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Date:		Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Location:		Clarion Hotel, Beachwood
Time:		5:45pm Registration
		6:15pm Dinner and Presentations

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Join fellow research investigators for an evening of networking and exchange of ideas. Hear from our distinguished speaker

Henri Brunengraber, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Nutrition
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and
Director, CASE Mouse Metabolic and Phenotyping Center (MMPC)

And hear presentations by the 2008 Helen Weil Ross Summer Interns:

Intern: Jarrett Skirball, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Sponsor: Susan Kirsh, M.D., Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC and Elizabeth Kern, PhD., CWRU
Project: Effect of social support on glycemic control in diabetes type 2 via shared medical appointments

Intern: Yashar Niknafs, Case Western Reserve University

Sponsor: Richard Hanson, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
Project: The over-expression of the cytosolic form of P-enolpyruvate carboxykinase in skeletal muscle of mice results in the accumulation of triglyceride

Intern: Scott Navarrett, Cornell University

Sponsor: Ram Nagaraj, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Project: The role of SSAO in diabetic retinal capillary apoptosis

Intern: Vedran Dupanovic, Case Western Reserve University

Sponsor: Henri Brunengraber, M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Project: Regulation of glucose metabolism in mice lacking liver PEPCK

Intern: Amanda Lansell, Case Western Reserve University

Sponsor: Nelson F. B. Phillips, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Project: Evaluation of fibrillation-resistance and stability of a redesigned insulin analog

Intern: Joanne Wang, Brown University

Sponsor: Vincent Monnier, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Project: Engineering of a mouse model of accelerated glucose-mediated collagen stiffening

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