The Annual Diabetes and Cancer Interface Symposium: Connecting the Dots
Diabetes and cancer are two of the major health scourges of the 21st century. Driven by interactions between genetics and the environment, these are diseases of metabolic disruption that greatly burden our lives. Research is focused on disease classification, prevention and treatment strategies that are tailored to the molecules and pathways that are dysregulated in affected individuals.
City of Hope® is a unique organization with dual foci on cancer and diabetes that increasingly applies molecular tools at the interfaces of overweight, obesity, carcinogenesis, diabetogenesis and complications of treatments. The Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, is pleased to sponsor the annual Connecting the Dots Symposium, which brings together researchers and clinicians who are building expertise along the interfaces.
The fifth annual Diabetes and Cancer Interface Symposium: Connecting the Dots will take place virtually on Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT.
Keynote Speaker - “Glutathione metabolism in Health and Disease”
Eyal Gottlieb, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Vice President, Research
R.E. Bob Smith Distinguished Chair in Cancer Biology
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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The Sarah Shuck lab is investigating the biochemistry involved when excess sugar damages important molecules such as proteins and DNA.
The Deng laboratory studies the homeostasis of uridine and its role in metabolism, which provides a new angle for understanding the pathophysiology of obesity, diabetes and cancer.
The fourth annual Connecting the Dots Symposium took place virtually on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
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Thank you for your interest in the interfaces between diabetes and cancer!
Charles Brenner, Ph.D.
Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism
Professor and Chair, Department of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism
Debbie C. Thurmond, Ph.D.
Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes
Director, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope
Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology