Engineering Biomaterials for Directing Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration
Fan Yang - Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Bioengineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Seed Grant Committee Member
The Yang lab's research seeks to understand how microenvironmental cues regulate stem cell fate, and to develop novel biomaterials and stem cell-based therapeutics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Engineering a Spatially patterned 3D model to Study Breast Cancer-Bone Metastasis
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 11 - 2022
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Targeting and eradicating small cell lung cancer-initiated brain metastases using nanoparticle-engineered stem cells
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 9 - 2018
High-throughput Engineering of an Optimized Pluripotent Stem Cell Niche for Smooth Muscle Tissue Regeneration
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 6 - 2012
Other Stanford Bio-X Supported Research
Michelle Jansman: Macroporous Hydrogels with Oxygen-releasing Nanoparticles for Bone Regeneration
Fellow - Michelle Jansman - 2024
Research News
Tumbling stem cells? Watch how movement plays a part in their fate
December 19, 2024 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Fan Yang, Sarah Heilshorn, Andy Spakowitz, and Ashby Morrison...
Three faculty members elected fellows at American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
March 24, 2021 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Drew Endy, Michael Moseley and Fan Yang have been elected...
Diabetes impairs activity of bone stem cells in mice, inhibits fracture repair
January 11, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Michael Longaker, Geoffrey Gurtner, Philip Beachy, Fan Yang, Stuart Goodman, and...