People

Zev Gartner, PhD is working to organize the body’s building blocks into defined structures spanning the subcellular to tissue length scales.

Michael German, MD studies the cascade of gene activation underlying the development of beta cells from less differentiated cells during embryogenesis or from stem cells in the adult pancreas, and how these genes function in the mature beta cell.

Ruby Ghadially, MD is a dermatologist with research interests in skin stem cells and their use for in vivo expansion of keratinocytes for autologous burn and wound therapy.

Kathy Giacomini, PhD focuses on membrane transporters, which are of great pharmacological importance as they play a major role in drug disposition and response.

Stephen Gitelman, MD is the Director of the UCSF Pediatric Diabetes Program and has active clinical research interests in diabetes, particularly in the prevention of type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Linda Giudice, MD, PhD is the Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences. She researches human uterine receptivity in pregnancy and embryo development, and she has initiated studies on human somatic cell nuclear transfer and the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into placental cells.

Andrei Goga, MD, PhD uses mouse models to study basic cell cycle regulation in normal and tumor cells in order to facilitate the development of cell cycle inhibitors as potential therapeutics.

Douglas Gould, PhD studies the extracellular matrix – fundamental non-cellular components of all tissues. Specifically, he studies collagens that are critical components of specialized ECM structures called basement membranes. His lab is working to understand 1) fundamental collagen biosynthesis, 2) how mutations in basement membrane collagens cause a multisystem disorder that includes perinatal stroke and age-related cognitive impairment and dementia, and 3) potential therapeutic interventions including cell-based therapies and gene editing.

Su Guo, PhD uses molecular genetic approaches in zebrafish to identify novel genes involved in fate determination of dopaminergic neurons.

Corey Harwell, PhD studies cellular and molecular programs that regulate neural cell fate and circuit assembly in the developing brain.

Akiko Hata, PhD studies mechanisms of growth factor signaling in the control of cell growth and differentiation of vascular cells. 

Matthias Hebrok, PhD studies how undifferentiated epithelial cells develop into functional endocrine cells, specifically insulin-producing beta cells.