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Islets for US
Collaborative
AWARDS
2016
We awarded selected Organ Procurement Organizations,
which have been extraordinary supportive to
our Patients and our Islet Transplant Program
OUR AWARDS
2017
Justyna Golebiewska
Pancreatic Islet Transplantation.
European Society for Organ Transplantation.
Study Scholarship
2016
Piotr Witkowski
Excellence in Teaching Award,
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago.
2014
Zehra Tekin
Scientific Award,
22nd Annual Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium, Chicago, IL
Preliminary Results From A Recent Cohort At University Of Chicago.
2011
Natalia Marek- Trzonkowska
Research Fellowship Award
Polish- American Kosciuszko Foundation
Feasibility of in vitro expansion of T regulatory cells for adoptive immunotherapy from potential recipients of pancreatic islets.
2011
Natalia Marek- Trzonkowska
Young Investigator Scientific Travel Award.
International Islet and Pancreas Transplantation Association Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
Coating of human pancreatic islets with CD4+CD25+CD127- T regulatory cells inhibits the rejection. A novel immunoprotective approach.
2011
Ryosuke Misawa
Scientific Award
18th Annual Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium, Chicago, IL
Impact of aging on the in vivo potency of human islet preparations.
2011
Adam Krzystyniak/ Piotr Witkowski
Mentee/Mentor Scientific Award
XII The Transplantation Society/ European Society of Organ Transplantation Basic Science Meeting, Cape Code, MA.
Coating of human pancreatic islets with CD4+CD25+CD127- T regulatory cells inhibits the rejection. A novel immunoprotective approach.
2010
Andrew Scavone
Scientific Award
17th Annual Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium, Chicago, IL
Augmentation of the pancreatic islets with GLP-1 anchored to cell surface of improves their glucose secreation.
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