Mission Bay

Guo Huang, PhD studies the cellular and molecular basis of heart regeneration from both evolutionary and developmental perspectives.

Yuh Nung Jan, PhD identifies genes involved in maintaining adult neural stem cells in mice with the intent of defining their precise functions. With this knowledge, he hopes to develop therapies for neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.

Sharmila Majumdar, PhD is working on developing imaging techniques to track stem cells in vivo.

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.

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.

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.

Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD studies the principles of tissue development, the timing of cell generation, intercellular interactions, and developmental lineage relationships to uncover underlying neurodevelopmental events, tissue organization and cellular demographics.