Diabetes, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Prof. Limor Landsman

Pancreatic microenvironment

Diabetes is now reaching epidemic proportions, yet our incomplete understanding of its etiology hinders the quest for a cure. Dr. Landsman studies how proper pancreatic insulin production is maintained in health, and why it is lost in diabetes To this end, she and her team research the crosstalk between insulinproducing cells and their surroundings, focusing on how this communication is affected by the various diabetes risk factors. Their primary goal is to decipher the underlying causes of diabetes, to facilitate a personalized approach for a cure.

Dr. Landsman is head of the Pancreas Biology Lab at Tel Aviv University. She graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with honors and obtained an M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Molecular Genetics and Immunology from the Weizmann Institute of Science. For her postdoctoral studies, she joined the laboratory of Prof. Matthias Hebrok at UCSF, an expert on pancreas physiology and pathophysiology. She has obtained prestigious research grants and awards, including the European Union ERC and FET programs, the Israel Science Foundation, and the German-Israeli Foundation. She serves on the scientific board of the Switzerland Institute of Developmental Biology, the D-Cure Foundation, and the Israeli Islet Researchers Forum.

https://www.landsman-lab.com/

Pancreas: white are insulin-producing cells; green and red cells marks the vasculature.