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Barak Blum is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he also serves as the Associate Director of the Microscopy Core at the UW Comprehensive Diabetes Center. His research focuses on cell regenerative biology, particularly in understanding organogenesis and the functional maturation of Langerhans islets in the pancreas. By employing developmental biology techniques, mouse genetics, functional genomics, and bioinformatics, his lab aims to discover how mini-organs attain their final shape and function, and factors that contribute to diabetes loss. Barak's work contributes to a deeper understanding of developmental processes and seeks to apply this knowledge towards therapeutic solutions for diabetes.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences