Tentative Meeting Agenda

02/19/2024

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM: Registration

12:00PM - 1:30PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Opening Remarks

Alberto Pugliese, MD, Mark Atkinson PhD, and Carmella Evans-Molina MD, PhD
nPOD Executive Directors

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Cutting Edge Seminar I: Differences in T1D Diagnosis between Children and Adults

Co-Chairs: TBA


Characteristics of T1D in Children and Adults (1:45 PM – 2:10 PM)

Presenter: Kathleen Gillespie, PhD


Age and Genetic Correlates With Type 1 Diabetes (2:10 PM – 2:35 PM)

Presenter: Nick Thomas, PhD
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Considering Age in Immune Correlates of Response (2:35 PM – 3:00 PM)

Presenter: Alice Long, PhD
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3:00 PM - 3:45 PM: Discussion Session I: Differences in T1D Diagnosis between Children and Adults

Led by: TBA

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM: Networking Break

4:15 PM - 5:30 PM: Cutting Edge Seminar II: Prohormone or Post Translational Antigenic Processing Defects in the T1D Pancreas

Co-Chairs: TBA


Prohormone Processing Defects in T1D (4:15 PM – 4:40 PM)

Presenter: Peter Arvan, MD PhD
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Quantification of Beta Cells by DNA Methylation (4:40 PM – 5:05 PM)

Presenter: Zeina Drawshy, MS


Oxidized Insulin Epitopes in T1D  (5:05 PM – 5:30 PM)

Presenter: Rocky Strollo, MD PhD
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5:30 PM - 6:15 PM: Discussion Session II: Prohormone or Post Translational Antigenic Processing Defects in the T1D Pancreas

Led by: TBA

6:15PM - 6:30PM: Networking Break

6:30 PM - 7:15 PM: George Eisenbarth Memorial Lecture

Interdicting Type 1 Diabetes – A 40 Year Perspective

Presenter: Jay Skyler, MD
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7:15 PM - 8:15 PM: Reception

Light hors d’oeuvres provided

8:15 PM: Dinner (on your own)

02/20/2024

7:30 AM - 4:30 PM: Registration

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM: Special Breakfast Meeting: Value vs. Environmental Impact of In-Person Scientific Meetings Moving Forward

Led by: Mark Huising, PhD

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM: Keynote Speaker

Atoms Up – Targets to Treatments

Presenter: John Williams, PhD

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Cutting Edge Seminar III: The Role of the Exocrine Pancreas in T1D Development

Co-Chairs: TBA


Exocrine Pancreas in T1D: Gene Expression Studies (9:15 AM – 9:40 AM)

Presenter: Kyle Gaulton, PhD
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Exocrine Pancreas Development: Any Alterations in T1D? (9:40 AM – 10:05 AM)

Presenter: Marcella Brissova, PhD


Functional Assessment of Exocrine Function in T1D (10:05 AM – 10:30 AM)

Presenter: Stephan Speier, PhD

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM: Discussion Session III: The Role of the Exocrine Pancreas in T1D Development

Led by: TBA

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM: Networking Break

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Oral Abstracts I

Co-Chairs: TBA


TBA (11:45 AM – 11:55 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (11:55 AM – 12:05 PM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (12:05 PM – 12:15 PM)

Presenter: TBA

12:15PM - 12:45PM: Questions Asked and Lessons Learned from HIRN HPAP T1D

Led by: Klaus Kaestner, PhD
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12:45 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM: Cutting Edge Seminar IV: In Vivo and In Vitro Translational Studies to Advance Therapies for T1D

Co-Chairs: TBA


Pancreas Slice Live Tissue Platforms Overview, Pros and Cons, Ongoing & Potential Applications I (1:30 PM – 1:55 PM)

Presenter: Julia Panzer, PhD
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Ongoing & Potential Applications II (1:55 PM – 2:20 PM)

Presenter: Ed Phelps, PhD
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Artificial Organ Platforms for T1D (2:20 PM – 2:45 PM)

Presenter: TBA


Advanced Humanized Mice Platforms for Modeling T1D and Response to Therapy (2:45 PM – 3:10 PM)

