Research
Area 3
Genomic Programming of Beta Cells and Diabetes
Team leader
Jorge Ferrer
(Hospital Clínic)
JFERRER(ELIMINAR)@clinic.ub.es
Strategic objectives
- Use of genomic tools for establishing the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that modify the risk of developing diabetes.
- Identification of pathogenic mechanisms and new therapeutic options for monogenic forms of diabetes.
- Discovery of new pancreatic regeneration pathways.
Main lines of research
- Pancreatic regeneration and programming
- Epigenomic regulation of beta cells and diabetes
- Monogenic diabetes.
For further information, see www.betacellregulation.net