UCSC Stem Cell Scholars
Scholar Spotlight
The UCSC Training Program in Systems Biology of Stem Cells, funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has funded these scholars to date:
PREDOCTORAL SCHOLARS, 2012-13
Mimmi Ballard—Hinck laboratory, MCD Biology
Understanding regulation of mammary gland stem cells in development and regeneration of epithelial tissues
Daniel Carlin—Stuart laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Creating a stem cell genome browser and a stem cell classifier compendium
Andrew Field—Haussler laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Characterization of long intergenic non‐coding RNAs induced in primate cortical neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
Antony Parenti—Ralston laboratory, MCD Biology
Investigating stem cell reprogramming
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS, 2012-13
Anna Beaudin—Forsberg laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Studying developmental establishment of hematopoietic stem cells from pluripotent stem cells
Hanane Ennajdaoiui—Sanford laboratory, MCD Biology
Investigating the developmental dynamics of protein-RNA interactions and the functional consequences in stem cells maintenance and neuronal differentiation
Michael Halbisen—Ralston laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Resolving the impact of aging on reprogramming efficiency and stem cell quality
Shaila Kotadia—Sullivan laboratory, MCD Biology
Developing adaptive optics microscopy for live deep tissue stem cell imaging
Will McKenna—Chen laboratory, MCD Biology
Investigating how to precisely direct stem cells to generate specific neuronal subtypes
Fernando Ugarte—Forsberg laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Studying regulation of chromatin structure dynamics in normal and cancer stem cells
FORMER PREDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Daniel Carlin—Stuart laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Creating a stem cell genome browser and a stem cell classifier compendium
Kristel Dorighi—Tamkun laboratory, MCD Biology
Characterization of the functional conservation between chromatin-remodeling factors in drosophila and human stem cells
David Greenberg—Haussler laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Studying the function of Human Accelerated Region 1 non-coding RNAs during embryonic stem cell neural differentiation
Muriel Kmet—Chen laboratory, MCD Biology
Studying directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into corticospinal motor neurons
Martina Koeva—Stuart laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
A computational framework for high-throughput experimental data: hematopoietic and cancer-transformed stem cells. read more
Stephanie McClymont—Tamkun laboratory, MCD Biology
The role of chromatin-remodeling complexes in the epigenetic regulation of stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency
Will McKenna—Hinck laboratory, MCD Biology (QB3 Stem Cell Predoctoral Scholarship)
Defining a role for netrin-1 and UNC5A in the striatal development and maintenance of the subventricular zone stem cell niche
Andrew Nguyen—Forsberg laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Determining molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic stem cell migration and location
Courtney Onodera—Haussler laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Transcriptional enhancer activity of the ultraconserved elements during embryonic stem cell differentiation. read more
FORMER POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Denise Garcia—Zuo laboratory, MCD Biology
Studying the role of PTEN in hippocampal adult neural stem cells
Chao Guo—Chen laboratory, MCD Biology
Studying the role of the transcription factor Fezf2 in adult neural stem cells
Megan Hall, PhD—Ares laboratory, MCD Biology
Regulated alternative splicing in response to intracellular signaling during stem cell differentiation
Gwyndolen Harburg—Hinck laboratory, MCD Biology
Investigating the role of SLIT/ROBO signaling in regulating mammary gland longevity by controlling stem and progenitor cell fate
Martin Hudson, PhD—MCD Biology
The role of Eph/ephrin signaling in mouse ES cell differentiation
Frank Jacobs—Haussler laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Identifying human-specific enhancers in neural cells of the brain
Roland J. Nagel, PhD—Ares laboratory, MCD Biology
Regulated alternative splicing during stem cell differentiation
Anne Royou, PhD—Sullivan laboratory, MCD Biology
The role of cell cycle regulators in stem cell self renewal. read more
Neal Sweeney—Feldheim laboratory, MCD Biology
Studying the roles of two transcription factors in the development and fate of retinal ganglion cells
Fernando Ugarte—Forsberg laboratory, Biomolecular Engineering
Studying epigenetic regulation of blood-line stem cells and their differentiation into mature blood cells
Dustin Updike—Strome laboratory, MCD Biology
Investigating the effect of P-granules on germ cell self-renewal and totipotency, RNA biogenesis, and nuclear integrity and stress resistance
Hema Vaidyanathan, PhD—MCD Biology
Characterization of Eph/ephrin signaling mechanisms in mouse and human embryonic stem cells. read more