People

Geoffrey Manley, MD, PhD works with the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center to promote collaborative basic, translational and clinical studies on injuries to the brain and spinal cord.

Ralph Marcucio, PhD studies the molecular and cellular events that underlie skeletal development and regeneration.

Wallace Marshall, PhD studies the mechanistic origins of cell geometry. He is interested in how cells solve engineering problems, such as the regulation of organelle size and the self-organization of intracellular patterns.

Michael Matthay, MD is interested in stem cell treatment for acute lung injury – a major cause of acute respiratory failure characterized by pulmonary edema, inflammation, arterial hypoxemia and the need for mechanical ventilation.

Aras Mattis, MD, PhD, investigates the molecular mechanisms of human liver function and metabolic diseases like metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The Mattis lab develops human induced pluripotent stem cells that are then differentiated into multiple liver cell types including human hepatocyte-like cells (iPSC-derived hepatocytes) to develop models of this disease process. The laboratory is also interested in normal liver development.

Michael McManus, PhD studies biological processes relating to RNA interference pathways in mouse models. This includes the study of small regulatory RNAs of biological significance that help control development in mammals.

Michael McMaster, PhD research interests center on placental development, diseases of pregnancy and embryonic stem cell model systems for understanding the consequences of gestational exposures to environmental chemicals.

Synthia Mellon, PhD studies neural development and steroidogenesis.

Theodore Miclau, MD studies cellular molecular mechanisms of fracture repair, particularly related to the roles of inflammation, angiogenesis and mechanical influences on healing. He has developed models of mandibular and tibial fracture repair.

Takashi Mikawa, PhD studies the development of the cardiac conduction system during early embryogenesis and the signals that distinguish conduction cells from working myocytes using the chick system.

Anna Molofsky MD, PhD studies the role of glial cells, particularly astrocytes, in neural circuit development and in psychiatric diseases.

Daniel Mordes, MD, PhD investigates the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and dementia, using stem cell-based models and single-cell analyses of brain areas.