Laura Almeida
Project Title: Unbiased lineage tracing of LT-HSCs at steady-state in vivo
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Host Principal Investigator: Irving Weismann, M.D.
Host Mentor: Jinyi Xiang
Humboldt CIRM Scholars spend 12 months doing intensive research in a host laboratory at Stanford University, UC Davis or UCSF.
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2022-2023
Mark Brown
Institution: UC Davis Stem Cell Program
Project Title: Knock-Out Gene Therapy of Huntington’s Disease Through CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing
Host Principal Investigator: Kyle Fink, Ph.D.
Host Mentor: Jennifer Waldo
Brooke Chalker
Institution: UC Davis Stem Cell Program
Project Title: Roles of fibroblasts in hiPSCs differentiation into pacemaking cardiomyocytes
Host Principal Investigator: Deborah K. Lieu, PhD
Erin Clancy
Institution: Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Project Title: Dissecting coronary collateral artery formation through comparative analysis in the Guinea Pig
Principal Investagator: Kristy Red Horse, Ph.D
Host Mentor: Irene Fan, PhD
Hannah Cornwell
Institution: Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Project Title: Using MSCs and CPCs to promote angiogenesis and tissue recovery after ischemic injury
Principal Investigator: Patricia Nguyen, MD
Julian Duran
Institution: UC Davis Stem Cell Program
Project Title: Isolation and assessment of Canine Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Principal Investigator: Aijun Wang, PhD
Heather Jackson-Pease
Institution: Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Project Title: Engineering endothelial or mesenchymal stromal cells to secrete factors to improve vascular health
Principal Investigator: Matthew Porteus, MD PhD
Monica Rodriguez
Institution: UC Davis Stem Cell Program
Project Title: Development of Novel miRNA Therapeutic for High-risk Neuroblastoma
Principal Investigator: Erin G. Brown MD
Jonathan Tierney
Institution: UC Davis Stem Cell Program
Project Title: Optimization of a lentiviral vector GMP manufacturing protocol to minimize unwanted residual products
Principal Investigator: Gerhard Bauer, BS
Nicole Womack
Institution: Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Project Title: Characterization of Human Neural Stem Cells in Age-Related Pathologies
Principal Investigator: Irving Weismann MD
Host Mentor: Anna Eastman