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
Craniofacial development
Cristina Cebrian, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Zhiyuan "ZY" Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Developmental biology; reproductive sciences; epigenetics
Research Interests
Epilepsy; autism; neurodevelopmental disease
Research Interests
Acute myelogenous leukemia; T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; severe congenital neutropenia; hematopoiesis; myelopoiesis; lineage decision;...
Stacey S. Huppert, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Hepatic cell plasticity, development and regeneration; reprogramming; three-dimensional hepatic architecture; Notch signaling; hepatobiliary disease
Makiko Iwafuchi, PhD
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Chromatin regulation; pioneer transcription factors; cell programming and reprogramming
Research Interests
Neoplastic stem cells; malignant glioma; pediatric brain tumors such as medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and diffuse midline gliomas (DMG / DIPG); tumor...
Kyle McCracken, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Kidney development; stem cell differentiation and organoids; tissue engineering and morphogenesis; kidney pathophysiology
Douglas Millay , PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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...
Research Interests
Liver cancer; tumor initiation; cell-cell communication; hepatic progenitor cells
Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Organoid; organogenesis; stem cell biology; transplantation; drug development
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Autism spectrum disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders; human pluripotent stem cells; directed differentiation; astrocytes; oligodendrocytes;...
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Understanding the development of the pancreas, and gastrointestinal organs; generating 3-dimensional human tissues from pluripotent stem cells and...
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Lung development
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Stem cell biology; organoids; neural development; tissue morphogenesis; bioengineering; microfluidics
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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
Using transgenic and gene targeted mouse models to study the physiological and pathological roles of Rho GTPases and their regulators in...
Research Interests
Development of the digestive and respiratory systems. Learn more about CuSTOM.
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