HUISING LAB

Our lab studies the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. These structures contain the beta cells that make insulin and alpha cells that make glucagon that are central to the regulation of glucose homeostasis. We are interested in everything that controls the behavior of the islets, from the control of hormone secretion to the generation of new beta cells. Our goal is to fully understand the ingenious ways in which islets in healthy individuals have met the challenge of maintaining tightly controlled blood glucose levels over a lifetime to devise novel therapies to restore control over blood glucose levels and cure diabetes.