PhD defence by Ditte Sørensen and seminar about Insulin Action in Vascular Endothelium

On March 17, 2017 Danish Diabetes Academy PhD fellow Ditte Sørensen will defend her PhD thesis entitled: The role of endothelial cell insulin resistance and endothelial activation in tumor formation, in continuation of the seminar Insulin Action in Vascular Endothelium with guest speakers Assistant Professor Etto C. Eringa and Assistant Professor Christian Rask-Madsen - all interested are welcome to attend.

SEMINAR GUEST SPEAKERS

Etto C. Eringa, Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, NL, will talk about Adipose-Endothelial Cross Talk as a Regulator of Perfusion and Insulin Sensitivity.

Christian Rask-Madsen, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US, will talk about Insulin Resistance in Endothelial Cells as a Determinant of Impaired Angiogenesis in Diabetes.

TIME & LOCATION OF SEMINAR AND PHD DEFENCE

17 March 2017

Seminar, 10:00-12:00 AM

University of Southern Denmark
Auditorium 17.109, J.B. Winsløws Vej 17
DK-5000 Odense C

PhD defence 2:00-4:00 PM

University of Southern Denmark
Auditorium (ground floor), J.B. Winsløws Vej 25
DK-5000 Odense C

COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS FOR THE PHD DEFENCE

Assistant Professor Etto C. Eringa, Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Centre
Professor Niels Jessen, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus Universitet
Professor Torben Barington, Department of Clinical Immunology, University of Southern Denmark (chairman)

PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR OF DITTE SØRENSEN

Professor Lars Melholt Rasmussen, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark.

For further information about the PhD defence and seminar, please contact Lars Melholt Rasmussen at lars.meltholt.rasmussen@rsyd.dk

Click here to read or download Ditte Sørensen's PhD thesis.