WHS Session M: NIH DFC Consortium Panel

This session will highlight six exciting projects in the NIDDK Diabetic Foot Consortium for biomarkers predictive of diabetic foot ulcer healing. A panel discussion will follow short presentations on bacterial biomarkers that analyze the transcriptome (Dr. Lindsay Kalan) and metagenome (Dr. Brian Schmidt) of the wound microbiome; wound bed biomarkers that measure its metabolites (Dr. Sashwati Roy) and inflammatory state of macrophages (Dr. Kara Spiller); and systemic biomarkers that measure serum proteins (Dr. Monika Niewczas) and urine microRNAs (Dr. Rivka Stone).