Director of the Immunology of Diabetes Research Group at Germans Trias Hospital. The research group is dedicated to the immunology of diabetes, and carries out both basic and translational research with the aim of developing preventive immunotherapeutic for type 1 diabetes and to identify the mechanisms of pathogenicity and regeneration in auto-immune diseases. The group’s research lines are: (i) Immunotherapies for the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes, (ii) Biomarkers for the regeneration of autoimmune diseases, (iii) Pathogenic mechanisms of autoimmunity, (iv) Paediatric type 1 diabetes: tolerance, spontaneous remission and biomarkers.