Recipients
EFSD/JDRF/Novo Nordisk Programme



2009:

Bertrand Duvillié -  University Paris 5 - France
Study of the role of oxygen tension in pancreas development

Costanza Emanueli - Bristol Royal Infirmary - UK
NGF gene transfer via adeno-associated viral vectors for prevention of heart failure in experimental type 1 diabetes

Kathleen Gillespie - University of Bristol - UK
Diabetes in Down’s Syndrome: unique insights into the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes?

Roberto Mallone - Hospital St. Vincent de Paul - Paris, France
Neonatal Fc receptor-mediated immune tolerance induction in type 1 diabetes

Ute Rogner - Pasteur Institute - Paris, France
The role of the Arntl2 gene in the aetiology of type 1 diabetes

Lydia Sorokin - University of Münster - Germany
Penetration of the peri beta islet basement membrane as a rate-limiting step in the development of type 1 diabetes: characterisation of molecular mechanisms involved

Jaakko Tuomilehto - University of Helsinki - Finland
Vitamin D and type 1 diabetes

Susan Wong - University of Bristol - UK
Novel approaches for immunotargeting of islet-reactive CD8T cells to prevent diabetes

2008:

Susanna Cardell - University of GothenburgSweden
Modulation of type 1 diabetes by sulfatide specific natural killer (NK) T cells

Eugenia Carvalho - University
of Coimbra - Portugal

Dissecting mechanisms of neuronal dysfunction in wound healing in diabetes type 1


Michael Christie - King's College London - UK

Anti-idiotypic antibodies in the autoimmune response to the IA-2 autoantigen in type 1 diabetes


Lena Claesson-Welsh - University of Uppsala - Sweden
Subversion of VEGF signalling in diabetic retinopathy

Allan Flyvbjerg - Aarhus University Hospital - Denmark
The role of the mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-pathway and sMAC complex sC5-C9 in the development of diabetic vascular complications in type 1 diabetes

Agnès Lehuen - Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul -  France
Cooperation between iNKT cells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the prevention of type 1 diabetes

Timo Otonkoski - University of Helsinki - Finland
Induced human pluripotent stem cells as a source of pancreatic beta cells

Ana Maria Wägner - Servicio Canario de Salud - Spain
Post-translational protein modifications in type 1 diabetes: a role for the repair enzyme protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PIMT)?

Yehiel Zick - Weizmann Institute of Science -  Israel
Improving the functionality of pancreatic beta cells using mutant IRS-2 proteins

2007:

Isabella Artner - Lund University - Sweden
The function of FGF signalling in pancreatic progenitor cell proliferation and endocrine cell differentiation

Malin Flodström-Tullberg -
Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden
MDA-5 and human islet cell recognition of coxsackievirus infection

Roberto Mallone -
Hôpital Necker Paris - France
Development of T cell assays for type 1 diabetes immune staging

Jens Nielsen -
Copenhagen University - Denmark
Identification and function of microRNAs in regulation of beta cell growth and survival

Suvi M. Virtanen -
Tampere University - Finland
The significance of prenatal and postnatal nutrition in the development of pre-type 1 diabetes: a prospective cohort study


2006:

Luc Bouwens -
Brussels Free Univerity, Belgium
Molecular regulation of in vitro beta cell neogenesis from adult pancreatic tissue - role of Notch

Per-Ola Carlsson -
Uppsala University - Sweden
Endothelial cell signalling in beta cell function and growth

Paolo Madeddu -
Bristol University - UK
Molecular characterisation of vascular progenitor cell migratory signalling in type 1 diabetes: focus on the kallikrein-kinin-nitric oxide system

Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen -
Steno Diabetes Center - Denmark
Signalling of cytokine mediated beta-cell apoptosis

Emmanuel Van Obberghen -
Nice University Hospital - France
Role of microRNAs and regulation of their gene expression in pancreatic beta cells

Ana María Wägner -
Steno Diabetes Center - Denmark
Identification of type 1 diabetes predictive biomarkers in dried blood spots from newborns by Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization (SELDI) mass spectrometry

2005:

Malin Flodström-Tullberg -
Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden
Characterisation of human beta cell antiviral defense and its importance for beta cell survival during Coxsackievirus infection

Kathleen Gillespie -
Bristol University - UK
Maternal cells in children with type 1 diabetes: A role in the initiation of autoimmune diabetes?

Harry Heimberg -
Brussels Free University - Belgium
Mechanisms behind regeneration of beta cell mass in diabetic mice following vasculogenesis from an haemangioblast

Elmar Jaeckel -
Hannover University - Germany
Antigen-specific regulatory T cells for therapy of type 1 diabetes

Lorenzo Piemonti -
San Raffaele Centre - Milan, Italy
The contribution of islet homing mesenchymal stem cells to beta cell survival and function in a transplant model

Flemming Pociot -
Steno Center - Gentofte, Denmark
High-density genome-wide association (linkage disequilibrium) studies in type 1 diabetes

Joanne Rasschaert -
Brussels Free University - Belgium
The signal transduction of Toll-like receptor-induced beta cell apoptosis


2004:

Christian Boitard -
Hospital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Paris, France
Regulation of the immune response to proinsulin isoforms in normal and diabetes-prone mice

Luc Bouwens -
Brussels Free University - Belgium
Role of endothelial cells in development and regeneration of beta cells.

Lucienne Chatenoud -
Necker Institute (IRNEM) - Paris, France
Synergistic effect between G-CSF and CD3 antibody to promote immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes

Martine Darville -
Brussels Free University - Belgium
Cytokine-induced de-differentiation of pancreatic beta-cells: a major obstacle for stem cell-directed therapies for type 1 diabetes

Decio Eizirik -
Brussels Free University - Belgium
ER stress as a mechanism of immuno-mediated beta cell dysfunction and death in type 1 diabetes

Agnès Lehuen -
Hospital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Paris, France
Therapeutic manipulation of NKT cells in type 1 diabetes

Helle Markholst -
Hagedorn Research Institute - Gentofte, Denmark
Functional characterisation of the diabetes susceptibility gene Lyp/Ian411