Stem Cell Biological Engineering

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Faculty Mentors

Helen Bateup
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders using genetically engineered human stem cells

Mina Bissell
Distinguished Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Bioengineering Graduate Group
Microenvironmental regulation of mammary stem cell fate and tumorigenesis

Danica Chen
Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
Aging, metabolic and stress response effects on stem cells

Irina Conboy
Professor of Bioengineering
Stem cell aging, rejuvenation and regulation by conserved morphogenic signaling pathways

Steven Conolly
Montford G. Cook Professor of Bioengineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Hardware, software and physics of biomedical imaging scanners, particularly Magnetic Particle Imaging and MRI

Xavier Darzacq
Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Nuclear architecture and macromolecular assemblies governing transcriptional regulation

Andrew Dillin
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating aging

John Flannery
Professor of Neurobiology
Gene therapy, retinal degenerations, viral vectors, vision restoration

Daniel Fletcher
Purnendu Chatterjee Professor of Bioengineering
Instrumentation and measurement technologies to assess cell and molecular mechanics

Lin He
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
miRNAs, non-coding RNAs and retrotransposons in totipotent, pluripotent and induced pluripotent stem cells

Kevin Healy
Jan Fandrianto Professor of Bioengineering, and 
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Design and synthesis of biomimetic materials; organs-on-a-chip

Amy Herr
John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Bioengineering
Tools for quantifying biomolecules in complex solutions at single cell and sub-cellular resolution

Dirk Hockemeyer
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Director, Berkeley Stem Cell Center
Molecular basis of stem cell immortality, impact of telomere dynamics on tissue homeostasis and renewal, telomere length control in cancer and stem cell depletion

Daniela Kaufer
Professor of Integrative Biology, and Associate Dean of Biological Sciences
Effects of aging and stress on adult neural stem cells, epilepsy and the blood brain barrier

Sanjay Kumar
Chancellor’s Professor and Chair of Bioengineering
Cell motility, mechanics, and mechanobiology; stem cells and cancer; biomimetic and bioinspired materials

Niren Murthy
Professor of Bioengineering
Development of new molecules for molecular imaging and drug delivery

Ellen Robey
Professor of Immunology
T cell differentiation, regulation of cell fate decisions by signaling pathways

David Schaffer
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Neurobiology, and Director, QB3
Stem cell biology and engineering, neural stem cells, human pluripotent stem cells, gene therapy, viral directed evolution, AAV vectors

Randy Schekman
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Membrane assembly and vesicular transport, genetic diseases of protein transport

Lydia Sohn
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Neural stem cells, microenvironment, single-cell analysis, microfluidics, node-pore sensing

Robert Tjian
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Transcriptional mechanisms regulating stem cell pluripotency and differentiation

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