====== Welcome to Our Research Pages ====== {{ balance.png?225|historic science photo from http://memory.loc.gov/}}**We are committed to the discovery of key molecular events that underlie [[diabetes]] and its complications. ** **Current approaches include:** - molecular study of lipid metabolism and insulin action interaction - physiological models of fetal diabetic programming - advancement of bioinformatic techniques for use in diabetes research ====== About Us ======
[[http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uichildrenshospital/index.html|{{uich_logo_6.png?75 |University of Iowa Children's Hospital}}]] Our [[team]] includes experienced scientists and students. Our work is supported by grants from the [[http://www.nih.gov/|NIH]] and the [[http://www.diabetes.org|American Diabetes Association's]] [[http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/ADA-Research-Foundation/amaranth.jsp|Amaranth Diabetes Fund]]. Please browse these pages, reading about our [[research]], our lab [[team|members]], or view links to our [[publications]]. You may view our public [[resources]] for diabetes research. Please feel free to [[/?do=memo|contact us]].     __//Our affiliations//__:\\ ● [[http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uichildrenshospital/index.html|University of Iowa Children's Hospital]]\\ ● [[http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/pediatrics/index.html|Department of Pediatrics]]\\ -> in the [[http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu|Carver College of Medicine]]\\ -> at the [[http://www.uiowa.edu|University of Iowa]]
====== Lab News ====== {{ flasks.png?225|historic science photo from http://memory.loc.gov/}} **1-Jul-2009** The [[http://www.diabetes.org|American Diabetes Association's]] [[http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/ADA-Research-Foundation/amaranth.jsp|Amaranth Diabetes Fund]] will be supporting our Research Award "Macronutrient contributions to fetal diabetic programming" for the coming year. **25-May-2009** Four award winning students grace the lab this summer:
Student   Level   Research Fellowship
Alex SawatzkeMedical Student"Pre-M1"
Brandon MenkeMedical Student "Pre-M1"
Jonathan Karch Undergraduate ICRU
Mattie OelschlaegerMedical Student"M1"
\\ **29-Apr-2009** Undergraduate Brandon Menke presented his research at the //Gene F. Lata// [[photos#lata_symposium|Biochemistry Undergraduate Honors Symposium]]. **9-Feb-2009** As detailed in this [[http://www.clinsci.org/cs/117/cs1170129.htm|publication]], our lab helped show that even mild maternal diabetes during late gestation leads to insulin resistance in offspring. **1-Nov-2008** See our latest [[http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/149/11/5374|publication]] detailing the impact of PPARγ on uptake of fatty acids in skeletal muscle. **30-Sep-2008** Dr. Arthur Spector [[photos#dr._spector_s_visit|visits]] our lab. **05-Sep-2008** Our lab has relocated to an adjacent building. We are excited to be housed within the nascent Program in Developmental Origins of Disease at the [[http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/pediatrics/pedsmds/research.html|University of Iowa Children's Hospital]]. **21-Aug-2008** Our lab was fortunate to have participated in groundbreaking research on the origins of brown fat, published yesterday in [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7207/full/nature07221.html|Nature]]. **23-Jun-2008** Our lab reopens after being closed for 9 days due to flooding of the Iowa River. Luckily our building was untouched. [[http://uiflood2.blogspot.com/|Official University flood news]]. See the [[http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/shefgraph-forecast2.cfm?sid=IOWI4&fid=IOWI4&d=7&dt=S|river forecast]]. [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/uinews/sets/72157605682402874/|Aerial views]] of the campus flooding last week. **09-Jun-2008** Our abstract "PPARγ enhanced fatty acid uptake in muscle is mediated by upregulation of CD36" was delivered as an oral presentation at the [[http://professional.diabetes.org/Abstracts_Display.aspx?TYP=1&CID=68574|American Diabetes Association annual scientific meeting]] in San Francisco. **13-May-2008** We welcome Medical Student [[team#mattie_oelschlaeger|Mattie Oelschlaeger]] to the lab. **22-Jan-2008** We welcome undergraduate Biomedical Engineer [[team#jonathan_karch|Jonathan Karch]] to the lab. **01-Jan-2008** Our lab is the recipient of a 3-year research grant from the [[http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/research-home.jsp|American Diabetes Association]] entitled "Macronutrient contributions to fetal diabetic programming". [[news archive]] ~~NOTOC~~