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.
April 2024. Camille successfully defended her BSc honor's thesis evaluating the effect of senescence on human beta cell insulin synthesis. Congrats Camille! Jasmine and Camille were each awarded the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) for their graduate studies for Fall 2024. Congrats Jasmine and Camille! The lab received our first type 1 diabetes donor islet preparation sample from the Alberta Diabetes Institute IsletCore based in Edmonton, Canada. We are very grateful to donors and their families for the opportunity to work with human pancreatic islets and especially those from who had type 1.
February 2024. Jasmine Manji, former two-summer Undergraduate Research Award (URA) recipient and HEAL4650 project student's manuscript on her work on Brd4-associated proteins and p21 in a senescent mouse beta cell line model was published in Epigenomes! See the published article here. The lab was hosted by Tracey Mcleod-Stecy and family at a T1D fundraiser event to raise funds to support an undergraduate student in the Thompson lab (see more here! Thank you Mcleod-Stecy family for this amazing effort and all your support!
January 2024. Nayara and Jasmine co-authored an invited opinion article highlighting emerging ideas on immune surveillance of senescent beta cells, which was published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism! Congrats Nayara and Jasmine! See the article here.
December 2023. Jasmine Pipella was awarded the prestigious Janice Dodd Award for Excellence in Endocrine Physiology by the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology at the University of Manitoba and gave a great award presentation at the Department's Edge of Science seminar. Congrats Jasmine! Jasmine Manji completed her HEAL4650 research project finished her time in the Thompson lab! Great work and farewell, Jasmine!
November 2023. The team participates in the 12th annual DREAM symposium at the University of Manitoba. Jasmine Pipella successfully transferred to the Physiology PhD program and was awarded silver in the DREAM symposium poster competition! Congrats Jasmine!
February 2024. Jasmine Manji, former two-summer Undergraduate Research Award (URA) recipient and HEAL4650 project student's manuscript on her work on Brd4-associated proteins and p21 in a senescent mouse beta cell line model was published in Epigenomes! See the published article here. The lab was hosted by Tracey Mcleod-Stecy and family at a T1D fundraiser event to raise funds to support an undergraduate student in the Thompson lab (see more here! Thank you Mcleod-Stecy family for this amazing effort and all your support!
January 2024. Nayara and Jasmine co-authored an invited opinion article highlighting emerging ideas on immune surveillance of senescent beta cells, which was published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism! Congrats Nayara and Jasmine! See the article here.
December 2023. Jasmine Pipella was awarded the prestigious Janice Dodd Award for Excellence in Endocrine Physiology by the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology at the University of Manitoba and gave a great award presentation at the Department's Edge of Science seminar. Congrats Jasmine! Jasmine Manji completed her HEAL4650 research project finished her time in the Thompson lab! Great work and farewell, Jasmine!
November 2023. The team participates in the 12th annual DREAM symposium at the University of Manitoba. Jasmine Pipella successfully transferred to the Physiology PhD program and was awarded silver in the DREAM symposium poster competition! Congrats Jasmine!
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