Originally from Spain, Dr. Irene L. Llorente joined the Neurosurgery Department at Stanford University in 2022. Following her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at the University of Leon in Spain, Dr. Llorente completed a MS in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience between the Universities of Leon (Spain) and Florence (Italy). She conducted a postdoctoral fellowship in the Neurology Department at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA where she also started her independent career as a Research Assistant Professor.

The Weissman lab studies the identification, isolation, and function of normal and cancer stem cells, including the lineage of their precursors and progeny, and the phylogeny of stem cells in colonial protochordates.

Home Department: Computer Science
Supported by: Anonymous Donor
Mentor: Alistair Boettiger, Developmental Biology

Home Department: Engineering Physics
Supported by: VPUE
Mentor: Karl Deisseroth, Professor of Bioengineering, Psychiatry, and of Behavioral Sciences