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Robert Turner Course 2026

The Robert Turner Course 2026 is now open for applications. This course offers a unique opportunity to enhance your clinical expertise and gain cutting-edge insights. Apply by 5 January 2026 to secure your place.

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Call for Applications

Editor-in-Chief for Diabetologia

We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for Diabetologia, our flagship journal, publishing original clinical, translational and experimental research on all aspects of diabetes and related subjects.

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Meetings & Courses

1st EASD Immunology School

The course programme, led by EASD President, Prof. Chantal Mathieu and Prof. Julia Mader, offers an in-depth exploration of the immunological basis of type 1 diabetes.

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Next ECA Webinar

The role of the placenta in diabetes

Prof. Gernot Desoye will discuss the role of the placenta in diabetes and how the placenta - shaped by both maternal and foetal influences - plays a central role in pregnancy outcomes.

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Diabetes Technology School 2026

Applications for the EASD Diabetes Technology School 2026 are now open! Enhance your expertise in diabetes technology and explore the latest innovations in clinical practice. Apply by 5 January 2026 to secure your place.

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Early Career Academy Annual Meeting

2nd ECA Meeting 2026

Applications for the 2nd EASD ECA Meeting are now open! This three-day event, open to basic and clinical researchers, features interactive lectures, small-group workshops and training. Apply by 2 December 2025.

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Funding European Diabetes Research

We encourage and support groundbreaking diabetes research and promote the next generation of leading scientists

Our foundation, EFSD, offers a wide variety of grants and fellowships. There are currently no open calls for applications.

EASD e-learning

New on EASD e-Learning

Stem cell-derived beta cell for transplantation

Conventional islet transplants have an important constraint: They are limited.

Social media, SGLT2s and AI 

Social media has transformed the way we communicate — but can it also help us deliver better diabetes care? 

Revisiting diabetes prevention

Why normal glucose regulation should be the therapeutic goal rather than weight loss

Intermittent CGM use in type 2 diabetes

Is it an option to use CGM for a limited amount of time? And what would be the rationale to do so?

Podcasts

Tune in to Diabetes Insights

Pancreas Development: A Key to Discover Unexpected Treatments of Diabetes

In this EASD TV episode, Prof. Scharfmann discusses with Vivienne Parry how fundamental biology is paving the way for future diabetes therapies - from generating functional beta cells from stem cells to understanding how these cells can regulate glucose levels.

The Future of Diabetes Research: EASD Rising Stars 2025

In this episode, Vivienne Parry introduces the EASD Rising Stars of 2025, four early-career researchers whose work spans exercise physiology, precision diabetes medicine, childhood obesity, and metabolic biology: Dr Sindre Lee-Ødegård; Dr Martin Schön; Dr Cristina Cadenas-Sánchez; and Dr Jens Lund.

Impacting Lives of People with Diabetes in Resource Constrained Settings

In this episode, we sit with Dr. Viswanathan Mohan, recipient of the inaugural EASD Global Impact Prize, whose remarkable 5-decade career is transforming diabetes care and set new benchmarks in global health impact.

Everything you want to know about Adipose Tissue

In this episode, EASD TV host Vivienne Parry sits with Prof. Mikael Rydén (Karolinska Institute), recipient of the 40th Camillo Golgi Prize, about his groundbreaking research on adipose tissue.

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Publish your research in Diabetologia or Metabologia

The EASD has two journals, Diabetologia, which publishes articles on all aspects of diabetes, from basic science through translational work to clinical research, and the newly launched Metabologia, an open access journal for research across the fields of diabetes, obesity, metabolism and related disorders. Both offer a platform for original studies, clinical trials, reviews, and interdisciplinary work that inform scientific understanding and clinical practice.
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