Download Training Course 2007 “Transdifferentiation to Beta Cells”

JDRF Center for Beta Cell Therapy in Diabetes
supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
and the European Union
organizes
Training Course 2007
“Transdifferentiation to Beta Cells”
Bath, June 26-28
CELL TYPE SWITCHING
Introduction to transdifferentiation
Jonathan Slack (University of Bath)
Transdifferentiation in regeneration
Jeremy Brockes (UCL, London)
Cell type stability & chromatin structure
Jorge Ferrer (University of Barcelona)
BETA CELLS
Phenotyping beta cells for therapy
Daniel Pipeleers (Brussels Free Univ - VUB)
Pancreatic cell lineages
Pedro Herrera (University of Geneva)
Getting genes into cells
Philippe Ravassard (CNRS, Paris)
MAKING BETA CELLS FROM OTHER CELL TYPES
Beta cells from acinar cells
Luc Bouwens (Brussels Free Univ - VUB)
Beta cells from ducts
Harry Heimberg (Brussels Free Univ - VUB)
Beta cells from intestine
Gerard Gradwohl (Inserm, Strasbourg)
Interconversions of liver and pancreas
David Tosh (University of Bath)
Beta-like cells from human foetal liver
Shimon Efrat (Tel Aviv University)
OTHER TISSUE INTERCONVERSIONS
Thymus and pancreas relationship
Clare Blackburn (ISCR, Edinburgh)
Reprogramming gut epithelium
Felix Beck (University of Leicester)
Nuclear reprogramming
John Gurdon (University of Cambridge)
Organizer
Venue
Grants
Forms
Contact
Jonathan Slack
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Applications for travel grants
www.betacelltherapy.org
Jan Van Autreve - j.vanautreve<at>betacelltherapy.org
Central Unit JDRF Center for Beta Cell Therapy in Diabetes