Marius Wernig
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Pathology - Stem Cell Institute
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 721-2495Administrative Contact Rebecca Broome Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-498-5852
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (2008 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Faculty Scholarship, Stanford University (2009)
- Cozzarelli Prize for outstanding scientific excellence, National Academy of Sciences USA (2009)
- Longterm fellowship Human Frontiers Science Program Organisation, HFSP (2004-2006)
- Margaret and Herman Sokol Award, Biomedical Research (2007)
Professional Education
| M.D.: | Technical University of Munich, Medicine (2000) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Our lab is interested in two major areas of stem cell biology. One focus is the epigenetic reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells and this technique's translational applications for regenerative medicine. Another area of interest is the study of self-renewal mechanisms of mammalian neural progenitor cells, with the hope of identifying novel approaches to better understand brain cancer.
Clinical Trials
Publications
- Functional characterization of cardiomyocytes derived from murine induced pluripotent stem cells in vitro. FASEB J. 2009
- Cardiac myocytes derived from murine reprogrammed fibroblasts: intact hormonal regulation, cardiac ion channel expression and development of contractility. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2009; (1-2): 73-86
- Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis. Nature. 2008; (7200): 49-55
- Direct reprogramming of terminally differentiated mature B lymphocytes to pluripotency. Cell. 2008; (2): 250-64
- Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008; (15): 5856-61
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