Stem Cell Genetics
Antonio Giraldez
Associate Professor of Genetics
Member of the Yale Cancer Center
Member of the Stem Cell Center
Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests:Non-coding RNAs, Post-transcriptional regulation; microRNAs; Developmental Biology; Gene regulatory networks; Systems Biology; Zebrafish
- Office:(203) 785-5423
Natalia Ivanova
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research Interests:Embryonic and somatic stem cells; Vertebrate development; Functional genomics; Systems biology
Tae Hoon Kim
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Member, Yale Cancer Center
Member, Yale Stem Cell Center
Research Interests:Transcriptional Regulatory Elements and Chromatin Structure; Expression of the Cancer Genome; Epigenomics
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
James Noonan
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Member, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Member, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Human Evolution; Evolutionary Dynamics of Gene Regulation; Synthetic Biology; Applications of Ultra-High Throughput Sequencing Technologies; Comparative and Functional Genomics in Vertebrates
In-Hyun Park
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Yale Stem Cell Center
Research Interests:Reprogramming; iPS cells; neurodevelopment; epigenetics
- Office:(203) 737-4189
- Lab:(203) 737-5173
Caihong Qiu
Research Scientist in Cell Biology
Research Interests:Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs); Hematopoiestic differentiation of hESCs; Neuronal differentiation of hESCs
Frank Slack
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests:microRNA; aging; cancer biology; development; RNA; c. elegans
Flora Vaccarino
Harris Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Neurobiology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests:Neural stem cells; Cerebral cortex; Neuronal progenitors; Tyrosine kinase growth factors; Excitatory neurons; GABAergic neurons; Postmortem human brain; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Hypoxia
- Office:(737) 414-7854
- Lab:(203) 785-4525
Sherman Weissman
Sterling Professor of Genetics
Research Interests:Globin and Histocompatibility Gene Structure and Function; Genome wide mapping of gene activity and chromosome structure in man; Transcription Factors; Lymphocyte and myeloid Transcription Networks; Stem Cells; Cell Senescence; Methods for Molecular Genetics
- Office:(203) 737-2281
Andrew Xiao
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research Interests:Chromatin biology: histone variants, modifications and chromatin remodeling complexes; Cellular reprogramming (iPS) and stem cell biology; Mammalian neural crest cell; Mammalian DNA damage response
- Office:(203) 737-3650
- Lab:(203) 785-5111
Tian Xu
Professor of Genetics
Vice Chairman of Genetics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests:Genetic methodology; Cancer biology; Food and metabolism; Developmental mechanisms
