UCSF Diabetes Center

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.

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.

Affiliate faculty member Feroz Papa reveals cells under stress can change their identity in harmful ways

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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

Our director Mark Anderson and collaborators on genetic testing for T1D

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Huge congrats to Fred Ramsdell

New paper published in Cell Stem Cell, "Face off: Stem cell therapy versus the immune system" Qizhi Tang, et al.

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Thank you, Hiten. We have an article adapted from the main UCSF one.

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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

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.

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug

Mark Anderson @mandersonucsf.bsky.social weighs in on "life changing" groundbreaking results

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

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

HIRN trans-network committee chair @aparentlab.bsky.social on HIRN Initiative for NIDDK 75th Anniversary in ADA's Diabetes

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...

Q and A in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social with @skoliwad.bsky.social and @mvaldearcos.bsky.social on their recent paper

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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.

That's perfect. You sure were thinking of what those mice were thinking!

Featuring our keynote speakers @bruceverchere.bsky.social at University of British Columbia and @seeleyrj.bsky.social at University of Michigan!

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

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...

New paper from @skoliwad.bsky.social and @mvaldearcos.bsky.social published in Cell Reports @cellpress.bsky.social

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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.

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...

Press about recent paper on UCSF main page, in which @aparentlab.bsky.social chimes in

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...

Great new paper on building T cells by @nishreddy.bsky.social with @aparentlab.bsky.social and others

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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…

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

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Congrats to Feroz Papa diabetes.ucsf.edu/Papa-award

YouTube video by Cancer Research Institute CRI 2024 Award Gala | 2024 William B. Coley Award Acceptance Speech

Watch Mark Anderson's Coley award acceptance speech at the Cancer Research Institute 2024 Award Gala

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We are happy to announce that Phillip Dumesic, MD, PhD joins UCSF Diabetes Center faculty as an Assistant Professor

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