Year: 2010

Dr. Mark Pescovitz, esteemed nPOD investigator and professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine was killed in an automobile accident on December 12, 2010. Dr. Pescovitz was an accomplished physician with a passion for type 1 diabetes research, as well as a loving husband and father of three children. We extend our condolences to […]

Please join us in welcoming Jayne Moraski to the Administrative Core of the nPOD project as assistant director. Jayne comes to us with a background in business and grant management. She has managed state, federal and private foundation grants in excess of @2.5 million annually. Jayne holds a master’s degree from the University of Iowa […]

Matthias von Herrath, M.D., La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego Dr. Matthias von Herrath, Director of the Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LIAI) at UCSD, has dedicated his career to the study of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Together with his […]

nPOD is pleased to welcome 10 new investigators. nPOD now supports nearly 50 investigators all over the world that are invested in type 1 diabetes research. These investigators will use nPOD tissues to better understand T1D and what causes it in the hopes of finding a cure. Below is a list of recently approved projects: […]

Jayne Moraski, MS, Assistant Director, OPO and Lab RelationsJayne Moraski, MS, is the Assistant Director of nPOD and will work primarily to coordinate relationships with the nPOD screening laboratories and organ procurement organizations (OPO). Please contact Jayne if you are an OPO interested in working with nPOD. Jayne also coordinates nPOD educational webinars, manages nPOD’s […]

nPOD is pleased to welcome two new partners to the nPOD Network: The International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine (IIAM) IIAM is one of the largest recovery and placement networks in the world for donated human organs and tissues. IIAM honors the wishes of donors and their families who seek to contribute to medical […]

The nPOD project is now partnering with IIAM to offer CEUs to organ procurement professionals. If you would like to participate in an upcoming Webinar, please contact Gina Dunne-Smith at IIAM for additional information. The learning objectives include: Recognize the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes Understand the Natural History of type 1 diabetes […]

It is our privilege to announce that several of our investigators (Roberto Gianani, MD, Martha Campbell-Thompson, DVM, PhD, Suparna A. Sarkar, MBBS, PhD, Alberto Pugliese, MD, Sally Kent, PhD, Susan Bonner-Weir, Ph D, Mark A. Atkinson, PhD, and Matthias von Herrath, MD) co-authored a paper entitled: “Dimorphic Histopathology of Long Standing Childhood-Onset Diabetes,” which is to be […]

Project Name: Generation of tools to distinguish human pancreatic cell populationsPI: 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 LangerhansPI: Rudy Leibel, M.D.Columbia UniversityCo-PI: Nao Wakae, M. Phil. Columbia University Project Name: Microangiopathy in diabetic bone marrowPI: Paolo Madeddu, M. D.,University of Bristol, UKCo-PI: Costanza Emanueli, Ph.D.,University of Bristol, UK Project Name: Peri-capsular basement […]

Congratulations to the 16 investigators who received Breakthrough T1D funding for nPOD based studies. These awards began July 1, 2010 and funding for each project ranges between $50,000 and $210,000. nPOD now supports over 60 international investigators engaged in efforts to better understand the causes of type 1 diabetes and find ways to prevent and […]

Project Name: Identification of extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in human lymph nodesPI: Mark Stuart Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Project Name: Tracing effector and regulatory T-cell populations in type 1 diabetesPI: Dolores Jaraquemada, Ph.D., Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Project Name: Risk of autoimmune diseases and human self-antigen expressionPI: Richard David Leslie, M.D, FRCP, University of London Project Name: Sequencing the islet transcriptomePI: Ivan […]

Congratulations to Alberto Pugliese, M.D., who has accepted the position of nPOD associate executive director. Welcome Dr. Pugliese! Thank you to Sally Kent, Ph.D., and the Publications and Presentations Committee for their efforts to draft a governing document for nPOD-based manuscripts and presentations. Please visit the Publications page of our website for more information. Based on the nPOD model for collaborative […]