Dr. Brady and Dr. Mirmira of the CMMN were recently awarded a prestigious NIH T32 institutional training grant to support the training of predoctoral researchers in metabolism at the systemic, cellular and molecular level. The Molecular Metabolism Training Program (MMTP) will include faculty and students from across the biological sciences division who have a unifying interest in understanding the causes and potential therapies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes, from molecular, metabolic and/or immunologic viewpoints. The MMTP pre-doctoral trainees can take courses and gain experience in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Immunology, Physiology and Neurobiology, with a required comprehensive specialized metabolism core curriculum. Trainees must also attend metabolism journal clubs, data sessions, seminar series, and an annual multi-disciplinary retreat. The ultimate goal of the MMTP is to set up young researchers on the path to become independent academic diabetes research scientists and mentors themselves – dedicated to excellent scholarship and making breakthrough discoveries in that will lead to new therapies to better treat, prevent and perhaps even cure these disorders.