RNA & Transcriptional Regulation of Stem Cells

Bernard Forget

Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Hematology) and Professor of Genetics and of Medicine (Hematology)

Research Interests:Molecular Genetics of Erythroid Cell Differentiation; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Biology

Clinical Interests:Red blood cell disorders; hemoglobinopathies; red cell membrane disorders; hemolytic anemias; sickle cell anemia; thalassemia

  • Office:(203) 785-7002
  • Lab:(203) 785-4154
  • Appt:(203) 785-4744

Patrick Gallagher

Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), of Genetics and of Pathology
Director, Yale Center for Blood Disorders
Director, Expression and Genomics Core, Yale Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology

Research Interests:Neonatal hematology; Erythropoiesis; Inherited abnormalities of the erythrocyte including metabolic, membrane, and hemoglobin disorders; Sickle cell disease; Hereditary spherocytosis; Elliptocytosis; Pyropoikilocytosis; Stomatocytosis

Clinical Interests:Neonatal medicine; Respiratory and circulatory failure; Shock; Prematurity; Newborn hematology and blood problems; Neonatal infectious disease; Genetic disorders

  • Office:(203) 688-2896
  • Lab:(203) 785-4652

Shangqin Guo

Associate Research Scientist in Genetics

    Stephanie Halene

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology)

    Research Interests:Hematopoiesis; Myeloid differentiation; Leukemia; Myelodysplasia

    Clinical Interests:Leukemia; myelodysplasia; myeloproliferative disorders; polycythemia; thrombocytosis; thrombocytopenia; sickle cell disease; thrombosis; coagulation

    • Appt:(203) 200-4363

    Kevan Herold

    Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
    Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI

    Research Interests:Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity

    Clinical Interests:Diabetes mellitus; hypoglycemia; endocrinology

    • Office:(203) 785-6507
    • Appt:(203) 737-1932

    Yingqun Huang

    Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

    Research Interests:RNA biology; Stem cells; Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression; Cancer biology

      Haifan Lin

      Professor of Cell Biology and of Genetics
      Director, Yale Stem Cell Center

      Research Interests:RNA-mediated epigenetic programming and post-transcriptional regulation of stem cells

      Clinical Interests:Stem cell research

      • Office:(203) 785-6239
      • Lab:(203) 785-6215

      Jun Lu

      Assistant Professor of Genetics

      Research Interests:Non-coding RNAs in blood stem cell differentiation and malignancies; MicroRNA-mediated control of embryonic stem cell fates; MicroRNA mechanisms

      • Office:(203) 737-3426

      Don Nguyen

      Assistant Professor of Pathology

      Research Interests:Metastasis; Lung cancer; Cancer genomics; Tumor microenvironment

      • Office:(203) 737-4514

      Caihong Qiu

      Research Scientist in Cell Biology

      Research Interests:Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs); Hematopoiestic differentiation of hESCs; Neuronal differentiation of hESCs

        Joan Steitz

        Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
        Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

        Research Interests:Autoantibodies; Gene Expression; RNA; RNA Processing; SnRNPs; Viral Transformation

        • Office:(203) 737-4418

        Richard Sutton

        Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis

        Research Interests:HIV replication and the development of small animal models of HIV; HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells

        Clinical Interests:HIV and general infectious diseases

        • Office:(203) 737-3648
        • Lab:(203) 737-3632

        Sandra Wolin

        Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
        Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology

        Research Interests:RNA quality control; noncoding RNAs; RNA damage; autoimmune disease

        • Office:(203) 737-4439
        • Lab:(203) 737-4426

        Qin Yan

        Assistant Professor of Pathology

        Research Interests:Epigenetics; Transcription regulation; Cancer biology; Stem cell biology

        • Office:(203) 785-6672
        • Lab:(203) 785-6496