We are tremendously inspired by our director Mark Anderson's election to the National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org www.nasonline.org/news/2026-na...
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An integrated team of UCSF researchers, physicians, and trainees in fields of Immunology, Metabolism and Obesity, and Cell Development ...a history of innovation, a vision of a cure diabetes.ucsf.edu
Congratulations to Tang lab postdoc Roberto Castro Gutierrez, PhD, recipient of a @breakthrought1dhq.bsky.social 2026 advanced postdoctoral fellowship for "Engineering Treg Signaling to Develop an Effective Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes"
Congrats to the 2026 Diabetes Center Fellows. We thank the Kraft and Klein families for their ongoing generous support. This year marks the inaugural launch of the Bluestone Family fellowship, supported by and named after our founding director.
Affiliate faculty member Feroz Papa reveals cells under stress can change their identity in harmful ways www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/10...
How to Keep Cells Out of Limbo and Prevent Lung Scarring
Scientists at UCSF identified a key cellular switch that plays a large role in pulmonary fibrosis, and found a way of blocking it to halt progression of the disease.
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Our director Mark Anderson and collaborators on genetic testing for T1D www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...
Your Genes Could Hold the Key to Stopping Type 1 Diabetes before It Begins
Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type 1 diabetes get earlier treatment and better outcomes
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New paper published in Cell Stem Cell, "Face off: Stem cell therapy versus the immune system" Qizhi Tang, et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.st...
UCSF Division of Endocrinology will present new basic and clinical research findings, cutting-edge disease management, and receive awards recognition! #ENDO2025 @skoliwad.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
Endo2025 | Diabetes Center at UCSF
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Congrats to Anil Bhushan @bhushanlab.bsky.social and Gregory Ku for receiving a 2025 Beatson Foundation Award for their projects "Targeting Pancreatic Stromal Cells to Halt T1D," and "Using Massively Parallel Monitoring of Insulin Secretion to Make a Better Stem cell-Derived β Cell," respectively.
Mark Anderson @mandersonucsf.bsky.social weighs in on "life changing" groundbreaking results
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
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Edited by professor emeritus and founding director Jeff Bluestone, and featuring @mandersonucsf.bsky.social @bhushanlab.bsky.social, Qizhi Tang, Mike German, and Zoe Quandt, advances in understanding and treatment 100 years after insulin, from Cold Spring Harbor tinyurl.com/56mhp7t2
Edited by professor emeritus and founding director Jeff Bluestone, and featuring former director Matthias Hebrok and affiliate faculty member Feroz Papa, an expansive collection on Type 1 Diabetes from Cold Spring Harbor tinyurl.com/yc7v88d5
HIRN trans-network committee chair @aparentlab.bsky.social on HIRN Initiative for NIDDK 75th Anniversary in ADA's Diabetes
Closing the Gap Between Vision and Victory in Type 1 Diabetes: The NIDDK Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) Initiative
The identification of a “rundlichen Häuflein” by Paul Langerhans more than 150 years ago marked the initiation of a global effort to unravel the mysteries
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Q and A in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social with @skoliwad.bsky.social and @mvaldearcos.bsky.social on their recent paper www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Q&A with Suneil Koliwad and Martin Valdearcos
Suneil Koliwad (S.K.) and Martin Valdearcos (M.V.) spoke with Cell Reports about their scientific journeys leading to their recent paper investigating the role of microglia in shaping blood glucose ho...
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Pictured at our poster sessions: David Moore, Chair, UC Berkeley Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology; Thuy An Pham, Anderson Lab; Abbey Blake, Vaisse Lab; Emily McGrath, Koliwad Lab.
Having a great time at the 2025 Obesity, Metabolism & Diabetes Research Retreat in partnership with UCSF Diabetes Center, UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Metabolic Biology, and @ucdavis.bsky.social College of Biological Sciences
New paper from @skoliwad.bsky.social and @mvaldearcos.bsky.social published in Cell Reports @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Microglia mediate the early-life programming of adult glucose control
Valdearcos et al. show that microglia shape the hypothalamic perineuronal network during early postnatal life, ensuring that hypothalamic neurons projecting to the pancreatic β cell compartment during...
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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Klein and Kraft Fellowship in Diabetes Research. We sincerely thank the Kraft and Klein families for their generous support.
Press about recent paper on UCSF main page, in which @aparentlab.bsky.social chimes in
Engineered Immune Cells May Be Able to Tame Inflammation
A new technology uses engineered T cells that act as immune “referees” to soothe overreacting immune responses. They also can mop up inflammatory molecules without lowering the entire body’s immune sh...
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Great new paper on building T cells by @nishreddy.bsky.social with @aparentlab.bsky.social and others www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Engineering synthetic suppressor T cells that execute locally targeted immunoprotective programs
Immune homeostasis requires a balance of inflammatory and suppressive activities. To design cells potentially useful for local immune suppression, we engineered conventional CD4+ T cells with syntheti...
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Our annual Diabetes Academy brings together our researchers, clinicians, supporters, and patients to explore groundbreaking diabetes research and treatments and hear new ideas from the next generation of leaders vimeo.com/1035419498/1...
2024 UCSF Diabetes Academy
Diabetes Dialogue: Igniting Breakthroughs and Inspiring Future Leaders Featuring Diana Alba, MD Assistant Professor, UCSF Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Mark…
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Watch Mark Anderson's Coley award acceptance speech at the Cancer Research Institute 2024 Award Gala youtu.be/M8a-TtWVYUY?...
CRI 2024 Award Gala | 2024 William B. Coley Award Acceptance Speech
YouTube video by Cancer Research Institute
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We are happy to announce that Phillip Dumesic, MD, PhD joins UCSF Diabetes Center faculty as an Assistant Professor
