Sushant Bhatnagar on Maintaining Glucose Homeostasis via Tomosyn-2, Vladimer Darsalia on insulin resistance and stroke outcomes, plus "Sweet Talk" with Timo Mueller, recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award

Welcome to the May 2026 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association's podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the May 2026 issue of Diabetes.

6:45 Our hosts speak with Sushant Bhatnagar, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is corresponding author of May's Paper of the Month, "Tomosyn-2 Regulates Postnatal β-Cell Expansion and Insulin Secretion to Maintain Glucose Homeostasis," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0644.

30:45 Next, Darleen is joined by Vladimer Darsalia, PhD, a docent in neuroscience in the Department of Clinical Science and Education at the Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden. He is co-corresponding author of the article "Normalization of Insulin Resistance Rather Than Hyperglycemia Before Stroke Improves Functional Outcomes in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db25-0532.

48:30 In the latest edition of "Sweet Talk," our hosts speak with Dr. Timo Mueller, Director of the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity at Helmholtz in Munich and professor at the Walter Straub Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Mueller is the current recipient of the American Diabetes Association's Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award for his work with brain GIP receptors, crucial for understanding the functionality of GLP-1s.

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