Postdoctoral Fellows

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 [...]

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

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 […]

Previous training: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Cells put forth complex regulatory programs that work to control their identity. These programs are unique to their respective cell types, but how do these programs start and how exactly do cells “know” how/when to become a specific type? My work is focused on how muscle stem cells or [...]