What area of diabetes research does your project cover? What role will this particular project play in preventing, treating and/or curing diabetes? My research project centers around the genetics of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), in particular how the genes associated with risk for T1D may impact T cell function. T cells are thought to be important mediators of insulin producing beta cell destruction, as such there are many therapeutics under investigation to target these cells, one of which is the sole FDA approved therapeutic for disease delay, Teplizumab. Although multiple lines of evidence