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.
Yuriy Baglaenko, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immunology: understanding dynamic gene regulation in B and T cells; genetics: defining causal variation in autoimmune disorders; genomics: expanding...
Research Interests
Epigenetics; epigenomics; immunology; T cell memory
Research Interests
Craniofacial development
Cristina Cebrian, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
lung development; single-cell genomics; mouse genetics; 3D imaging; artificial intelligence
Zhiyuan "ZY" Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Developmental biology; reproductive sciences; epigenetics
Research Interests
Developmental genetics; Transcriptional regulation; Modeling disease alleles in mice, Drosophila, and human stem cells.
Research Interests
Acute myelogenous leukemia; T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; severe congenital neutropenia; hematopoiesis; myelopoiesis; lineage decision;...
Research Interests
Systems immunology; vaccinology; microbiome-immune system interaction
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Cardiovascular diseases; laminopathies; progeria; chromosome organization; transcriptional regulation; nuclear envelope
Makiko Iwafuchi, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Chromatin regulation; pioneer transcription factors; cell programming and reprogramming
Research Interests
Genetic basis and developmental mechanisms of congenital craniofacial malformations; tendon development, homeostasis, and heterotopic ossification
Research Interests
Genetics; bio-informatics
Research Interests
Genetic basis of lupus; genetic basis of eosinophilic esophagitis; immunological mechanisms mediating genetic association with disease
Research Interests
Regulatory genomics; enhancer; transcription; metabolism; pharmacogenomics; machine learning
Emily R. Miraldi, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Systems biology; computational immunology; immuno-engineering; network inference
Nathan Salomonis, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Bioinformatics; genomics; cancer genomics; single-cell RNA-Seq analysis; alternative splicing; pathway analysis; pathway visualization; pathway...
Jeffrey D. Steimle, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Disease; gene regulation; immunology; innate immunity; macrophages; myeloid cells
Research Interests
Gene regulation Bioinformatics Functional Genomics
Research Interests
Liver biology; cholestasis; molecular genetics of pediatric liver diseases
Amanda L. Zacharias, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Embryonic metabolism; morphogenesis; Caenorhabditis elegans
William J. Zacharias, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Development of the digestive and respiratory systems. Learn more about CuSTOM.
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