Excited to present at this meeting! Come and join us to hear about recent progress in beta cell replacement therapies

Canadian science trainees have made discoveries that have made mRNA vaccines, diabetes drugs and much more possible. If these advances have impacted your life, please show your appreciation and take a couple minutes to send a letter to your MP: supportourscience.ca/contact-your-mp

Happy Friday News! We have extended the early bird registration fee all the way to May 31st! Perhaps, more excitingly 👀- we have reopened our ABSTRACT portal to allow more science to be shared via POSTERS! (Closes May 31st) Please share & enjoy your weekend! Jim Johnson, PhD

My lab is recruiting for a lab manager. We are a really dynamic group to work with and Los Angeles is a great place to live. Click on the link and submit your application today! jobs.chla.org/careers-home/j…

Are you interested in how mentorship of graduate students and postdocs can be improved? Our survey-based analysis of trainee mentorship practices and perceptions is now online! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… A 🧵1/9

The Doucette lab is looking for grad students! Interested in studying the developmental origins of diabetes or how the circadian clock might be targeted to prevent metabolic dysfunction? Do you have a background in cell & molecular biology or metabolic physiology? Send me a msg!

Where: #IDS2023📍 When: Tomorrow May 24 13:45-16:00 CEST Section What: Dr. Matthias Hebrok presents creating #stealthy #beta cells Check out past #StateofScience w/ Dr. Hebrok: tinyurl.com/yc5kcc6p #HOTtalk #type1diabetes

🚨We are looking to recruit PhD student(s) and postdoc fellow, to work on a very interesting project on the role vitamin K-dependent proteins in beta cell and diabetes! Follow up of our recent Cell Reports paper. CIHR funded. IRCM Please RT. More info in the ad 👇👇

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry Department is open for applications! We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology. Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF04637

Yes, Montreal is a real city! And an amazing place to do a PhD or a post-doc! We are still recruiting. If you are interested in beta-cell, ER biology and metabolic diseases in general, contact me.

Congrats to the Waterfield lab on this newly identified regulator of thymic tolerance.Diabetes Center at UCSF UC San Francisco Ikaros is a principal regulator of Aire+ mTEC homeostasis, thymic mimetic cell diversity, and central tolerance | Science Immunology science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congrats to Mehdi, Miwa, and Simon! And thank you to the Klein and Kraft families for their generous support!

The JDRF Center of Excellence in Northern California is thrilled to have hosted the visit of Jim Johnson, PhD of the JDRF Centre of Excellence at UBC. Thank you for the great talk and exciting discussions! Diabetes Center at UCSF

Delighted to share our publication on the critical role of #m6A as an adaptive safeguard mechanism in pancreatic β-cells during Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) onset. #DiabetesResearch Nature Cell Biology nature.com/articles/s4155… Here's a concise thread to highlight key findings:

Excited to share some new collaborative work with the Kappler lab on how thymic tolerance to insulin is maintained in a model of T1 Diabetes. Aire mediates tolerance to insulin through thymic trimming of high-affinity T cell clones | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The project focuses on deciphering how a new gamma-carboxylated protein controls calcium flux in beta cell!

Rafael ArrojoeDrigoLab and I are co-chairing the 10-year Human Islet Research Network Symposium on changing the course of #T1D in January 2025! For the first time, it’ll take place NIH campus and be open to the public! Register now to secure your spot! niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-…

🚨Please RT! Our lab is recruiting at least one postdoctoral researcher interested in beta cell biology and diabetes! nature.com/naturecareers/…

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry Department is open for applications! We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology. Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05209

What an amazing view on my way to the lab this morning 😍