WE ARE UNITED IN ONE GOAL TO CURE TYPE 1 DIABETES

The 18th Annual nPOD Scientific Meeting

Mark your calendars! We are excited to announce that the nPOD Annual Meeting will return to beautiful Clearwater Beach, Florida, March 1st through March 4th, 2027.

The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa and will bring together members of the nPOD community for several days of scientific presentations, collaboration, and discussion focused on advancing type 1 diabetes research.

Additional details, including registration information and hotel booking information will be announced in the coming months. We look forward to seeing you in Clearwater Beach next spring!

A World without Type 1 Diabetes

Our Mission  

Find a way to prevent or reverse Type 1 Diabetes permanently, eliminating the need for lifelong insulin therapy and mitigate related complications. Through in-depth exploration of the disease’s intricate mechanisms, we challenge outdated scientific paradigms, paving the ways to future where revolutionary breakthroughs in treatment and prevention become not just possible, but inevitable.

Our Core Values

Appreciation, integrity, innovation and collaboration. We deeply value the profound decision families make to contribute to T1D research through organ donation. We strive to utilize their gifts in the most meaningful and impactful ways possible. By adapting new approaches and fostering a collaborative environment, we unite bright minds and their collective expertise to accelerate the path towards a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

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Featured Projects & Publications

We are united in one goal to cure Type 1 Diabetes.

Imaging mass cytometry reveals functional and immunological changes during type 1 diabetes progression in human pancreata

Steenbuck N, Damond N, Engler S, Kusmartseva I, Posgai AL, Drotar DM, Williams MD, de Souza N, Brusko TM, Brusko MA, Wasserfall CH, Atkinson MA, Bodenmiller B. Imaging mass cytometry reveals functional and immunological changes during type 1 diabetes progression in human pancreata. Nat Metab. 2026 Jul 2. doi: 10.1038/s42255-026-01559-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42393283.

Beta cell dysfunction occurs independently of insulitis in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis

Huber MK, Widener AE, Cuaycal AE, Smurlick D, Butterworth EA, Lenchik NI, et al. Beta cell dysfunction occurs independently of insulitis in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; 2025.

Single-cell multiome and spatial profiling reveals pancreas cell type-specific gene regulatory programs driving type 1 diabetes progression

Melton R, Jimenez S, Elison W, Tucciarone L, Howell A, Wang G, et al. Single-cell multiome and spatial profiling reveals pancreas cell type-specific gene regulatory programs driving type 1 diabetes progression. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; 2025.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Breakthrough T1D