nPOD is pleased to welcome the following new investigators to the project: Akihisa Imagawa, MD, PhDOsaka UniversityHistological Differences between Japanese and Western Type 1 Diabetes Sara Michie, PhDStanford UniversityTissue-selective Chemokines and Adhesion Molecules in Type 1 Diabetes Jerry Nadler, MDEastern Virginia Medical School12/15 Lipoxygenase Expression in Type 1 Diabetes Suparna Sarkar, PhD and Dirk Homann, PhDUniversity […]
Year: 2009
2009 Publications (3)
In Print Yip, L., Su, L., Sheng, D., Chang, P., Atkinson, M., Czesak, M., Albert P.R., Collier, A., Turley, S.J., Fathman, C.G., & Creusot, R.J. (2009). Deaf1 isoforms control the expression of genes encoding peripheral tissue antigens in the pancreatic lymph nodes during type 1 diabetes. Nature Immunology, 10 (9), 1026 – 1033. Atkinson, M.A. […]
Research Spotlight: A New Angle on the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes
Jo Spencer, Ph.D., King’s College London School of Medicine Dr. Jo Spencer has published extensively on immune cells that reside in the gastrointestinal system, or gut. Because this organ shares many similarities with the pancreas, Dr. Spencer has brought her expertise into the field of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Dr. Spencer’s research transitioned from the […]
Investigator Spotlight: Humanizing the Mouse for nPOD Tissue Engraftment
by Nicole N. Parker Dr. Dale Greiner of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine has been collaborating with Dr. Len Shultz, of the Jackson Laboratory, for over 25 years. He and Dr. Shultz have developed a mouse model for human type I diabetes (T1D). This “humanized mouse” model is a severely immunodeficient mouse strain […]
nPOD Wins Poster of Distinction at NATCO Conference
Congratulations to Patrick Rowe, PhD, whose poster presentation: “Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Type 1 Diabetes (nPOD): Progress and Donor Demographics” won Top Abstract/Case Study presented in a Poster Format at the NATCO 34th Annual Meeting in August, 2009. NATCO is committed to the advancement of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Its membership is comprised of […]
nPOD to attend ADA, AOPO and NATCO Conferences
nPOD staff will be on site at a number of scientific and professional conferences this summer. Please be sure to visit our booth if you have plans to be at any of the following events: American Diabetes Association (ADA), 69th Scientific Sessions, June 2009, New Orleans Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), Annual Meeting, June 2009, St. Louis, […]
Breakthrough T1D Announces nPOD RFA for Investigators
We are pleased to announce that Breakthrough T1D has created a new funding opportunity. Below please find the nPOD RFA: Link to the nPOD RFAPlease also note the following deadlines: Letter of Intent deadline: December 28, 2009Application deadline: February 8, 2010 Please visit the Requests for Application section of the Breakthrough T1D website for more information. And […]