MacKenzie D Williams,
Research Assistant Scientist
Department:
MD-PATHOLOGY-GENERAL
Business Email:
macspak@ufl.edu
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0003-3473-2747
Areas of Interest
- Autoimmune Disease
- Genetics
- Immunology of Type 1 diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Vaccine immunology
Publications
2024
Impaired islet function and normal exocrine enzyme secretion occur with low inter-regional variation in type 1 diabetes.
Cell reports.
43(6)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114346.
[PMID] 38850534.
2024
Impaired islet function with normal exocrine enzyme secretion is consistent across the head, body, and tail pancreas regions in type 1 diabetes.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.
[DOI] 10.1101/2024.02.08.579175.
[PMID] 38405840.
2023
A genomic data archive from the Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes.
Scientific data.
10(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41597-023-02244-6.
[PMID] 37237059.
2023
Divergent metabolic phenotypes in two genetic syndromes of low insulin secretion.
Diabetes research and clinical practice.
196
[DOI] 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110228.
[PMID] 36549505.
2023
Nanotargeted Delivery of Immune Therapeutics in Type 1 Diabetes.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.).
35(40)
[DOI] 10.1002/adma.202300812.
[PMID] 37357903.
2021
Genetic Composition and Autoantibody Titers Model the Probability of Detecting C-Peptide Following Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis.
Diabetes.
70(4):932-943
[DOI] 10.2337/db20-0937.
[PMID] 33419759.
2018
Application of a Genetic Risk Score to Racially Diverse Type 1 Diabetes Populations Demonstrates the Need for Diversity in Risk-Modeling.
Scientific reports.
8(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-22574-5.
[PMID] 29540798.
Grants
Dec 2023
ACTIVE
Establishing immune, endocrine, and exocrine signatures of type 1 diabetes progression in longitudinally sampled peripheral blood from the ENDIA nested case control study
Role: Project Manager
Funding: BREAKTHROUGH T1D – formerly JDRF Intl
via HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, LEONA & HARRY
Sep 2023
ACTIVE
Generating autoantigen-specific antibody-producing hybridomas as a renewable source of islet autoantibodies
Role: Project Manager
Funding: HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, LEONA & HARRY
Jun 2023
ACTIVE
Immune Function and the Progression to Type 1 Diabetes
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Education
PhD – Biomedical Sciences
2020
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University of Florida College of Medicine
Contact Details
Emails:
- Business:
- macspak@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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MacKenzie D. Williams
PO Box 100275
Univ of FL – Pathology
GAINESVILLE FL 32610