Project Name: Generation of tools to distinguish human pancreatic cell populations
PI: Douglas Melton, Ph.D., Harvard University

Project Name: E-cadherin mediates developmental effects on the proliferation and the function of ß-cells in the islet of Langerhans
PI: Rudy Leibel, M.D.Columbia University
Co-PI: Nao Wakae, M. Phil. Columbia University

Project Name: Microangiopathy in diabetic bone marrow
PI: Paolo Madeddu, M. D.,University of Bristol, UK
Co-PI: Costanza Emanueli, Ph.D.,University of Bristol, UK

Project Name: Peri-capsular basement membrane degradation during leukocyte penetration into the pancreatic islet during development of human type 1 diabetes
PI: Lydia Sorokin, Ph.D., University of Muenster, Germany
Co-PI: Eva Korpos, Ph.D.,University of Muenster, Germany

Project Name: Characterization of the nPOD samples virome by high throughput DNA sequencing
PI: John Todd, Ph.D.,University of Cambridge, UK
Co-PI: Vincent Plagnol, Ph.D.,University College London Genetics Institute, UK
Co-PI: Herbert ‘Skip’ Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine