UCSC faculty members involved in stem cell research span seven departments in the Baskin School of Engineering and the Divisions of Physical & Biological Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Their research takes several approaches: studies in key model organisms, such as the mouse, fruit fly, and worm, using genetics and molecular biology; computational approaches for understanding gene regulatory networks, expression patterns, and alternative splicing; bioinformatics approaches that integrate and display all large-scale data sets collected from stem cell research; and examination of the social and ethical issues surrounding stem cell research.
Individual projects focus on a number of biological systems, including germ line and nervous system development, epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation, blood cell differentiation, mammalian embryonic cell fates, wound healing, and the immune system.
Manuel Ares, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Needhi Bhalla, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Manel Camps, Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
Bin Chen, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
David Feldheim, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Camilla Forsberg, Biomolecular Engineering
David Haussler, Biomolecular Engineering
Lindsay Hinck, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Michael Isaacson, Electrical Engineering
Rohinton Kamakaka, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Joel Kubby, Electrical Engineering
Marc Mangel, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Nader Pourmand, Biomolecular Engineering
Amy Ralston, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Jeremy Sanford, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Michael Stone, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Susan Strome, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Josh Stuart, Biomolecular Engineering
William Sullivan, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
John Tamkun, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Martha Zúñiga, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Yi Zuo, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
Ethical and societal issues related to stem cell research constitute an important avenue of inquiry at UCSC.
Jenny Reardon, Sociology