2019 International Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism

Plenary lecture 1	11:10~11:50 / Friday 11 October Convention hall A,B,C Chairman:Kyong Soo Park	Overview
Prof. Graeme Bell is currently the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics in the University of Chicago. He has been studying the genetics of diabetes mellitus and the biology of the pancreatic beta cell. He cloned and characterized many of the genes that are keys in the regulation of glucose metabolism including insulin, glucagon, glucose transporters and many others. He also discovered mutations in the genes for glucokinase and for three transcription factors that cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young. In this plenary session, he will deliver his life-long research story on the insulin and beta cell.
Graeme I. Bell The University of Chicago, USA	PL1Insulin - an unfinished story

Plenary lecture 2	11:20~12:00 / Saturday 12 October Convention hall A,B,C Chairman:Hyoung Woo Lee	Overview
Prof. Vivian A. Fonseca is currently the chief of the Endocrinology at Tulane University Medical Center and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. Prof. Vivian A. Fonseca's research has delved into prevention and treatment of diabetic complications and risk factor reduction in cardiovascular disease, particularly on the role of inflammation and other novel risk factors. He is best known as Editor in chief of Diabetes Care and Past President for Science and Medicine of the ADA. He has received numerous awards, including the ADA Banting Medal for Leadership and Service. In ICDM 2019, he will deliver a lecture titled, “What can we learn from cardiovascular outcome trials in diabetes.”
Vivian A. Fonseca Tulane University, USA	PL2What can we learn from cardiovascular outcome trials in diabetes

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