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Type 1 Diabetes Etiology

Investigators in this group are using nPOD samples to try and better understand the etiology of type 1 diabetes.

Roberto Accolla Sarah Richardson
Andreina Baj Ake Sjoholm
Martha Campbell-Thompson John Todd
Heikki Hyöty* Antonio Toniolo
Richard Lloyd Steven Tracy
Noel Morgan Eric Triplett
Joseph Petrosino Herbert Virgin, IV
Vincent Plagnol  

 

 

Roberto Accolla, M.D.
University of Insubria Medical School

Project: Detection of enteroviruses in lymphoid tissue of donors with T1D of short duration and attempts to identify the infected cell type(s)

Principal Investigator:
Antonio Toniolo, M.D.

 


 

Andreina Baj, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Insubria Medical School

Project: Detection of enteroviruses in lymphoid tissue of donors with T1D of short duration and attempts to identify the infected cell type(s)

Principal Investigator:
Antonio Toniolo, M.D.

 

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campbellthompson

University of Florida

Project: Gut microbiota in early type 1 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Eric Triplett, Ph.D.

 

 

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Heikki Hyöty, M.D., Ph.D.*
University of Tampere

Project: Detection of enteroviruses in the pancreas and other organs

 

 

 

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Baylor College of Medicine

Project: Virome and microbiome in T1D onset

Co-Investigator:
Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.

 

 

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Noel Morgan, Ph.D.
Peninsula Medical School

Project: Enteroviral infection as a causative factor in type 1 diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Sarah Richardson, Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Baylor College of Medicine

Project: Virome and microbiome in T1D onset

Principal Investigator:
Richard Lloyd, Ph.D.

 

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University College London Genetics Institute

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

Principal Investigator:
John Todd, Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Sarah Richardson, Ph.D.
Peninsula Medical School

Project: Enteroviral infection as a causative factor in type 1 diabetes

Principal Investigator:
Noel Morgan, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

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Karolinska Institute

Project: Ljungan virus in type 1 diabetes patients

 

 

 

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University of Cambridge

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

Co-Investigators:
Vincent Plagnol, Ph.D.
Herbert Virgin, IV, M.D., Ph.D.

 

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University of Insubria Medical School

Project: Detection of enteroviruses in lymphiod tissue of donors with T1D of short duration and attempts to identify the infected cell type(s)

Co-Investigators:
Andreina Baj, M.D., Ph.D.
Roberto Accolla, M.D.

 

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Steve Tracy

Steve Tracy, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska

Project: Enterovirus involvement in the etiology of T1D

 

 

 

 

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Erik Triplett

University of Florida

Project: Gut Microbiota in Early Type 1 Diabetes

Co-Investigator:
Martha Campbell-Thompson, D.V.M., Ph.D.

 

 

 

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Washington University School of Medicine

Project: Viral sequence discovery by high throughput DNA

Principal Investigator:
John Todd, Ph.D.

 

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*These investigators have received funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).