Daniel Kraft, MD
Academic Appointments
- Instructor, Pathology - Stem Cell Institute
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information EmailAdministrative Contact Email Tel Work (650) 799-3744
Professional Snapshot
Honors and Awards
- Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) (2008)
- Research Award, Hope Street Kids Foundation (2006)
- Clinical Scientist Developmental Award (K-08), NHLBI/NIH (2005)
- Astronaut selection finalist (Mission Specialist), NASA (2004)
- National Innovation grant: Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, NCIIA (2003)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Stanford University, Bone Marrow Transplantation (2002) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2004) |
| Residency: | Harvard University, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (2000) |
| M.D.: | Stanford University, Medicine (1996) |
| B.A.: | Brown University, Biochemistry, cum laude (1990) |
Community & International Work
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
-Stem cell biology & Regenerative Medicine
-Stem Cell Derived Immunotherapy for Cancer
-BioEngineering
-The hematopoietic stem cell niche in murine and human systems
-Human T cell differentiation
-Humanized animal models
-Clinical focus: Bone Marrow/Hematopoietic Stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases in adults & children
-Medical devices to enable stem cell based regenerative medicine, to include marrow derived stem cell harvest, processing and delivery
Publications
- Endochondral ossification is required for haematopoietic stem-cell niche formation. Nature. 2009; (7228): 490-4
- Efficient transplantation via antibody-based clearance of hematopoietic stem cell niches. Science. 2007; (5854): 1296-9
- Functional and transcriptional characterization of human embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells for treatment of myocardial infarction. PLoS One. 2009; (12): e8443
- Efficacy of a Novel, Minimally Invasive Bone Marrow Harvesting Device in Pre-Clinical Evaluation and First Human Use Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2008; (2:128)
- Porcine thymic grafts protect human thymocytes from HIV-1-induced destruction. J Infect Dis. 2007; (6): 900-10
