dkNET community events and announcements in August, 2025

Dear dkNET Community,

dkNET provides updates on activities of interest to the NIDDK-supported community. You could keep up to date on these activities through our Twitter feed @dkNET_info, through our Community Calendar, or through dkNET e-mail list. If you have an event or funding opportunities you'd like to advertise, please contact us info_at_dknet.org.

dkNET News

• The 2025 D-Challenge: The 2025 D-Challengeinvites cross-disciplinary teams worldwide to use rich, curated datasets and online bioinformatics tools to develop innovative hypotheses addressing the biology, treatment, or complications of Type 1 Diabetes. Hosted by the(sugars)science in partnership with dkNET, the challenge offers $10,000 in prizes, opportunities to present to leading scientists and industry experts, and global recognition for groundbreaking ideas. Registration deadline: September 12, 2025. More information: https://thesugarscience.org/dchallenge2025

Aug. 12, 2025

HIRN Webinar "PanKbase: A Centralized Knowledge Base of the Human Pancreas for Diabetes Research"

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern; 10:00 AM Pacific

Duration: 1 hour

Presentation by: Anna L Gloyn , DPhil, Stanford University; Noel Burtt, BS, Broad Institute; Jie Liu, PhD, University of Michigan; Marcela Brissova, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Topics to be discussed:

·      Introduction to PanK base

·      Introduction to the platform

·      Overview of PanKgraph

·      How to get involved and our next steps

More information: https://cityofhope.zoom.us/meeting/register/93yj1BEKQxeT_vs5DsdVDw

Aug. 14, 2025

Knowledge Portal Network Webinar: Maturing the Musculoskeletal Knowledge Portal (MSKKP.org): Adding Single Cell, New Tissues, and More

Interested in helping Knowledge Portal mature the Musculoskeletal Knowledge Portal (MSKKP.org)? Join the webinar next Thursday as we walk through future plans including new single cell data, tissues, and more! We will showcase future plans, give a demonstration of the current porta l, and introduce new single cell data to be ingested.

More information: https://kp4cd.org/node/1597

Aug. 21, 2025

Keystone Symposia Poster Abstract Due: AI in Molecular Biology

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology development have shown immense potential to accelerate biological discovery by understanding complex data sets and in generating research hypotheses. However, there are still significant and unique challenges to applying AI/ML approaches to life and biomedical science research.  This meeting will explore these challenges and identify best practices for deploying AI to drive biological discovery and ensure widespread benefit for applications in medicine. Meeting date: September 15-18, 2025.

More information: https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeti ng/G22026

Location:  Santa Fe, NM, USA

Aug. 28, 2025

NIDDK Central Repository Webinar Series "Impact and Innovations from use of NIDDK-CR Resources"

Hear from researchers who have accessed data from the NIDDK-CR on the impact and innovations from their research in the fields of data sci ene, AI, and ML.

More information: https://repository.niddk.nih.gov/pages/webinars

Funding Opportunities Information and Deadlines in August 2025

Aug. 31, 2025

PanKbased Funding Opportunity Application Due: AI Pilot Funding Program

PanKbase plans to offer annual pilot funding opportunities to support the timely adoption of rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science into the PanKbase platform. Awardees are expected to share all data and AI products generated through the awarded projects via the PanKbase platform and through close collaboration with the PanKbase team. The priority areas of interest will be updated annually. In 2025, two types of applications will be considered:

Partner Programs: Proposals from programs that are interested in partnering with PanKbase to enhance the interoperability and harmonization between their platforms and PanKbas e, by leveraging generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and/or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

Research Teams: Proposals from teams developing foundational models or AI agents of the pancreas with a focus on type 1 diabetes (T1D), as well as AI applications that integrate multi modal data, or enhance the usability, accessibility, or training capabilities of PanKbase.

More information: https://dknet.org/about/dknetnews/2852