Welcome to the May 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the May 2024 issue of Diabetes.

5:06: Darleen and Kirk are joined by Drs. Devi Kasinathan, Zheng Guo, and Dax Fu, authors the May Paper of the Month, “Cell-Surface ZnT8 Antibody Prevents and Reverses Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice.” This article can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0568.

20:14: Next, Kirk and Darleen highlight one of the ADA’s membership engagement groups, the Women’s Interprofessional Network of the ADA (WIN ADA), by chatting with Drs. Jennifer Lee and Rebecca Scalzo, the current cochairs of WIN ADA. They discuss the history and growth of WIN ADA, which is a members-only network for female clinicians, scientists, educators, and other health professionals in diabetes. Learn more about WIN ADA, including how to join, at https://professional.diabetes.org/membership/win-ada.

36:45: For the Sweet Talk segment, Kevin is joined by Drs. Olga T. Gupta and Rana K. Gupta, authors of May’s “Classics in Diabetes” article. The classic article they focus on is 1985’s “The Influence of Body Fat Distribution on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus: 13.5 Years of Follow-up of the Participants in the Study of Men Born in 1913,” by Ohlson et al. Kevin and his guests discuss the evolving concepts of regional adiposity and diabetes and other chronic disorders. Their “Classics” article is freely available at https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0021, and the 1985 classic by Ohlson et al. can be found at https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.34.10.1055.

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Welcome to the April 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the April 2024 issue of Diabetes.

2:55: To kick things off, Darleen and Kirk are joined by Dr. Sebastian Kalamajski (Lund University), senior author of “Human Genetic Variation at rs10071329 Correlates With Adiposity-Related Traits, Modulates PPARGC1B Expression, and Alters Brown Adipocyte Function.” This article can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0531.

15:16: Darleen and Kirk chat with Dr. Yuval Dor (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), senior author of “DNA Methylation–Based Assessment of Cell Composition in Human Pancreas and Islets.” This study can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0704.

42:50: Darleen introduces a very special guest for this month’s Sweet Talk, Dr. Carmella Evans-Molina. She is the director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases at Indiana University School of Medicine, and she was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award by the American Diabetes Association. Darleen and Kevin raise many topics in this conversation with Dr. Evans-Molina, from her focus on the role of calcium in regulating insulin secretion to the importance of serendipity and collaboration in scientific research to her recent hobby of learning to play the piano.

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Welcome to the special Sweet Talk March 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. Our host is Dr. Kevin Williams.

1:00 Sweet Talk, part 1. Kevin introduces the guests for the first part of Sweet Talk, Dr. Christopher Newgard from Duke University Medical Center and Dr. Louis Philipson from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. They are co-chairs of the American Diabetes Association’s Pathway to Stop Diabetes Mentor Advisory Group. The Pathway program seeks to identify and support exceptional young scientists in the field of diabetes research. Drs. Newgard and Philipson explain the history of the program, expand on the importance of mentorship for young scientists, and relate challenges faced by the program, from funding cuts to the COVID-19 pandemic.

18:56 Sweet Talk, part 2. To wrap up the episode, Kevin brings in Dr. Céline E. Riera, recipient of a Pathway to Stop Diabetes initiator award in 2015. Dr. Riera is the author of a thought-provoking Perspective article in the March 2024 issue of Diabetes that is based on her award-winning research. This article can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0706.

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