College of Medicine
Atkinson Lab
Led by Mark A Atkinson · Pathology
What we study
The lab studies type 1 diabetes, focusing on predicting who will develop it, finding treatments, and understanding its causes. They use experiments and collaborations with researchers.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Predicting Type 1 Diabetes
They develop methods to identify individuals likely to develop the disease.
Testing Disease Interventions
Tests disease interventions, meaning agents that might prevent or cure type 1 diabetes, as part of the lab's work on its causes and treatment.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Imaging mass cytometry reveals functional and immunological changes during type 1 diabetes progression in human pancreata
2026 · Nature Metabolism
Shows how imaging mass cytometry reveals interactions between pro-inflammatory macrophages and exhausted-like T cells in human pancreata from type 1 diabetes donors.
- Identifying the Right Diagnosis of Diabetes in Death: Unlocking A Key to Understanding Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis
2026 · Diabetes Care
Examined how diabetes types are misclassified, suggesting a spectrum of disease rather than strict categories.
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- Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19
2026 · Nature
Found virus reactivation in COVID-19 patients, linked to disease severity and outcomes.
- Longitudinal Changes in Exocrine Biomarkers in Children at Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in the ENDIA Study
2026 · Diabetes Care
Tracked exocrine pancreas biomarkers in children at risk of type 1 diabetes over time.
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How to reach out
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