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To win the travel award, Almutairi’s abstract submission had to score among the top of all graduate student submissions. Almutairi’s presented research was titled “Macrophage iPLA2β -Derived Lipid (iDLs) Signaling Promotes Type 1 Diabetes Development.”
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This year, the conference was held Nov. 13-15 in Crowne Plaza, Asheville, NC. Keynote speakers were Alex Toker, Ph.D., and Alyssa Hasty, Ph.D.
Almutairi is a member of the lab of Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology (CDIB) and senior scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center. The Ramanadham lab is primarily focused on lipid signaling as a means to further understand diabetes and curative therapy options.