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Joseph Bryan and Lydia Aguilar-Bryan.</li> <li>The Hakomori Commemorative Symposium entitled "Glycobiology and Sphingobiology 2007 (GS2007)" convenes in Tokushima, Japan.</li> <li>Dr. R. Paul Robertson proves antioxidants successfully preserve Pdx-1 and MafA in hyperglycemic mice.</li> <li>TEDDY enrolls 300th family in its 15 year follow-up study.</li> <li>An Evening of Wine fundraiser raises unprecedented $257,000 for diabetes research at PNRI.</li> <li>PNRI convenes Warren G. Magnuson Congress for a Global Diabetes Alliance at which the Seattle Diabetes Declaration is announced.</li> <li>Jim Gore joins PNRI as its first Vice President</li> <li>Diabetes Research Fellow Dr. Marika Bogdani receives a two-year NIDDK grant totaling $107,527.</li> <li>American Diabetes Association National Board of Directors elects Dr. R. Paul Robertson as its President-Elect of Medicine and Science.</li> <li>Dr. R. Paul Robertson receives two NIDDK grants totaling $3,173,400 to improve islet transplantation and to investigate the role of antioxidants in ameliorating glucose toxicity in beta cells for type 2 diabetes</li> <li>Dr. William Hagopian begins Phase III of the hOKT3 study.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>2006</strong> <ul class="arrow"> <li>Dr. R. Paul Robertson is elected Editor-in-Chief of Endocrine Reviews.</li> <li>Diabetes Research Fellow Dr. Huarong Zhou wins Endocrinologist Award from the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR).</li> <li>Diabetes Research Fellow Dr. Marika Bogdani wins Sanofi-Aventis Award in Diabetes.</li> <li>Dr. William Hagopian begins Phase II of the hOKT3 study.</li> <li>$2.25 million gift from the estate of William R. Klaische.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>2004</strong> <ul class="arrow"> <li>PNRI refines its scientific research focus to the prevention and cure of diabetes.</li> <li>Murdock Charitable Trust and Seattle Foundation gift a total of $117,500 to establish new Confocal Microscopy Cell Imaging Core Laboratory.</li> <li>Dr. William Hagopian launches The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study at PNRI in collaboration with scientists in Colorado, Georgia, Florida, and other TEDDY teams in Germany, Finland, and Sweden.</li> </ul> </li> <li> <strong>2003</strong> <ul class="arrow"> <li>Dr. Vincent Poitout wins Thomas R. Lee Award from the American Diabetes Association.</li> <li>Dr. William Hagopian begins Phase I of the hOKT3 study.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Dr. R. Paul Robertson leads research consortium that conducts first human islet transplantation in the Puget Sound region.</li> <li><strong>2000</strong> <ul class="arrow"> <li>Dr. Sen-itiroh Hakomori is elected to the National Academy of Sciences.</li> <li>Dr. R. Paul Robertson chairs the 60th Annual Scientific Sessions Meeting of the American Diabetes Association.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>1996-2002</strong> PNRI recruits new PIs (including Drs. Hagopian, Hakomori, K. E. Hellstrom, I. Hellstrom, Poitout, Rhodes, and Dempsey); expands annual grant funding from $500,000 to $10M.</li> <li><strong>1997</strong> Board of Trustees appoints Dr. R. Paul Robertson as President and Scientific Director; changes name to Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI).</li> <li><strong>1987</strong> PNRF raises funds to build and expand laboratory facilities at 720 Broadway in Seattle; recruits Dr. Donald Malins as Principal Investigator (elected to National Academy of Science in 1995).</li> <li><strong>1972</strong> PNRF receives federal funding to develop and establish the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.</li> <li><strong>1960</strong> Dr. Belding Scribner develops the prototype for the U-shaped Teflon tube that is later known as the "Scribner shunt."</li> <li><strong>1959-1968</strong> Heart and lung machine research by Principal Investigators Dr. Dean Crystal, Dr. William Edmark, Dr. George Thomas, et. al., leads to the development of open-heart surgery at Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle.</li> <li><strong>1956</strong> Dr. William B. Hutchinson founds Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (PNRF) as the first private non-profit biomedical research institute in the Puget Sound region.</li> </ul> </TD>  </TR> </TABLE>   <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" id="footer"> <tr> <td width="175"><img src="../images/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="1" hspace="87" vspace="7" border="0" alt="" /></td> <td width="15"><img src="../images/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="1" hspace="7" border="0" alt="" /></td> <td width="560"><img src="../images/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="1" hspace="279" border="0" alt="" /></td> </tr> <tr>  <td valign="top" align="right" class="topp" id="footer-top"><a href="#top" title="Return to the top of this page">top of page</a></td> <td> </td>  <td valign="top" id="footer-main"><A href="../" class=home title="Return to the PNDRI home page">Home</A><BR> <A href="../about/" title="The history and mission of PNDRI">About</A> | <A href="../research/" title="PNDRI's research teams">Research</A> | <A href="../howtohelp/" title="How to help">How to Help</A> | <A href="../hr/" title="Positions available at PNDRI">Positions Available</A> | <A href="../seminars/" title="Seminar schedule">Seminar Schedule</A> | <A href="../news/" title="News" class=thispage>News</A> | <A href="../search.html" title="Search the site">Search</A> <p class="lastmod"> Last modified: 12-Feb-08 </p> <p class="copyright"> All content copyright © <abbr title="Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute">PNDRI</abbr>, 2000-8. 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