Bio-X
Graduate Student Fellowships 2007/2008
Kitchner Wilson
Bioengineering
Professors J. Wu and P. Yock |
My research focuses on characterizing human embryonic stem cell differentiation and transplantation, with a specific focus on cardiovascular tissue regeneration. I am using genomic and proteomic methodologies such as DNA microarrays and highly sensitive protein arrays to better understand the regulatory networks that govern stem cell behavior, as well as in vivo molecular imaging techniques to assess their engraftment in mouse models of disease. Of particular interest is the cardiac stem cell “niche”, or microenvironment within heart tissue, that promotes their regenerative capacity. |
