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Brenda Garibay

With an ISCRM fellowship award, Brenda Garibay investigates whether HP1BP3, an H1-like histone protein, is essential for epigenetic memory in heterochromatin. Using human iPSCs, she aims to uncover how HP1BP3 […] Read More

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Sarah John

With support from the ISCRM fellowship, Sarah John aims to investigate how the dysfunction of TAOK1 kinase results in perturbed early brain development and macrocephaly. Sarah will utilize hiPSCs harboring […] Read More

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Jasmine Villegas

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting genetic disease caused by a mutation of CFTR, eventually leading to respiratory failure. With an ISCRM fellowship award, Jasime Villegas aims to create a CRISPR-Cas9 […] Read More

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Scott Schactler

As an ISCRM Fellow, Scott Schactler is characterizing the microenvironment of the lncRNA Xist during X-chromosome inactivation using photocatalyst-powered super-resolution proximity-labeling tools. Using Oligonucleotide-directed proximity-interactome MAPing (O-MAP) in a cell […] Read More

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Jack Hoye

As an ISCRM fellow, Jack will explore using synthetic biology tools to control stem cell differentiation in 3 dimensions. By genetically engineering stem cells to uptake and use new-to-nature amino […] Read More

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Kathryn (Kat) Powers

Unlike non-mammalian vertebrates, hair cell damage in the mature mammalian cochlea leads to permanent hearing loss. There is great need for the discovery of new factors that promote hair cell […] Read More

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Brad Hansen

In his fellowship project, Brad will investigate methods to generate spermatogonial cells (the base cell of spermatogenesis) from induced pluripotent stem cells using directed stem cell differentiation alongside a complex […] Read More

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Morgan Jones

ISCRM fellowship funds will enable Morgan Jones to determine how a poised chromatin state is initially formed as well as how terminal effector and memory precursor CD8+ T cells maintain […] Read More

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Kalen Robeson

To improve the field’s understanding of MBNL1-directed transcriptome maturation, Kalen Robeson will use human iPSC models to determine the role of MBNL1 in differentiation into skeletal muscle and to determine […] Read More

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Alex Ochs

Alex Ochs will use his ISCRM fellowship to conduct a proof-of-concept computational modeling evaluation of whether subthreshold optogenetic stimulation to induce a weak repolarizing current could suppress engraftment arrhythmia. The […] Read More