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Final Scientific Meeting

Final Scientific Meeting

The ADAPT project will be completed on January 31, 2012. To discuss the major outcomes of the project and the impact for future research, the consortium will meet for a final scientific meeting entitled:...

Final Meeting of COST Action BM0602

Final Meeting of COST Action BM0602

The final meeting of COST Action BM0602 "Adipose tissue: A Key Target for Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome", will take place in Kuopio, Finland, August 29-31, 2011. Several...

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is a novel adipokine potentially linking obesity to the metabolic syndrome

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is a novel adipokine potentially linking obesity to the metabolic syndrome

In a recently accepted publication by the ADAPT consortium (Diabetes, in press), DPP4 is described as a novel adipokine which may...

3nd Protein Rainbow Workshop – BioPlex Technology: Multiplicating ELISA

3nd Protein Rainbow Workshop – BioPlex Technology: Multiplicating ELISA

The annual training school will take place from 2nd to 4th of May 2011 at the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes...

2nd Protein Rainbow Workshop - SELDI for Biomarker Research

2nd Protein Rainbow Workshop - SELDI for Biomarker Research Düsseldorf, September 06 – 09, 2010

Understanding the factors that influence human health and cause diseases are one of the major driving forces of bio-medical...

Adipose tissue gene expression and insulin sensitivity during calorie restriction and weight stabilization

Adipose tissue gene expression and insulin sensitivity during calorie restriction and weight stabilization

In a very recent publication from the ADAPT consortium it was reported that macrophage and fat cell gene expression in...

EU grants 3 Mio Euro for Diabetes Research project

The European Union has granted a total of 3 Mio Euro for a cooperational research project coordinated by the German Diabetes Center in Duesseldorf. The consortium consists of 11 partners from four different European countries...