Research Laboratories

The Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai consists of 20 labs, each with their own faculty and staff members.

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Bieker Laboratory

Red blood cell differentiation

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Blenkinsop Laboratory

Retina disease and regeneration

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Cagan Laboratory

Disease and development in Drosophila

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Chen Laboratory

hPSC-derived airway and alveolar cells

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Chess Laboratory

Regulating gene expression mechanisms

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Dubois Laboratory

Stem cells to model heart development and disease

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Ezhkova Laboratory

The role of epigenetic regulators in stem cell control

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Ghaffari Laboratory

Blood, stem cells, blood disorders and metabolism

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Krauss Laboratory

Adhesion and signaling in development

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Marlow Laboratory

Germline stem cells, fertility and polarity

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May Laboratory

Epithelial morphogenesis and regeneration

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Millar Laboratory

Focuses on cell-cell signaling and epigenetic mechanisms

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Mlodzik Laboratory

Wnt-Frizzled signaling and cell polarity

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Moore Laboratory

Hematopoietic stem cells and their niche

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Rangan Laboratory

Germline stem cells, gametogenesis, RNA biology, epigenetics

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Rendl Laboratory

Stem cell niche formation

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Sidi Laboratory

Cancer target discovery in Zebrafish

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Sokol Laboratory

Cell polarity and signaling

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Soriano Laboratory

Vertebrate development signaling

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Sturgeon Laboratory

hPSC-derived hematopoiesis

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Wassarman Laboratory

Mammalian fertilization

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Ying Laboratory

Epithelial cell fate choice in cancer and development

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Zwaka Lab

Pluripotency, cellular diversity, and multicellularity

Primary Faculty

Bieker, James J.: Red blood cell differentiation

Blenkinsop, Timothy: Retina disease and regeneration

Cagan, Ross L.: Disease/Development in drosophila

Chen, Ya-Wen: hPSC-derived airway and alveolar cells

Chess, Andrew: Regulating gene expression mechanisms

Dubois, Nicole C.: Stem cells to model heart development and disease

Ezhkova, Elena: The role of epignetic regulators in stem cell control

Ghaffari, Saghi: Blood, stem cells, blood disorders and metabolism

Kelley, Kevin A.: Transgenic and knockout mice

Krauss, Robert S.: Adhesion/signaling in development

Marlow, Florence: Germline stem cells, fertility and polarity

May, Alison - Epithelial morphogenesis and regeneration

Millar, Sarah: Wnt signaling and regulatory mechanisms

Mlodzik, Marek: Wnt-Frizzled signaling & cell polarity

Moore, Kateri: Hematopoietic stem cells and their niche

Rangan, Prashanth - Germline stem cells, gametogenesis, RNA biology, epigenetics

Rendl, Michael: Stem cell niche formation

Sidi, Samuel: Target discovery in cancer

Sokol, Sergei Y.: Cell polarity and signaling

Soriano, Philippe M.: Vertebrate developmental signaling

Sturgeon,Christopher M.: hPSC-derived hematopoiesis

Wassarman, Paul M.: Mammalian fertilization

Wu, Zhuhao: Neural system structures and genetics

Ying, Zhe - Epithelial cell fate choice in cancer and development

Zwaka, Thomas: Pluripotency, Cellular Diversity, and Multicellularity