Scientific Oral Abstracts (Basic)

Moderator(s)

• MF

  Morgan Fullerton, PhD

Presentations:

• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  Amyloid Formation in Cultured Human Islets is Associated with a Shift in Macrophage Phenotype – Implications in Type 2 Diabetes
  

  Presenter: DANISH MALHOTRA, MSc (he/him/his) – College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  Cytotoxic T Cell Injury Drives Beta Cell Senescence Entry in Type 1 Diabetes
  

  Presenter: Jasmine Pipella, BSc (she/her/hers) – University of Manitoba
• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  Differential Regulation of miR-9 and miR-9 Mediated Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in the Retina vs the Heart
  

  Presenter: Eric Wang – Western University
• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  Loss of Transcription Factor EB Exacerbates Diet-induced Obesity-related Metabolic Maladaptation and Cardiac Dysfunction
  

  Presenter: Gurpreet Kaur – Dalhousie University
• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  The long-chain fatty-acid receptor FFA4 stimulates Insulin secretion via inhibition of Somatostatin release from Delta cells
  

  Presenter: LAURA REININGER (she/her/hers) – CRCHUM
• 10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

  Unveiling Gaps in hESCβ-cell Function: Combining Single-cell Electrophysiology and scRNA-Seq
  

  Presenter: Jasmine Maghera, BSc – University of Alberta