Leadership and Faculty
Meet the Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Graduate Program Faculty
Our faculty are not only teachers but also scholars that bring the latest advances forward. They are deeply committed to training the next generation of researchers, educators, and advocates.
Research Interests
Developmental neurobiology; transcriptional control of neural cell subtype specification; neuronal circuit formation
Steven A. Crone, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Neural circuits that control breathing; airway protection; spinal cord injury; neurodegenerative disease; sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Research Interests
Epilepsy; autism; neurodevelopmental disease
Diego Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Neuroscience sensory and circadian biology; environmentally-induced disorders
Research Interests
Developmental genetics; Transcriptional regulation; Modeling disease alleles in mice, Drosophila, and human stem cells.
Christina Gross, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular neuroscience, fragile X syndrome
Research Interests
Neuroscience; pain research; sensory neuron biology
Research Interests
Neoplastic stem cells; malignant glioma; pediatric brain tumors such as medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and diffuse midline gliomas (DMG / DIPG); tumor...
Research Interests
Viral vector-mediated gene therapy; stem cell therapy; neurological lysosomal storage diseases; neuroinflammation, BBB remodeling and immunotherapy...
Research Interests
Genetic mutations in tumor suppressor genes; development and tumorigenesis of the nervous system; peripheral NF1, NF2
J. Elliott Robinson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Neurofibromatosis type 1; systems neuroscience; gene therapy; electrophysiology
Research Interests
Autism spectrum disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; human pluripotent stem cells; directed differentiation; astrocytes; oligodendrocytes;...
Ronald R. Waclaw, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Forebrain progenitor cell differentiation; “RASopathy” genes
Research Interests
Stem cell biology; organoids; neural development; tissue morphogenesis; bioengineering; microfluidics
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