Islet Facility

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The islet facility is part of the German Center of Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.). Our scientific focus is on the functional and structural changes of human pancreas, i.e. the islets of Langerhans, which lead to relative insulin deficiency in the development of obesity-dependent diabetes.

DZD Twinning Grant in collaboration with PD. Dr. Elisabeth Kemter

We are excited to announce a collaborative research project with PD. Dr. Elisabeth Kemter. The title of the project is "Role of FFA1- and Gq-dependent signaling for neonatal beta cell maturation and proliferation" and kicks off on January 1, 2024. The project is funded by the DZD Twinning Grant, with a total of €100,000.

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Helmholtz scientists at the IDM (BetaSphere Group) receive a HUMAIN Award as part of the Human Advanced In Vitro Model Initiative

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PD Dr. Felicia Gerst

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Dr. Estela Lorza-Gil

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2023 Diabetologia

Estela Lorza-Gil, Gabriele Kaiser, Christopher Carlein, Markus D A Hoffmann, Gabriele M König, Sieglinde Haug, Leticia Prates Roma, Elisabeth Rexen Ulven, Trond Ulven, Evi Kostenis, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Susanne Ullrich, Felicia Gerst

Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion depends on FFA1 and Gq in neonatal mouse islets

2022 Scientific Reports

Morgana Barroso Oquendo, Estela Lorza-Gil, David Juarez-Lopez, Robert Wagner, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Susanne Ullrich, Felicia Gerst

Effects of adrenergic-stimulated lipolysis and cytokine production on in vitro mouse adipose tissue-islet interactions

2020 Scientific Reports

Estela Lorza-Gil, Gabriele Kaiser, Elisabeth Rexen Ulven, Gabriele M. König, Felicia Gerst, Morgana Barroso Oquendo, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Evi Kostenis, Trond Ulven & Susanne Ullrich

FFA2-, but not FFA3-agonists inhibit GSIS of human pseudoislets: a comparative study with mouse islets and rat INS-1E cells

Islet Facility

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DZD Twinning Grant in collaboration with PD. Dr. Elisabeth Kemter

Helmholtz scientists at the IDM (BetaSphere Group) receive a HUMAIN Award as part of the Human Advanced In Vitro Model Initiative

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PD Dr. Felicia Gerst

Dr. Estela Lorza-Gil

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