Phelps Laboratory

Welcome to the Phelps research group!

Our lab’s mission is to employ an engineering approach to solve significant problems in health and biology.

Our primary focus is the pancreatic islets of Langerhans and their diseases with an emphasis on beta cell dysfunction and autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes.

We specialize in biomaterials technologies as the basis for regenerative strategies and to discover novel biological insights.

Research Overview

Engineered Cellular Microenvironments

Bio-artificial matrices to program cellular responses

Countering Autoimmunity

Engineering solutions to treat autoimmune disease like T1D

Immunopathology and Cell Biology of Autoantigens

Understanding the underlying causes and triggers of autoimmunity in T1D

New Frontiers in Islet Biology

Pushing the boundaries of knowledge on the biology of islet endocrine cells

Phelps Lab publishes the lab’s first paper in Nature Metabolism

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-019-0135-7

Matthew Becker Passes Qualifier!

Congratulations to Matt passing his qualifier and officially becoming a PhD Candidate!

Kevin Ling Presents at BMES 2019!

Undergraduate Kevin Ling presenting his poster “Sustained GABA Delivery Implants for Beta Cell Regeneration” at the 2019 Biomedical Engineering Society conference in Philadelphia, PA