uzanne Ball, RN, MHS, nPOD Director Suzy brings twenty years of experience in the field of donation and transplantation. She has worked as the Director for both organ and tissue organizations. She has also served as two-term Chair of the National Donor Family Executive Council for the National Kidney Foundation. Suzy is a Registered Nurse, […]
Year: 2011
nPOD at UF Welcomes Guest Presenter
Who: Huriya Beyan, Ph.D., Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UKWhat: A DNA Methylation Signature Associated with Risk of Childhood-onset Type 1 DiabetesWhen: Wednesday, November 2nd at 9:30 A.M.Where: Biomedical Sciences Building, Room JG-32, University of Florida,Gainesville, Florida Dr. Huriya Beyan is doing her postdoctoral studies with Dr. Richard Leslie at the University of London […]
Breakthrough T1D Announces New Funding Opportunity
We are pleased to announce that Breakthrough T1D is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the study of modifications of beta cell antigens in the immunopathogenesis and treatment of type 1 diabetes. Below please find more information on this funding opportunity: Link to download PDF Please note the following deadlines:Expression of Interest: September 9, 2011 Application […]
2011 Publications (6)
In Print Coppieters KT, Roep BO, von Herrath MG. (2011). Beta cells under attack: toward a better understanding of type 1 diabetes immunopathology. Semin Immunopathol., 33 (1):1-7. Greiner, D. L., Brehm, M. A., Hosur, V., Harlan, D. M., Powers, A. C., & Shultz L. D. (2011). Humanized mice for the study of type 1 and […]
Welcome to New nPOD Investigators
Project Name: Pancreatic duct glands in type 1 diabetesPI: Peter Bulter, M.D., University of California, Los AngelesCo-PI: Alexandra Butler, M.D.Co-PI: Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., University of Florida Project Name: TCR signal transduction in diabetogenic T cellsPI: Raphael Clynes, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University Project Name: Bone marrow progenitor cell (BMPCs) dysfunction in diabetes is mediated by reduced bioavailability of NOPI: Maria Grant, M.D., University of […]
Congratulations OPPC!
OPPC earns high score We are excited to report that the nPOD Organ Processing and Pathology Core (OPPC) lab recently scored a 95.9% on the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) assessment! ISBER is the only international forum that addresses the technical, legal, ethical, and managerial issues relevant to repositories of biological and environmental […]
Exciting NEW Opportunities
nPOD invited to present at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) meeting nPOD is always looking for innovative ways to collaborate with health care providers in order to identify and provide rare and precious type 1 diabetic specimens to our investigators. Dr. Alberto Pugliese, nPOD Co-Executive Director, was invited to speak at their annual […]
Congratulations to Dr. Jake Kushner
Congratulations to nPOD investigator, Jake Kushner, M.D., who recently moved to Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)where he has been named a McNair Scholar in diabetes and section head of pediatric diabetes and endocrinology at BCM. Additionally, he has been named service chief of pediatric diabetes and endocrinology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Please click here to read more. […]
Meeting/Conference Updates
nPOD’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Workshop We hosted our 2nd annual OPO workshop in mid-October in Gainesville. This in-depth workshop provides an overview of the nPOD program for coordinators and research managers from our OPO partners around the country. This year 20 OPO representatives attended and earned either CTBS or CEPTC continuing education credits as the […]