The HIRN 2020 Annual Investigator Meeting was held virtually from Tuesday, September 21 – Thursday, September 23, 2021.
The HIRN 2020 Annual Investigator Meeting was held virtually from Tuesday, September 21 – Thursday, September 23, 2021.
Click HERE to access the YouTube video of the recording.
March 2, 2021 (3:00 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM Pacific)
Presentations on:

The following trainees are recipients of the HIRN 2020 Scholarship based on competitive review of abstracts by members of the HIRN Planning Committee.
Institution: University of California, San Diego
Title: Doctoral Graduate Student
Affiliation: HPAC (Gaulton Lab)
Institution : Joslin Diabetes Center
Title : Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliation : CBDS (Kulkarni Lab)
Institution : University of California, San Francisco
Title : Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliation : CMAI (Bluestone Lab)
Institution : Vanderbilt University
Title : Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliation : CBDS (Caprioli Lab)
Institution : Columbia University Medical Center
Title : Doctoral Graduate Student
Affiliation : CMAI (Sykes Lab)
Institution : University of Massachusetts Medical School
Title : Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliation : CMAI (Stern Lab)
Institution : University of California, San Francisco
Title : Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliation : CMAI (Tang Lab)
Institution : University of Florida
Title : Doctoral Graduate Student
Affiliation : CHIB (Stabler Lab)
Institution : University of Colorado Denver
Title : Doctoral Graduate Student
Affiliation : CBDS (Sussel Lab)
Peter Arvan*, PhD, University of Michigan
Leslie Satin, PhD, University of Michigan
Scott Soleimanpour, PhD, University of Michigan
Lori Sussel*, PhD, University of Colorado, Investigator
Charles Ansong, PhD, Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Maggie (Pui Yu) Lam, PhD, co-Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Ernesto Nakayasu, PhD, co-Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Galya Orr, PhD, co-Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Shi Tujin, PhD, co-Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Shuibing Chen*, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College
Steven Parker, PhD, Investigator, University of Michigan
Chengyang Liu, PhD, Co-Investigator, University of Pennsylvania
Golnaz Vahedi*, PhD, Investigator, University of Pennsylvania
Raghu Mirmira*, PhD, Investigator, University of Chicago
Decio Eizirik, PhD, Investigator, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, Investigator, Indiana University
Thomas Metz, PhD, Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bobbie-Jo Webb-Robinson, PhD, Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sasanka Ramandha, PhD, Investigator, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Scott Oakes, PhD, Co-Investigator, University of Chicago
Sarah Tersey, PhD, Co-Investigator, University of Chicago
Manami Hara, PhD, Co-Investigator, University of Chicago
Ernesto Nakayasu, PhD, Co-Investigator, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Emily Sims, MD, Co-Investigator, Indiana University
Wenting Wu, PhD, Co-Investigator, Indiana University
Xiaoyong Lei, PhD, Co-Investigator, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Congratulations to the 2020 Recipients of the NIH NIDDK New Investigator Gateway Awards
Congratulations to these four investigators on joining HIRN via the NIH NIDDK Gateway Award Initiative. This award was designed to ensure that a robust pipeline of talented new investigators will continue to embark on successful careers in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The recipients will be embedded within the HIRN scientific framework to provide unique opportunities for New and Early Stage Investigators to increase their understanding of key questions in the field, to network, and to establish unique and potentially long-lasting collaborations that will propel their careers forward. It is anticipated that the Gateway award will provide the support needed to enhance the success of future R01 submissions from New Investigators interested in pursuing careers in T1D research.
Vanderbilt University
“Mapping the Association of Beta Cell Longevity and Senescence in T1D” (CBDS)
Washington Univ. School of Medicine in Saint Louis
University of Pittsburgh
“Identification of the Cognate Epitopes of Autoreactive T Cells in T1D” (CMAI)
Indiana University.
The HIRN 2020 Annual Investigator Meeting was held virtually from September 30 – October 2, 2020.
Click HERE to access the YouTube video of the recording.
August 24, 2020 (3:00 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM Pacific)
Presented by:
Hiroyuki Nakai, Oregon Heath & Science University
Mark Kay, Stanford University
Topics discussed:
– Discuss how AAV Vectors were developed
– Discuss how AAV vectors are and can be used in clinical medicine
– Discuss future applications of AAV vector technology
– Learn AAV vector-related resources available to investigators
New HIRN Grants from RFA-18-013: HIRN Consortium on Modeling Autoimmune Interactions (CMAI)
Megan Sykes*, MD, Columbia University, Investigator
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Investigator
Matthias Hebrok, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Investigator
Audrey Parent, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Investigator
Remi J Creusot, PhD, Columbia University, Co-Investigator
Robin Goland, MD, Columbia University, Co-Investigator
Dale Greiner*, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Investigator
Michael Brehm, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Investigator
Leonard Schultz, PhD, The Jackson Laboratory, Investigator
George Daley, PhD, Harvard University, Investigator
Doug Melton, PhD, Harvard University, Investigator
Rene Maehr, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Co-Investigator
David Harlan, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Co-Investigator
New HIRN Grants from RFA-18-011: HIRN Consortium on Human Islet Biomimetics (CHIB)
Cherie Stabler, PhD (Univ. of Florida)*
Investigator: Ashu Agarwal, PhD (Univ. Miami)
Investigator: Todd Brusko, PhD (Univ. Florida)
Investigator: Clayton Mathews, PhD (Univ. Florida)
Co-Investigator: Rhonda Bacher, PhD (Univ. Florida)
Co-Investigator: Edward Phelps, PhD (Univ. Florida)
Co-Investigator: Naohiro Terada, PhD(Univ. Florida)
Maike Sander, MD (Univ. California, San Diego)*
Investigator: Christopher Hughes, PhD (Univ. California, Irvine)
Co-Investigator: Luc Teyton, MD, PhD (Scripps Research Institute)
Co-Investigator: Karen Christman, PhD (Univ. California, San Diego)
Co-Investigator: Steven George, PhD (Univ. California, Davis)
Ben Stanger, PhD (Univ. Pennsylvania)*
Investigator: Dan Hugh, PhD (Univ. Pennsylvania)
Investigator: James Riley, PhD (Univ. Pennsylvania)
Co-Investigator: Ali Naji, MD (Univ. Pennsylvania)
Co-Investigator: Wenli Yang, PhD (Univ. Pennsylvania)
Bridget Wagner*, PhD, Broad Institute, Investigator
Amit Choudhary, PhD, Broad Institute, Investigator
Rohit Kulkarni MD, PhD, Joslin Diabetes Center, Investigator
Hiroyuki Nakai*, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University, Investigator
Markus Grompe, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University, Investigator
Mark Kay, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Investigator
Feroz Papa*, MD, PhD, Univ. California, San Francisco, Investigator
Dustin Maly, PhD, University of Washington, Investigator
Seung Kim*, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Investigator
Everett Meyer, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Investigator
Alvin Powers, MD, Vanderbilt University, Investigator