Events
The 2009 New England Workshop on Autoimmune Diabetes
Nineteenth New England Regional Workshop on
Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus
Friday, October 30, 2009
You are invited to New England's annual informal gathering to review research work in autoimmune diabetes! Participants present one or more posters and join in amicable, off-the-record discussion. Any research germane to autoimmunity, transplantation, tolerance, human T1D, NOD mice, BB rats, stem cells, etc. is welcome.
This year's expanded program features five lectures. The workshop will again be held at the Marine Biological Laboratories 
in Woods Hole, MA, under the sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School, assisted by a grant from the Novo Nordisk Corporation .
The Workshop this year takes place the weekend AFTER the Annual New England Immunology Conference .
Tentative Program
| Friday | PROGRAM |
| Noon-5:30 p.m. | Registration & Poster Viewing |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Lecturer: Michael Brehm, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Topic: "Humanized mouse models in autoimmune diabetes research" |
| 3:00-4:00 | Lecturer: Louis Vaickus, M.D.
Tolerx, Inc. Cambridge, MA
"Anti-CD3 for T1DM: The DEFEND1 Trial" |
| 4:00-4:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Lecturer: Kai Wucherpfennig, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Topic: "Unique features of T cell receptor recognition in autoimmunity" |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Traditional New England Baked Lobster Dinner |
| 7:00-8:00 p.m. | Lecturer: Elizabeth Blankenhorn, Ph.D.
Drexel University College of Medicine
Topic: "A new abundance of T1D genes in the rat" |
| 8:00-9:00 p.m. | Lecturer: Diane Mathis, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Topic: "Control of diabetes progression" |
| 9:00 p.m. | Snacks and Poster Prizes |
Location
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Registration
To attend, please complete and return a registration form not later thanTuesday, October 14 at 5 p.m. to: Autoimmunity of Diabetes Workshop, Diabetes Division, Attn: Trish Cannon, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 218, Worcester, MA, 01605. It may also be faxed to 508-856-4093. Click here 
for a printable copy of the registration form.
Registration forms can also be obtained by calling Trish Cannon in the Diabetes Division office at the University of Massachusetts Medical School: 508-856-3800 or by sending her email at trish.cannon@umassmed.edu.
Dates for future meetings: Oct. 29, 2010, Oct. 28, 2011