About the Core

The Islet Cell Biology Core Laboratory provides independently funded investigators with rodent and human pancreatic islets from normal and diabetic animals for their studies. It also maintains insulinoma cell lines for distribution. The Core also provides service and training in methods for studying islet and beta-cell biology including insulin secretion, immunohistochemistry of insulin- and other hormone-secreting cells, and calcium imaging and other biophysical methods for studying pancreatic islet and beta-cell function.

Director: Louis H. Philipson, M.D., Ph.D. Co-Director: Donald F. Steiner, M.D.