Katie Herm & Gilbert Herrera

Katie Herm (student)

"Gaps in the Wall: Pericyte Dysfunction as an Early Event in Diabetic Islet Deterioration"

Luciana Mateus Gonçalves,et al; Microvascular Homeostasis Is Compromised in Pancreatic Islets in a Mouse Model of β-Cell Loss and Low-Grade Inflammation. Diabetes 1 January 2026; 75 (1): 70–84. https://doi.org/10.2337/db25-0368

Coaches: Julie Sneddon, PhD and Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD

Gilbert Herrera (student)

"The Upside of a Sticky Situation: Multicellular ‘Doublets’ Reveal Potent Anti-Tumor T Cells"

Ibáñez-Molero, S., Veldman, J., Simon Nieto, J. et al. Tumour-reactive heterotypic CD8 T cell clusters from clinical samples. Nature 649, 467–476 (2026)

Coaches: Matt Spitzer, PhD and Simone Minnie, PhD

Moderators: Venus Hagen & Claire Rammel