Welcome to the Thompson Lab!
Our Science
Pancreatic beta cells (green) undergoing a DNA damage response (red) and being attacked by self-reactive immune cells (blue cells surrounding beta cells) in a mouse model for Type 1 Diabetes.
Our lab uses cutting edge approaches to investigate how and why pancreatic beta cells are destroyed in Type 1 Diabetes.
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Our Location
We are located in the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), at the Bannatyne Campus of the University of Manitoba.
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Recent news from the lab.
November 2023. The team participates in the 12th annual DREAM symposium at the University of Manitoba. Jasmine successfully transferred to the Physiology PhD program and was awarded silver in the DREAM symposium poster competition! Congrats Jasmine!
October 2023. Dr. Thompson and graduate student Jasmine Pipella attended and participated in Diabetes Canada/Vascular 2023 conference and the 2nd annual CIRTN meeting held in Montreal! Jasmine presented her work at both meetings on anti-CD3 therapy and beta cell stress in T1D! Well done Jasmine!
September 2023. Roozbeh Akbari Motlagh joins the lab as a research technician after completing his MSc studies at the University of Alberta and Alberta Diabetes Institute. Welcome Roozbeh! Dr. Thompson presented at the 10th annual Helmholtz Diabetes Conference in Munich, Germany, and attended the 59th annual EASD conference in Hamburg, Germany.
August 2023. The lab published a comprehensive review article on beta cell senescence in diabetes co-authored by Dr. Thompson and colleagues in Frontiers in Endocrinology. See the article here. Camille and Jasmine finished their summer research positions in the lab with outstanding presentations at the CHRIM student seminar series and will continue their projects into the 2023-2024 academic year.
July 2023. The lab published an invited review article in Diabetologia on islet autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes, co-authored by Dr. Thompson, Jasmine Pipella and colleagues. See the article here.
June 2023. The lab welcomes Dr. Nayara Rampazzo Morelli as our first postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Nayara! Dr. Thompson also received two major career awards including the 2023 Allen Rouse Basic Science Career Development Award from the Manitoba Medical Services Foundation (MMSF) and the 2023 Ken Hughes Young Investigator in Medical Research Award from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Thompson also attended and presented at the Islet Study Group 2023 meeting in Vancouver, BC.
May 2023. Jasmine Manji and Camille Prefontaine return to the lab for summer research positions. Jasmine was awarded an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) from the University of Manitoba. Congratulations Jasmine! Dr. Thompson attended and presented a talk at his first Gordon Research Conference on Pancreatic Diseases in Barga, Italy!
October 2023. Dr. Thompson and graduate student Jasmine Pipella attended and participated in Diabetes Canada/Vascular 2023 conference and the 2nd annual CIRTN meeting held in Montreal! Jasmine presented her work at both meetings on anti-CD3 therapy and beta cell stress in T1D! Well done Jasmine!
September 2023. Roozbeh Akbari Motlagh joins the lab as a research technician after completing his MSc studies at the University of Alberta and Alberta Diabetes Institute. Welcome Roozbeh! Dr. Thompson presented at the 10th annual Helmholtz Diabetes Conference in Munich, Germany, and attended the 59th annual EASD conference in Hamburg, Germany.
August 2023. The lab published a comprehensive review article on beta cell senescence in diabetes co-authored by Dr. Thompson and colleagues in Frontiers in Endocrinology. See the article here. Camille and Jasmine finished their summer research positions in the lab with outstanding presentations at the CHRIM student seminar series and will continue their projects into the 2023-2024 academic year.
July 2023. The lab published an invited review article in Diabetologia on islet autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes, co-authored by Dr. Thompson, Jasmine Pipella and colleagues. See the article here.
June 2023. The lab welcomes Dr. Nayara Rampazzo Morelli as our first postdoctoral fellow! Welcome Nayara! Dr. Thompson also received two major career awards including the 2023 Allen Rouse Basic Science Career Development Award from the Manitoba Medical Services Foundation (MMSF) and the 2023 Ken Hughes Young Investigator in Medical Research Award from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Thompson also attended and presented at the Islet Study Group 2023 meeting in Vancouver, BC.
May 2023. Jasmine Manji and Camille Prefontaine return to the lab for summer research positions. Jasmine was awarded an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) from the University of Manitoba. Congratulations Jasmine! Dr. Thompson attended and presented a talk at his first Gordon Research Conference on Pancreatic Diseases in Barga, Italy!
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