For those of us who can’t attend the amazing TEDxDelMar conference on type 1 diabetes, we still have the opportunity to see it live. You can access the Tedx channel from TEDxDelMar’s website http://www.tedxdelmar.com or from TED.com http://www.livestream.com/tedx
The theme of the conference is searching for a cure for type 1 diabetes, and leading researchers and clinicians in the field will be discussing their work. The event takes place on October 15, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST.
During the conference, we’ll be posting updates on ASweetLife’s Facebook page. Please join us there and share your thoughts!
For more on the conference see here.
This is the list of speakers and their talk titles:
| Jeff Bluestone, Ph.D. (UCSF) | Why You? Why T1D is on the Rise |
| Matthias Von Herrath, M.D. (LIAI) | Attack of the Beta Cells – The Movie |
| Richard Insel, M.D. (JDRF) | Is There a Vaccine? |
| Michael German, M.D. (UCSF) | Where do Beta Cells Come From? |
| Steven Edelman, M.D. (UCSD) | Xtreme Diabetes Makeover |
| Athena Tsimikas, M.D. (Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute) | Surviving a Hospital Stay |
| Nigel Calcutt, M.D. (UCSD) | Preventing and Treating Complications – What’s New? |
| Bill Polonsky, Ph.D. (Behavorial Diabetes Institute) | Psyching Out Diabetes |
| Peter Butler, M.D. (UCLA) | Preserving Your Beta Cells |
| Maike Sander, M.D. (UCSD) | From Stem Cells to Beta Cells |
| Peter Stock, M.D., Ph.D. (UCSF) | Islet Cells Transplant Update |
| Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. (MIT) | Avoiding the Immune Attack |
| Bernard Hering, M.D. (U. of MN) | Is There a Pig in Your Future? |
| Pamela Itkin-Ansari, Ph.D. (Sanford Burnham) | Islet Cell Transplants – A New Approach |
| Bruce Buckingham, M.D. (Stanford) | The Bionic Diabetic |
| David Gough, Ph.D. (UCSD) | Implantable Long-Term Glucose Sensors |
| Alberto Hayek, M.D. (UCSD) | Concluding Remarks |
