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Current nPOD Investigators

Marth Campbell-Thompson
Dieter Egli Decio Eizirik Garry Fathman
Dale Greiner
Dirk Homann Heikki Hyoty
Akihisa Imagawa
George King Eva Korpos Jake Kushner
Rudy Leibel Richard David Leslie
Jerry Nadler Maki Nakayama
Vincent Plagnol
Alberto Pugliese Helena Reijonen
Christopher Rhodes Bart Roep Patrick Rowe
Suparna Sarkar Charmaine Simeonovic Ake Sjoholm
Lydia Sorokin Jo Spencer Gerald Taborsky
Ranjeny Thomas John Todd Steve Tracy
Eric Triplett Herbert Virgin Matthias von Herrath
Garth Warnock Clive Wasserfall Thomas Wight

 


University of California, San Francisco

Project: Identification of extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in human lymph nodes

 

 

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Atkinson

University of Florida

Project: Pancreatic Immunologic and Metabolic Parameters

Project: Histopathology of Type 1 Diabetes

 

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San Raffaele Scientific Institute

Project: Dissecting the effector/regulatory compartments in the target tissues of Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

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bonnerweir

Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard University

Project: Beta Cell Transcription Factors as a Function of Pancreatic Lobe

Project: Joslin Medalist Study

 

 

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campbellthompson

University of Florida

Project: Gut Microbiota in Early Type 1 Diabetes

Project: Pancreatic Immunologic and Metabolic Parameters

 

 

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davidson

University of Colorado Health Science Center

Project: Autoantigen-specific PLN T-Cell Receptors

 

 

 

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Columbia University

Project: Generation of pluripotent stem cells from diabetics

 

 

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Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Project: Characterization of beta cell ER stress markers in type 1 diabetes

 

 

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fathman

Stanford University

Project: Microarray Analysis of PLN from Autoantibody Positive Donors

 

 

 

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Ivan Gerling, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, Memphis

Project: Sequencing the islet transcriptome

 

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gianani

University of Colorado Health Science Center

Project: Histopathology of Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

 

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greiner

University of Massachusetts

Project: Diabetogenic Function of nPOD Donor Splenocytes in Humanized Mice

Click here to read more about Dr. Greiner and his research.

 

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Leonard Harrison, D.Sc.
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Project: Evidence for increased numbers of stem cells in human T1D pancreas

 

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Dirk Homann

University of Colorado Denver

Project: Pancreatic Expression of Chemokines in Human Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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hyoty

Heikki Hyoty, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Tampere

Project: Virus Detection in Pancreas and Other Tissues

 

 

 

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Akihisa Imagawa

Akihisa Imagawa, M.D., Ph.D., FACP
Osaka University

Project: Histological Differences Between Japanese and Western Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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Dolores Jaraquemada, Ph.D.
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Project: Tracing effector and regulatory T-cell populations in type 1 diabetes

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Sally Kent

University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Project: T Cells in human Islets and PLN

 

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George King

Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University 

Project: Joslin Medalist Study

 

 

 

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Eva Korpos, Ph. D.
University of Muenster

Project: Peri-capsular basement membrane degredation during leukocyte penetration into the pancreatic islet during development of human T1D

 

 

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Jake Kushner
University of Pennsylvania

Project: Do de-granulated ß-cells persist in Type 1 diabetes?

 

 

 

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University of Florida

Project: TCR Utilization in Type 1 Diabetes Insulitis

 

 

 

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Rudy Leibel, M.D.
Columbia University

Project: E-cadherin mediates developmental effects on the proliferation and the function of ß-cells in the islet of Langerhans

 

 

 

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University of London

Project: Risk of autoimmune diseases and human self-antigen expression

 

 

 

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Brad Marsh

University of Queensland, Australia

Project: 3D Characterization of Islet Cell Dysfunction/Destruction

 

 

 

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Clayton Mathews
University of Florida

Project: Islet resistance to T1D

 

 

 

 

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Douglas Melton, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Project: Generation of tools to distinguish human pancreatic cell populations

 

 

 

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Sara Michie

Sara Michie, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Project: Tissue-selective Chemokines and Adhesion Molecules in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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Jerry Nadler

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Project: 12/15 Lipoxygenase Expression in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

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Maki Nakayama

University of Colorado Health Science Center

Project: TCR Utilization in Type 1 Diabetes Insulitis

 

 

 

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nepom

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Project: TCR Repertoire Analysis in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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Indiana University

Project: Humoral Immunity in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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University College London Genetics Institute

Project: Characterization of the nPOD samples virome by high throughput DNA sequencing

 

 

 

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powers

Vanderbilt University

Project: Islet Biology and Vascularization

 

 

 

 

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puglieses

Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami

Project: Beta Cells and Autoimmunity Correlations

 

 

 

 

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Helena Reijonen
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Project: TCR Repertoire Analysis in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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rhodes

University of Chicago

Project: "Empty Beta Cells" in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

 

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Bart Roep, Ph.D., D.M.
Leiden University

Project: Detection of islet autoreactive CD8 T-cells in insulitis versus periphery

 

 

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University of Florida

Project: The ductal pancreatic progenitor microenvironment in type 1 diabetes

 

 

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University of Colorado, Denver

Project: Pancreatic expression of chemokinesin human type 1 diabetes

 

 

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Australian National University

Project: Heparan sulfate levels mark the health status of human islet ß cells

 

 

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sjoholm

Karolinska Institutet

Project: Ljungan Virus in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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University of Muenster

Project: Peri-capsular basement membrane degredation during leukocyte penetration into the pancreatic islet during development of human T1D

 

 

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spencer

King's College London School of Medicine

Project: Phenotype, Specificity, Diversity and Clonal Spread of B Cells in Type 1 Diabetes

 

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taborsky

University of Washington

Project: Sympathetic Neuropathy in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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Ranjeny Thomas, MBBS, M.D.
University of Queensland

Project: Pathological changes associated with chronic RE1B activation in T1D

 

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University of Cambridge

Project: Characterization of the nPOD samples virome by high throughput DNA sequencing

 

 

 

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Steve Tracy

Steve Tracy, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska

Project: Enteroviral Infection and Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

 

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Erik Triplett

University of Florida

Project: Gut Microbiota in Early Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

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Washington University School of Medicine

Project: Viral sequence discovery by high throughput DNA

 

 

 

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vonherrath

La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego

Project: Tetramer Staining of Pre-diabetic Pancreata MHC

 

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warnock

University of British Columbia

Project: T Cell Costimulatory Molecules in Pancreata from IAPCD

 

 

 

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University of Florida

Project: Humoral Immunity in Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

 

 

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Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason

Project: Extracellular matrix involvement in type 1 diabetes pancreatic destruction

 

 

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