Banting & Best Diabetes Centre

Register now! The BBDC Trainee Lab Seminars provide trainees with an opportunity to present their diabetes research to their peers. Each in-person seminar highlights different BBDC-associated labs. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by 12 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28. bbdc.org/event/traine...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for today's seminar with Dr. Patrick Seale from the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. It was a fantastic session about mesenchymal stromal cells in adipose tissue.

Congratulations to BBDC member, @danieljdrucker.bsky.social, who has been named a 2026 Citation Laureate by U.K.-based analytics company Clarivate. The annual list honours 22 researchers for carrying out highly-cited work that is shaping science and society. www.utoronto.ca/celebrates/d...

Flags have been raised across #UofT's three campuses as the community gets ready to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. bit.ly/4xKWk89

Our Evidence-to-Impact Grant supports community-engaged research teams to generate actionable evidence that can inform policies, programs, health services and other population-level approaches to reducing the burden of type 2 diabetes. healthypopulationsnetwork.utoronto.ca/evidence-imp...

The Banting & Best Diabetes Centre’s 2025/2026 annual report is available now! Take a look to see highlights from the past year and learn more about our funding programs, award recipients and educational events. bbdc.org/wp-content/u...

At the end of September, the BBDC’s Business Manager, Rose LaBarbera will retire. This is a bittersweet moment for everyone who has worked with her, as she has been an integral part of the organization and a beloved member of the diabetes research community in Toronto. bbdc.org/news/rose-la...

Our latest BBDC profile is on Dr. Kevin Yau, a clinician scientist and nephrologist at the University Health Network and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine University of Toronto. Learn more about his career and research. bbdc.org/newsletters/...

BBDC Members - Join us on October 6 at 10 a.m. for a presentation by Patrick Seale, PhD, from the University of Pennsylvania on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Adipose Tissue Remodeling and Metabolic Health. This session will be in person only. bbdc.org/event/mesenc...

We're looking forward to welcoming four internationally renowned guest speakers to Toronto in 2026/2027. Attendance to our Seminar Series is open to faculty, staff, students, and trainees at the University of Toronto and University of Toronto-affiliated institutions. Join us! bbdc.org/events/

🌟 Grant opportunity! 🌟 This program provides grants of up to $40,000 per application to enable eligible investigators to explore new diabetes research initiatives in the area of biomedical research. Up to two awards are available for this competition. bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Diabetes Team Of The Year Award 2026! This award recognizes a diabetes team’s efforts and achievements that go above and beyond evidence-based practices in the field of diabetes education, patient care, or advocacy. Learn more and apply! bbdc.org/funding/fund...

⏰ Deadline approaching! The Innovative Diabetes Quality Improvement Grants 2027/2028 are aimed at healthcare professionals who wish to pursue innovative projects for improving the quality of diabetes care. Deadline is 4 p.m. ET on September 15, 2026. bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Thanks to everyone who joined us for today's Charles Hollenberg Summer Student Poster Session. And special congratulations to our winner, Brooke D'Mello and runner up Aryen Muravvej!

The Novo Nordisk-BBDC New Investigator Award supports an independent scientist or clinician-scientist in the early stage of their career who is conducting diabetes research. Learn more: bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Join us for the Charles Hollenberg Summer Student Poster Day on August 5 from 1 - 3:30pm at the UofT Medical Sciences Building; David Naylor Student Commons, ground floor. See a list of the posters here: mcusercontent.com/1c03b180f92a...

Congratulations to BBDC members Drs. Mahavir Agarwal and Margaret Hahn, along with Kateryna Maksyutynska, on their brief, published in Nature's Neuropsychopharmacology journal. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Trainee Travel Awards are now open! Awards of up to $1,000 CAD are available for trainees to present a first-authored or co-first authored diabetes-focused abstract at an online or in-person conference between July 1 to December 31, 2026. bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Our recent BBDC member feature looks at the research of Dr. Sonia Grandi, MSc PhD from The Hospital for Sick Children. Learn more about her work: bbdc.org/newsletters/...

BBDC members - apply for our Innovative Diabetes Quality Improvement Grants 2027/2028! This funding opportunity is aimed at healthcare professionals who wish to pursue innovative projects for improving the quality of diabetes care. bbdc.org/funding/fund...

The Drucker Family Innovation Fund Grants is a joint funding program between the BBDC and the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Medicine. Up to four grants of $75,000 are available this year - learn more and apply! bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Join us on Monday, June 22, 2026 from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. when ​Ido Goldstein, Ph.D. will give a seminar on the metabolic logic of fasting-feeding cycles and how transcription factors control it. For more information and to register: luma.com/hlqenm2f

Congratulations to BBDC member Dr. Tony Lam from University Health Network on having his Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Diabetes and Obesity renewed!

Our 2025 Diabetes Team of the Year is the Langs Diabetes Education Program in Cambridge. The award recognizes a diabetes team’s efforts and achievements that go above and beyond evidence-based practices in diabetes education, patient care, or advocacy. Learn more! bbdc.org/news/langs-d...

Today was our 35th Annual Scientific Day - and what a terrific day of learning and networking it was! Thanks to all our speakers and attendees. And special congratulations to all of our poster award winners on an excellent job!

Today is National Physicians Day, which is an opportunity for the BBDC to recognize the extraordinary contribution physicians make to diabetes care. We are lucky to have a number of clinician-scientists as members, and we're pleased to highlight some of them in the photo below.

Research from the @danieljdrucker.bsky.social lab, led by María Jesús González Rellán, have found that semaglutide acts directly on a subset of liver cells to improve organ function – independently of weight loss. Learn more in this article from UofT! www.utoronto.ca/news/glp-1-m...

BBDC member @danieljdrucker.bsky.social discusses his research in the latest University of Toronto Magazine. Read the story now! magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...

⏰ Deadline approaching! Registration for our upcoming Scientific Day is required and will close at 4 p.m. on May 1st - don't miss out!! Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bbdc-35th-...

Congrats to BBDC researcher Jacqueline Beaudry on being a 2026 recipient of a Temerty Faculty of Medicine Research Excellence Award. These awards celebrate excellence and innovation of early to mid-career researchers in basic and clinical sciences. rhse.temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/temerty...

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, this session and the trainee meeting to follow has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks to everyone who attended today's BBDC Trainee Lab Seminar! We had excellent presentations from Farhan Khan (supervised by Daniel Winer MD), Mihir Parikh (supervised by Jacqueline Beaudry, PhD) and Kyla Bruce (supervised Tony Lam).

BBDC members - Join us on May 8 for our 35th Annual Scientific Day. This is a day of education and networking for BBDC members, trainees, and U of T endocrine residents interested in collaborative diabetes-related research. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bbdc-35th-...

Excited to share our new paper in Nat Comms on how human stem cell-derived pancreatic progenitors choose between islet and enterochromaffin (EC)-like fates - and how we can steer that choice! A story in a few tweets… Full paper 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

BBDC Members - Join us for the next Trainee Lab Seminar on April 10 at 12pm. Trainees supervised by Drs. Tony Lam, Daniel Winer, and Jacqueline Beaudry, will present their latest research. Learn more and register! bbdc.org/event/traine...

Thanks to all who attended today's Seminar Series with Maléne Lindholm PhD. This was a wonderful opportunity to learn about the molecular terrain of exercise.

Thanks to all who attended today's Seminar Series with Maléne Lindholm, PhD. This was a wonderful opportunity to learn about the molecular terrain of exercise.

BBDC members - join us tomorrow at 10am for our Seminar Series. Maléne Lindholm, PhD will join us from Stanford University to discuss Charting the molecular terrain of exercise – towards the goal of precision exercise health. This event is in-person only. bbdc.org/events/bbdc-...

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our Trainee Lab Seminar Series. We had wonderful presentations from Brooke D'Mello, (Supervisors: Minna Woo and @calvin-ke.bsky.social), Kyle Medak (Supervisor: @danieljdrucker.bsky.social) and Dayana El Chaar (Supervisor: Laura Chiavaroli).

BBDC members - Join us on May 8 for our 35th Annual Scientific Day. This is a day of education and networking for BBDC members, trainees, and U of T endocrine residents interested in collaborative diabetes-related research. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bbdc-35th-...

Have you attended our small group sessions? We'd love to know what you thought! Drop a comment ⬇️! Developed by BBDC member, Dr. Kacey Prentice, this program is aimed at increasing the access our trainees have to visiting speakers. Learn more! bbdc.org/news/small-g...

A new research review from the lab of BBDC member Dr. Jayne Danska calls for more study of obesity, gut bacteria and metabolic conditions that arise in childhood and adolescence in order to reduce type 2 diabetes risk. Learn more! temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/researc...

February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is an opportunity for the BBDC to acknowledge and celebrate the impact being made by women in Toronto's diabetes research community. #WomenInScience

Join us for the BBDC Trainee Lab Seminar on February 20 at 12pm. Trainees supervised by Drs. Daniel Drucker, Laura Chiavaroli, Minna Woo, and Calvin Ke will present their latest research. In person only. Please RSVP by 12 pm on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. bbdc.org/event/traine...

The Archie Sopman Diabetes Research and Education Awards 2026 competition is now open! This funding program is open to @uhn.ca employees whose major job description involves diabetes research, education, or clinical care. Learn more on our website and apply! bbdc.org/funding/fund...

Join us for the BBDC Trainee Lab Seminar on February 20 at 12pm. Trainees supervised by Drs. Daniel Drucker, Laura Chiavaroli, Minna Woo, and Calvin Ke will present their latest research. In person only. Please RSVP by 12 pm on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. bbdc.org/event/traine...