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Madhavi Karthik

Tadpoles of closely related frog species Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis exhibit varying capacities of regenerative success depending on their developmental stage and structure type, making them an excellent model for tissue regeneration. Previous […] Read More

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Evelyn Abraham

As an ISCRM postdoctoral fellow, Evelyn Abraham will validate reprogramming of human Müller glia as a treatment for retinal degenerative diseases. She will use patient-derived retinal organoids to model late-stage […] Read More

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Ashi Jain

Ashi Jain will use ISCRM fellowship funding to investigate a hypothesis that two splice variants of the transcription factors Meis1 and Pbx3 have different gene expression patterns in different cell […] 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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Marina Pavlou, PhD

ISCRM fellowship funding will allow Marina Pavlou, PhD to test the potential of growth factors Ascl1 and Atoh1 to reinstate developmental plasticity in adult non-human primate Müller glia. The goal […] Read More