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Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

Join the Type ONE diabetes data challenge- DCHALLENGE 2025 ➡️ register by Sept 12- One Winning team gets $10K ! - Use open source data or your own data- (special access to TEDDY data) - 6 top T1D scientist judges + JDRF T1D Fund pitch- Learn more here + register! thesugarscience.org/dchallenge20...

August 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents: How Does Immunometabolism Influence T1D Remission? with Clive Wasserfall, PhD & Jason Collier, PhD

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cl8iSfg4SGSmqrEMD_cNcQ#/registration

#T1D #Immunometabolism #BetaCells #Autoimmunity #Th1nkT1D #TheSugarScience

June 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents:
Engineering Islet Tolerance to Delay T1D Onset
with Jacqueline Burke, PhD (Northwestern)

📅 July 8 | 9AM PT
🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qQyBioNDT-O86glPm6woaA#/registration

#T1D #IsletTolerance #Immunoengineering #TheSugarScience #Th1nkT1D

June 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents:
Targeting Insulin-Binding B Cells in T1D
with Kyle Apley, PhD (WashU)

📅 July 3 | 9AM PT
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #Immunotherapy #BCells #ProteinEngineering #TheSugarScience #Th1nkT1D

June 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧠🔌 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents:

📅 June 24 | 9AM PT
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#Neuroscience #BioelectronicMedicine #VagusNerve #Neuroimmunology #Th1nkT1D #TheSugarScience

June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents: From Sex to Systems: Molecular Signaling in Beta Cells with Fahd Qadir, DVM MS PhD (Tulane)

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/v09Y2eunRYiYiAemNIkB6A

#BetaCells #T1D #SystemsBiology #Endocrinology #DiabetesResearch #Th1nkT1D #TheSugarScience

June 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 the(sugar)science presents:

Disease Diagnostics Using Machine Learning

🗓 June 3, 2025

🔬 Learn how machine learning can improve disease diagnostics!

🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #MachineLearning #Genetics #thesugarscience

May 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 Join us for the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank on June 5, 2025, at 9 AM ET!

🔬 Explore GABA’s potential in beta-cell regeneration and hypoglycemic event management.

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5wur3otzTw-qsMihqv-Vig#/registration

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #BetaCells #Endocrinology

May 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 Join us for the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank on May 27, 2025, at 9 AM ET!

🔬 Explore how paracrine signals & cx36 gap junctions impact cell coordination.
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #BetaCells #MedicalResearch #thesugarscience #Type1Diabetes #UCdavis

May 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🧬 Join us for the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank on June 12, 2025, at 9 AM PT!

🔬 Learn about cutting-edge innovations in diabetes treatment!

🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XC0ZjLuMTKmnzSLnozxjbg#/registration

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #InsulinSecretion #MedicalInnovation #BioTech #Type1Diabetes

May 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

T1D science made simple.
Weekly pods + summaries from @thesugarscience → no MD or PhD needed!
Listen + learn here 🔽
thesugarscience.org/cit1zen-scie...
#T1D #cit1zenscience #openscience #diabetes

April 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

Genetic Beta Cell Protection by Nature
w/ Rene van Tienhoven, PhD
📅 Apr 29 | 🕛 12PM ET

How insulin mRNA decay may protect against T1D 👇
🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40112799/
📍 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #BetaCells #DiabetesResearch

April 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🎉 New Read and Listens from #ciT1zen_science at THE(SUGAR)SCIENCE dropped ⏰ today! thesugarscience.org/cit1zen-scie...
We bring the latest #T1Dresearch to scientists and clinicians with our #ThinkTanks & #WiR. Now, we invite #everyone to listen and read #T1Dscience. ⭐ #Accessible #Learn ⭐

April 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

Th1nk Tank: Antonio Citro, PhD
🗓 Apr 24 | 🕛 12PM ET
🔬 Bioengineering a vascularized, iPSC-derived endocrine pancreas for T1D therapy
🔗 Join us! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#T1D #iPSC #Bioengineering #RegenerativeMedicine #IsletTransplantation #StemCells #PancreasEngineering #Th1nkTank

April 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 the(sugar)science Th1nk Tank presents: Robert Moulder, PhD

🗓 Apr 15 | 🕛 12PM ET
🧪 Targeted serum proteomics reveals key markers of T1D progression in youth, incl. GPX3 & ApoL1

🔗 Don’t miss it! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #proteomics #biomarkers #Th1nkTank #theSugarscience

April 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 How do β-cells respond to IFN-α? 🔬

Join TSS as we explore β-cell heterogeneity in the acute IFN-α response & its role in T1D pathogenesis.

📖 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#DiabetesResearch #T1D #BetaCells #CytokineSignaling #IsletBiology #Autoimmunity #Microscopy

March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 Th1nk Tank Alert! 🔬

How does mitochondrial signaling shape metabolic tissue identity? 🧬

🗓 Apr 17, 2025 | 12 PM ET
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#DiabetesResearch #T1D #Mitochondria #BetaCells #IsletBiology #CellMetabolism #BiomedicalScience

March 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 How do molecular pathways drive islet dysfunction in T1D? 🔬Join to explores islet cell dysfunction in human T1D.

📝 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#DiabetesResearch #T1D #IsletBiology #MolecularPathways #BetaCells #Bioinformatics #Autoimmunity #Endocrinology

March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

Join the next (sugar)science Th1nk Tank! 🚨

🔬 iReceptor & the T1D AIRR Consortium with Brian Corrie, PhD
📅 April 3, 2025 | 12 PM ET
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #AIRR #iReceptor #Immunogenomics #Bioinformatics #AdaptiveImmunity #BCR #TCR

March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 Th1nk Tank: Loss of β-Cell to δ-Cell Coupling & Impaired Glucagon Secretion in T1D 🧪

🎤 Thomas Hill, PhD (Oxford)
🗓️ Mar 27, 2025 | 12:00 PM EST

🌐 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#DiabetesResearch #T1D #IsletBiology #BetaCells #DeltaCells #Glucagon #Hypoglycemia #CellularCoupling

March 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🚨 LIVE Th1nk Tank! 🚨

Join us on Apr 1 @ 12 PM ET on how proinflammatory cytokines impact pancreatic β-cell Golgi integrity via mitochondrial inhibition.

🔗 Register & tune in: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #DiabetesResearch #BetaCells #TheSugarScience #Th1nkTank

March 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🚨 LIVE Th1nk Tank! 🚨

Join us on Mar 25 @ 12 PM ET for a talk with Ulf Hannelius, PhD, CEO of Diamyd Medical, on translating genetic insights into antigen-specific immunotherapy for T1D.

🔗 Register & tune in: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #Immunotherapy #Biotech #TheSugarScience #Th1nkTank

March 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM

Monica Westley PhD

@westerly2easterly.bsky.social

🔬 How does TLR-5 influence T cell activity & T1D development?

Join Karsten Buschard, MD on Mar 11 @ 12PM ET for a #Th1nkTank deep dive into immune regulation & Type 1 Diabetes.

🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#T1D #Immunology #DiabetesResearch #TheSugarScience