Date and Time

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 6:00 PM

place

Kitano Hospital Kitano Hall

Opening Remarks

Dr. Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Kitano Hospital

Session 1

Chair: Dr. Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, Deputy Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, Kitano Hospital

"Generation of pancreatic beta cells from human ESCs/iPSCs; Towards cell therapy for diabetes"
Dr. Kenji Osafune, Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

Session 2 Special Lecture

Chair: Dr. Tomomi Fujisawa, Director of Diabetes, Department of Nephrology, Metabolic Immunology, Sakai City Hospital

"The postnatal role of pancreatic progenitors in growth and regeneration"
Professor, Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology Susan Bonner-Weir, PhD

Chair: Professor Junya Toguchida, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University

"Preserving Beta Cell Mass in Types 1 and 2 Diabetes"
Professor, Section on Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School Gordon C. Weir, MD

Closing Remarks

Vice Director, General Manager of Internal Medicine, Director of General Medical Center, Kitano Hospital
Dr. Takashi Nohara, Vice Director of the Rehabilitation Center