Samet is speaking at this year's Pint of Science festival as part of Tech the Night Away, an evening of accessible talks about technologies making a real difference to people's lives. Samet's talk, "How Much Insulin Are You Making?", explores a question that matters enormously for nearly half a million people in the UK living with type 1 diabetes. The immune system can silently destroy insulin-producing cells for years before diagnosis, and measuring a key molecule called C-p

Our group is taking part in One Walk Manchester, a fundraising walk in support of Breakthrough T1D, the charity we collaborate with for our research at Lancaster University. Walking for Breakthrough T1D is a way of giving something back to the organisation, making that research possible, and to nearly half a million people in the UK living with T1D who stand to benefit from it. If you'd like to support us, every donation goes directly towards funding type 1 diabetes research.