Andrea Bañuelos Mota
2015-2016 CIRM Bridges Fellow, 2015, graduate CSUN Current position: M.D. Student at USC Keck School of Medicine
Katrina Paras
2015-2018 Awards: i2URP Fellow, NIH-IMSD Scholar, CARE Science, Engineering, and Math Summer Program Current Position: Pursuing a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology in the lab of Dr. Lydia Finley at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York
Annika Rehan
Anika is a third year undergraduate student studying Human Biology and Society with a minor in Biomedical Research.
Corey Switzler
Corey is a 4th year MIMG undergraduate student majoring in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. He is also in the Biomedical Research Minor at UCLA. Corey’s project is focused on improving our understanding of differences across disease muscle mouse models and developing strategies to improve stem cell extravasation in each model. Corey has been awarded numerous […]
Michael Torres
Michael is a 2nd year undergraduate student and a member of the UCLA Biomedical Research Minor program. He is majoring in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. Since joining UCLA he has been a member of the UCLA Deans List. His project is helping to characterize the role of ECM in muscle progenitor cell […]
Haibin Xi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow/Project Scientist 2014-2021 Previous training: University of Miami and Fudan University Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are a superior source for obtaining skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs) for treating muscle disorders such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). My project is focusing on devloping an efficient and defined protocol to differentiate hPSCs to generate SMPCs following […]
Jackelyn Alva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2011 Current Position: Research Scientist in Dr. Brigitte Gomperts’s Lab, UCLA UC Regent’s President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (relinquished due to overlapping funding), 2008-2009 Tumor Immunology Postdoctoral Training Grant Fellowship (NIH T32-CA009120), 2007-2008 Research Scientist- University of California, Santa Barbara in Dr. Hyongsok (Tom) Soh’s Group at UCSB, 2010-2012
Shahab Younesi
Masters Student, Pyle lab CIRM Bridges Funding, 2014-2015 Bachelors of Science and Masters, Cal State Northridge, CIRM Bridges Fellow, SRA, UCLA Current Position: Broad Stem Cell Center GMP Team Member
Mandee Yang
Bachelors of Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Michael Hicks, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: 2015-2020 Previous training: Arizona State University and University of Arizona What allows transplanted stem cells to self-renew? My goal is to determine when and where donor muscle cells take up position in the stem cell niche, to regulate muscle stem cell genes, and contribute to new muscle formation. My current project studies how […]