Presenter: Audrey Parent, PhD
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3:10 PM - 3:55 PM: Discussion Session IV: In Vivo and In Vitro Translational Studies to Advance Therapies for T1D

Led by: TBA

3:55 PM - 4:25 PM: Networking Break

4:25 PM - 5:05 PM: Oral Abstracts II

Co-Chairs: TBA


TBA (4:25 PM – 4:35 PM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (4:35 PM – 4:45 PM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (4:45 PM – 4:55 PM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (4:55 PM – 5:05 PM)

Presenter: TBA

5:05 PM - 7:00 PM: Free Time/Networking

Includes annual meeting photos during California sunset
Sunset predicted at 5:41 PM – please meet at 5:30 PM

Organized by: Alberto Pugliese, MD

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Dinner, Awards Ceremony & nPOD Talent Show

02/21/2024

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM: Special Breakfast Meeting: Women Inspiring and Elevating Leadership in Diabetes (WEILD)

Led by: Jessica Dunne and Amelia Linnemann

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM: Cutting Edge Seminar V: β- and Islet-Cell Specific Targets

Co-Chairs: TBA


Many Antigen Targets, Which Ones Matter? (8:30 AM – 8:55 AM)

Presenter: Roberto Mallone, MD PhD


Antigen Specific Cell Therapies (8:55 AM – 9:20 AM)

Presenter: Qizhi Tang, PhD
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Autoantigens and Neoantigens: Current Status and Relevance to Prediction and Prevention (9:20 AM – 9:45 AM)

Presenter: Aaron Michels, MD
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Progress on TCR Discovery Efforts (9:45 AM – 10:10 AM)

Presenter: TBA

10:10 AM - 10:55 AM: Discussion Session V: β- and Islet-Cell Specific Targets

Led by: TBA

10:55 AM - 11:25 AM: Break

11:25 AM - 12:55 PM: Shark Tank

Shark Tank III (now with Piranhas)

Sharks: TBA
Piranhas: TBA


TBA (11:25 AM – 11:40 AM)


TBA (11:40 AM – 11:55 AM)


TBA (11:55 AM – 12:10 PM)


TBA (12:10 PM – 12:25 PM)


Audience Response (12:25 PM – 12:55 PM)

12:55 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Hot Topic: Progress in Understanding Beta Cell Functional Heterogeneity (CD63 et al)

Led by: Mark Huising, PhD

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Cutting Edge Seminar VI: How Can nPOD studies Better Guide Clinical Trials Seeking to Understand Disease and Racial Diversity?

Co-Chairs: TBA


Racial Diversity in T1D Clinical Trials (2:30 PM – 2:55 PM)

Presenter: Susanne Cabrera, MD


Racial Diversity in T1D Versus T2D (Lessons from Discover Study) (2:55 PM – 3:20 PM)

Presenter: Maria Redondo MD, PhD, MPH


T1D Racial Diversity: Lessons From the TEDDY Study (3:20 PM – 3:45 PM)

Presenter: Kendra Vehik, PhD, MPH
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3:45 PM - 4:30 PM: Discussion Session VI: How Can nPOD studies Better Guide Clinical Trials Seeking to Understand Disease and Racial Diversity?

Led by: TBA

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Networking Break

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Poster Session

Hors d’oeuvres provided

8:00 PM: Dinner (on your own)

02/22/2024

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast & Checkout

Hotel checkout is 11 AM.

If checking out today, please bring luggage to the back of the meeting room for the remainder of the meeting.

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM: Special Breakfast Meeting

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Oral Abstracts III

Co-Chairs: TBA


TBA (9:00 AM – 9:10 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (9:10 AM – 9:20 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (9:20 AM – 9:30 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (9:30 AM – 9:40 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (9:40 AM – 9:50 AM)

Presenter: TBA


TBA (9:50 AM – 10:00 AM)

Presenter: TBA

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM: What questions were not asked that should have been asked?

Co-Chairs: TBA

11:00 AM - 11:15 PM: End of Meeting Remarks

Alberto Pugliese, MD, Mark Atkinson PhD, and Carmella Evans-Molina MD PhD
nPOD Executive Directors