Episode 23: Christine Bender, PhD, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

TheSugarScience Podcast- curating the scientific conversation in type 1 diabetes

English - October 09, 2020 18:11 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 22: Edward Phelps, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Florida

Next Episode: Episode 23: Inish O'Doherty, PhD, Executive Director, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Transplant Therapeutics (TTC) Consortium at C-Path

In this episode, Christine Bender joins Monica Westley to discuss her latest research at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in the Von Herrath Laboratory. Her major project focuses on study antigen-specific CD8 T cells, in pancreas from donors with type 1 diabetes and healthy donors.

Make sure to look out for her new publication coming out soon in Science Advances in October.

Want to read more about her research? Checkout the following paper linked below.

Islet-Expressed CXCL10 Promotes Autoimmune Destruction of Islet Isografts in Mice With Type 1 Diabetes