All News & Events

Year 2011/2012 Funding Status

LLHF is pleased to continue supporting the many extraordinary research scientists in the State of California through previously funded multi-year grant awards.

UCLA Newsroom: "Researchers discover mechanism that could convert certain cells into insulin-making cells"

Scientists from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center believe that they may have discovered the underlying mechanism that could covert other cell types into pancreatic beta cells.

The 2011 Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 10th Annual Scientific Sessions (Petaluma, CA, from 2011-10-17 07:30 to 2011-10-18 13:00)

The LLHF 10th Annual Scientific Sessions will take place in Petaluma, CA on October 17th & 18th, 2011.

ABC News-(KGO-TV in San Francisco): "Lab compound could help fight age-related diseases"

Gordon Lithgow, PhD, Director of the Larry L. Hillblom Center for Integrative Studies of Aging at the Buck Institute and current LLHF network grantee, discusses his active research that explains how a common laboratory dye, Basic Yellow 1, slows Alzheimer's disease-like pathology in worms.

The LLHF Recognizes its 2011 Distinguished Research Scientists

2011 Awards announced for the Diabetes and Aging funding categories.

New Application Submission for 2012 Funding (, from 2011-12-01 00:00 to 2012-01-16 16:00)

The LLHF will begin to accept new applications for Start-Up and Fellowship grants on December 1, 2011.