - Intrinsic, paracrine, and in vivo consequences in humans. (3) Clinical progress and regulatory perspectives regarding pharmacological strategies to prevent hypoglycemia. (4) Short talks and a poster session from submitted abstracts. Note that this meeting is intended to focus on islet biology and the physiological response to hypoglycemia and not, for example, on automated insulin delivery, novel insulins, or beta cell replacement.

Location:  Madrid, Spain

More information: https://helmsleytrust.org/our-focus-areas/type-1-diabetes/understanding-and-preventing-hypoglycemia-in-diabetes/

Sep. 10, 2024

The(sugar)science talk: Intracellular Ca2+ flux interactions in beta cells

Speaker: Marjan Slak Rupnik, PhD, Medical University Vienna. Dial-in information: https://us02web.zoom.us/mee ting/register/tZUlcOGtrTwsE9F-Tr3nTEJzJDvmwv1XMHk8#/registration 

More information: https://x.com/thesugarscience/status/1831693771584496078

Sep. 11, 2024

Diabetes Research Virtual Seminar Series "Diabetes Health Equity Research: Where the Puck is Going"

Speaker: Marshall Chin, MD, MPH. Richard Parrillo Family Distinguished Service. Professor of Healthcare Ethics. Co-Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research University of Chicago.

More information: https://diabetes-virtual-seminar.org/

Sep. 12, 2024

FASEB DataWorks! Salon "Grant Budgeting for Data Management and Sharing: Practical Advice for Researchers"

Join FASEB DataWorks! on September 12, 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET, for the FASEB DataWorks! Salon on budgeting for data management and sharing (D MS) in your grant applications. Hear from experts, including the Director of NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) and a representative from the NIH Office of Science Policy, as they discuss the latest on the NIH DMS policy and its impact on grant budgets. You'll also gain valuable insights from a data manager at Stanford Medicine on effectively planning your DMS budget from a researcher's perspective. More information: https://dknet.org/about/dknetnews/2766

Sep. 12, 2024

Islet Research Seminar Series: Using the genetics of type 2 diabete s to uncover transcriptional regulators of beta cell development

Speaker: Nicole Krentz, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Dial-in information: https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/93536 

More information: https://x.com/IsletSeries/status/1833193952574677219

Sep. 13, 2024

NIH Obesity Research Task-Force Symposium Webinar: Obesity and Heart Disease

Obesity contributes to diseases of the heart—including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction—which often are refractory to treatment.?This symposium explores the epidemiology and pathophysiology of obesity-related heart diseases, as well as the role of emerging therapeutics and issues related to prevention, access to treatment, and health equity.

More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2024/obesity-research-task-symposium-2024

Sep. 15, 2024

NIDDK Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline: AI in Precision Medicine for Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases

In the pursuit of precision medicine for diabetes and other chronic diseases, vast amounts of data and literature have been accumulated over decades. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have made substantial strides in biomedicine, enhancing biomarker development drug discovery, improving diagnostics, and ultimately leading to more personalized and effective health care. Recent advances in AI/ML including those in generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), hold immense potential to further revolutionize biomedicine. This workshop aims to bring together biomedical researchers and AI/ML experts, to discuss the critical challenges, crosscutting gaps, and opportunities for and actionable items in leveraging AI/ML and other recent data science advances in precision medicine. Meeting dates: October 30-31, 2024. Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2024.

More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2024/artificial-intelligence-in-precision-medicine-of-diabetes-2024

Sep. 27, 2024

NIDDK Symposium: 2024 Annual Mid-Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Rese arch Symposium (Hybrid)

The 2024 Annual Mid-Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium is co-organized by the Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch (DEOB) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The goal of this meeting is to encourage scientific exchanges, interactions, and collaborations at the regional level.

Location:  Bethesda, MD, USA

More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2024/mid-atlantic-diabetes-2024

Funding Opportunities Information and Deadlines in September 2024

Sep. 25, 2024

NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due: Enhancement and Management of Established Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (U24 Clinic al Trial Not Allowed)

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed to support established biomedical data repositories and knowledgebases as distinct and separate resources that have demonstrated impact and have potential for continued benefit to the community served.

More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-237.html