These world-class researchers will:
- Discover and explain how immune cells interact with islets and beta cells in T1D
- Generate islets and immune cells from stem cells as the basis for next-generation cell therapies
- Develop an islet transplant protocol that will induce tolerance and not require immunosuppression

Research Team

Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D., JDRF

Esther Latres, Ph.D.,JDRF

Matthias Hebrok, Ph.D., UCSF

Seung Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University

Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF

Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph.D., UCSF

Kyle Loh, Ph.D., Stanford University

Alexander Marson, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF

Everett Meyer, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University

Audrey Parent, Ph.D., UCSF

Judith Shizuru, M.D., Stanford University

Julie Sneddon, Ph.D., UCSF

Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., UCSF

Linda Vo, Ph.D., UCSF

Jimmie Ye, Ph.D., UCSF
“One of the central challenges in type 1 diabetes has been identifying and targeting interactions required for autoimmune assault of human islets by immune cells. This team of superb and innovative investigators will combine novel hypotheses with modern tools to address such outstanding questions in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. We envision that successful investigations in this crucial area of type 1 diabetes research by this Center of Excellence team will enable cell-based replacement therapies to move us closer to a cure for type 1 diabetes.”
Matthias Hebrok, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, and Seung Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
News & Blogs
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JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, today announced the launch of the JDRF Northern California Center of Excellence, to accelerate high-impact research at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, to develop cures for T1D.
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Fall 2020 Progress Report
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Spring 2020 Progress Report
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