Previous training: Dr. Reza Ardehali Lab, UCLA and Qatar University, Bachelors of Science My research focuses on the molecular and functional properties of muscle progenitor cells and muscle stem cells derived from human development and from human pluripotent stem cells. We are evaluating the functional engraftment potential via direct intra muscular versus systemic engraftment of […]
Previous Training: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York The mechanisms behind how skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs) and satellite cells (SCs) arise across human development are not well understood. My research focuses on understanding the molecular differences among different SMPC and SC states in human myogenic differentiation. The goal is to generate and define the best […]
Graduate Student, 2008-2012 California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Predoctoral Training Grant (T1-00005), 2008-2011 Warsaw Fellowship – MIMG/UCLA, 2011-2012 MIMG Department Retreat Speaker, 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow/Scientist at Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute in Dr. Anne Bang’s Lab, La Jolla, San Diego Current Position: Fate Therapeutics, Senior Scientist, San Diego, CA
Graduate Student, 2007-2013 Philip J. Whitcome Graduate Student Fellowship, 2009 Paul D. Boyer MBI Teaching Award, 2009 MBI Research Poster Award Winner , 2009 Molecular Biology IDP Degree Progress Award, 2010 Graduate Student Award MBI Fowler Fellow, 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Sophie Deng’s lab at UCLA Current Position: Clinical Coordinator II, Stanford University, Stanford, […]
Previous training: University College London, Johns Hopkins University and UCLA My research focuses on developing a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing platform to correct the reading frame for up to 60% of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. We have demonstrated efficacy in DMD human induced pluripotent stem cells to restore dystrophin protein and function after differentiation to cardiac […]