Mark Krasnow
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Member, Bio-X
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-7191Alternate Contact Maria Petersen Administrative Assistant Tel Work 650-724-8764
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Medical Scientist Training Program (1996 - 2002)
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997 - present)
- Associate Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (2000 - 2006)
- Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (2006 - 2013)
- Executive Director, Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease (2010 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Lucille P. Markey Scholar Award (1987-1993)
- Recipient, Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991-1997)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2009)
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
- Lung development and stem cells
- Neural control of breathing
- Lung diseases including lung cancer
- New genetic model organisms for medicine
Publications
- Radial construction of an arterial wall. Dev Cell. 2012; (3): 482-93
- Coronary arteries form by developmental reprogramming of venous cells. Nature. 2010; (7288): 549-53
- Dual origin of tissue-specific progenitor cells in Drosophila tracheal remodeling. Science. 2008; (5895): 1496-9
- The branching programme of mouse lung development. Nature. 2008; (7196): 745-50
- Social interactions among epithelial cells during tracheal branching morphogenesis. Nature. 2006; (7094): 746-9
- Branching morphogenesis of the Drosophila tracheal system. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2003: 623-47
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