2021 Diabetes Research Awards Announced 9 December 2021 Last night Diabetes Australia and Diabetes NSW & ACT hosted the 2021 Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART) Awards at NSW Parliament House. The DART Awards recognise diabetes researchers making an outstanding contribution to the prevention, management and cure for all types of diabetes. The awards given under the Diabetes Australia Research Program recognise outstanding research, and foster young and upcoming researchers in the field of diabetes. Diabetes NSW & ACT would like to thank and acknowledge our corporate partner Abbott, whose support made the awards ceremony possible and for their commitment to research. 2021 Diabetes Australia Grant Award Recipients ResearcherInstituteProject TitleAssociate Professor Ross LaybuttGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchXBP1 maintains ß-cell identity by repressing an a-cell programDr Nicola LeeGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchCentral leptin signalling through NPY neurons regulates glucose homeostasisAssociate Professor Carsten Schmitz-PeifferGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchProof-of-Principle: Inhibitors of Protein Kinase C Epsilon as Dual Action Agents for the Treatment of Type 2 DiabetesDr Lei ZhangGarvan Institute of Medical ResearchBrainstem circuitries as intervention points for type 2 diabetes treatmentDr Chunling HuangKolling Institute of Medical ResearchTargeting Kv1.3 as a novel therapeutic strategy for diabetic kidney diseaseDr Sue Mei LauPrince of Wales HospitalDevelopment of an evidence-based model of cost-effective diabetes inpatient care using a diabetes patient finding tool (the Diabetes Dashboard).Professor Kim DonaghueThe Children’s Hospital at WestmeadThe CANDID Study: Improving Outcomes of Childhood Type 1 DiabetesProfessor Nick Di GirolamoUniversity of New South WalesA novel treatment for type I diabetes that regenerates sensory nerves: using the eye as a modelAssociate Professor Isabelle JalbertUniversity of New South WalesIDEA: Co-designing and feasibility testing of an evidence-based and theory-informed intervention to Improve appropriateness of Diabetic Eyecare in AustraliaDr Ki Wook KimUniversity of New South WalesCharacterising the population of respiratory viruses that promote the development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes using virome capture sequencingProfessor Nigel TurnerUniversity of New South WalesPharmacological targeting of the sphingolipid metabolism to treat metabolic diseaseDr Kedar GhimireUniversity of SydneyA novel strategy to promote insulin secretion and improve treatment for diabetes mellitusProfessor David JamesUniversity of SydneyMolecular Dissection of a Human Lipodystrophy MutationDr Praveesuda MichaelUniversity of Sydney3D Perfusion Bioreactor: A novel approach to study synthetic vascular graft endothelialisation in diabetesDr Reena SinghUniversity of SydneyTo identify the effect of basement membrane proteins on the global gene expression pattern of human stem cell derived-beta (SC-ß) cells and dissect the underlying mechanism of enhanced functionProfessor Wah CheungWestmead HospitalThe Role of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease in the Development of Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy
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