Building an organ for the long haul: Theseus' paradox, one cell at a time
Lucy O'Brien - Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
The O'Brien Lab studies the behaviors of stem cells and their mature progeny to understand how organs remodel and renew.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
A gut feeling: Mechano- and chemo-sensory inputs controlling adaptive intestinal growth
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 8 - 2016
Research News
"Bellymount" for a See-Through Fly
January 27, 2020 - PLOS Biology
New technology from Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Lucy O'Brien and KC Huang, Bio-X Fellow Andrés Aranda...
Goldilocks effect: Dying cells send signals to keep organ size “just right”
August 31, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Scope
Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty Lucy O'Brien, Undergraduate Summer Research Program participant Sang...
Micro-balloons designed by Stanford Bio-X researchers could reveal how the small intestine adapts to dietary load
October 18, 2016 - Stanford News
Supported by a Bio-X Seed Grant, Bio-X affiliated faculty Lucy O'Brien and Beth Pruitt find that a tiny micro-...