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Funding

JDRF, 3-SRA-2020-894-S-B - Kissler (PI) 2020-2023 Evaluating the therapeutic potential of gene modifications that protect beta cells against autoimmunity R01DK120445, NIDDK - Kissler (PI) 2021-2025 Functional validation of gene modifications that protect beta cells against autoimmunity identified by...

Stephan's short bio

Stephan received his BSc in Biochemistry and PhD in Immunology from the University of Bristol, UK. Following postdoctoral work at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, Stephan became a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center...

Research

The focus of our research is type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that causes the loss of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented or cured. Our goal is to change this by exploring new strategies to shut-down the autoimmune attack on the pancreas and to protect...

Lab members

Current members Stephan Kissler, PhD – Principal Investigator Tara Macdonald, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow Kevin Bode, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow Celia Vived, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow Gabriela Ramirez, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow Bryhan Mendez - Research Assistant Past members Postdoctoral Fellows Badr...