Home Department: Biology
Supported by: Dean of Research
Mentor: Kevin Wang, Dermatology

In this age of increasingly sophisticated medicine, the molecular mechanisms by which many non-western medicinal agents work are still largely unknown. Ted's research in the Wang Lab explores the epigenetic mechanisms underlying the regulation and maintenance of stem cell pluripotency by utilizing RJ50, a protein component of royal jelly used by honey bees to rear queens, which also has a profound effect on mammalian cells.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 27, 2014:

Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms of RJ50 in Mammalian Cells and Its Effect on the Maintenance of Stem Cell Pluripotency

Ted Li¹, Andrew Spencley¹, Peter Janki¹, Cole Dovey², Jennifer Lumb², Jan Carette², Kevin Wang¹
[Departments of Dermatology¹ and Microbiology & Immunology², Stanford University]