Parnassus

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

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.

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

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

Eric Huang, MD, PhD studies the transcriptional control of neural development.

Erica Hutchins, PhD studies how post-transcriptional regulation controls developmental pluripotency and cell fate decisions in vivo, using vertebrate neural crest as a model.

Leanne Jones, PhD identifies conserved mechanisms that are used to regulate stem cell behavior and characterizes how such mechanisms are altered by aging and changes in metabolism.

Sarah Knox, PhD studies the role of neuronal-epithelial interactions during organogenesis and regeneration.

Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, PhD studies the role of the protein SATB, which functions as a chromatin organizer, during cell development and cancer metastasis.

Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD studies how embryonic neural stem cells and progenitor cells produce neurons with the goal of developing treatments for brain disorders, such as autism and Parkinson’s disease.