Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics
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Lorenzo Piemonti

Biography

At the San Raffaele Scientific Institute (Milan, Italy) L Piemonti serves as deputy director of Diabetes Research Institute, director of Human Islet Transplantation Program and head of the Beta Cell Biology Unit. He is also member of the European Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association committee of ESOT and coordinator of European Consortium for Islet Transplantation. His area of expertise is focused on diabetes and pancreatology. In particular he has large experience about the role of innate immunity in islet cell and pancreatic cancer biology, the beta cell replacement, the immune tolerance induction, the dendritic cell biology and stem cells.

Research Interest

 Diabetes, Transplantation, Pancreatology, cancer biology , dendritic cell biology

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