Diabetes Center at UCSF

An integrated team of UCSF researchers and physicians in fields of cell development, metabolism, and immunology

...a history of innovation, a vision of a cure

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UCSF Diabetes Team (faculty and staff from pediatric and adult clinics, the research center, and our amazing patients and their families) was proud to participate in @BreakthroughT1D Walk at @sfzoo

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@BreakthroughT1D Northern California Center of Excellence Co-Director and UCSF Diabetes Center professor Qizhi Tang, PhD @Tang_Lab_UCSF speaking at @BreakthroughT1D Inaugural Clinical & Research Congress 2026 in Philadelphia

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@UCSF So proud of Jeff Bluestone and his fellow recipients!

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Jeff Bluestone has spent nearly four decades advancing our understanding of the immune system and immune tolerance, helping turn fundamental discoveries into new treatments for autoimmune disease, including the first FDA-approved treatment to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes.

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Our founding director Jeff Bluestone, PhD receives UCSF's highest honor, the 2026 UCSF Medal

https://t.co/Um6bHdi0zn

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New paper out of @Tang_Lab_UCSF "Receptor-tethered orthogonal IL-2 enhances regulatory T cell therapy" features video from co-first authors
https://t.co/7a6fyL3TOq

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New paper in @JCI_insight from @SuneilKoliwad @koliwadlab et al showing excess fat fibrosis in chronic HIV that is transcriptionally distinct and correlates independently with insulin resistance
https://t.co/eqNXJjXIMX

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FDA Approves Drug for Pediatric Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes, a historic paradigm shift in the approach to treating T1D https://t.co/HtLMKau74f

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UCSF Endocrinology & Metabolism which include many Diabetes Center members are vastly represented at #ENDO2026 with over 50 sessions, plenaries, symposia, talks, and posters:
https://t.co/ohXqpWwGO6

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Qizhi Tang @Tang_Lab_UCSF Named Recipient of the Bluestone and Rosenkrantz Immune Tolerance Professorship in Diabetes
https://t.co/eVBrx9B5t7

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Congratulations to Nutrition and Obesity Research Center @NorcUcsf Associate Director Elissa Epel, PhD @Dr_Epel for her election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas

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@ImmunologyAAI Thanks for posting, we are very proud of @MAndersonUCSF !

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@SuneilKoliwad Whoops, tagged your lab instead!

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So honored to have 2025 Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell join our 25th Anniversary Symposium along with Jeff Bluestone, Mark Anderson @MAndersonUCSF, close collaborator Joe DeRisi, and @Tang_Lab_UCSF @gardnerlabUCSF @AParent_lab @koliwadlab among others!

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We are tremendously inspired by our director Mark Anderson's @MAndersonUCSF election to the National Academy of Sciences @theNASciences

https://t.co/yGu8Prql0K

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Congratulations to @Tang_Lab_UCSF postdoc @RobertoCG96, recipient of a @BreakthroughT1D 2026 advanced postdoctoral fellowship for "Engineering Treg Signaling to Develop an Effective Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes"

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@casanova_lab @MAndersonUCSF Wonderful, looks like a great trip!

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Video feature on Diabetes Center at UCSF @ucsf coincides with our 25th Anniversary
https://t.co/7mKbm7HRi4

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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.

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

https://t.co/1PujW7Cvth