{"result":[{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9515&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ning Sun","firstName":"Ning","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ning_Sun","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Disease (Adult)"},{"focus":"Echocardiography"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joseph  C. 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For ESC, we are currently studying their tumorigenicity, immunogenicity, and differentiation"},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8756&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zongjin Li","firstName":"Zongjin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zongjin_Li","researchInterest":"Embryonic stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis"},{"lastName":"Chung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaehoon Chung","firstName":"Jaehoon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jaehoon_Chung","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hurlbut","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Consulting Professor,Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Consulting Professor,Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7484&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Hurlbut","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Hurlbut","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Yao","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Fertility (Reproductive Medicine)"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Reprod. 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Specifically, we aim to understand how key processes such as nuclear reprogramming, establishment of developmental competence, maintenance of pluripotency, and cell cycle regulation are regulated at the earliest stages."},{"lastName":"Huang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8938&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mei Huang","firstName":"Mei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mei_Huang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Connolly","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6324&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew J. 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Topics include: embryonic and adult stem cell research and clinical trials, stem cell banking, human-animal chimeras; cell and gamete donation; international perspectives of bioethics; global economic impacts; national and state regulatory policy, stem cell entrepreneurship, intellectual property and offshore stem cell transplants."},{"lastName":"Reijo-Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D.","firstName":"Renee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_Reijo-Pera","researchInterest":"The Reijo Pera Laboratory is focused on understanding key cell fates in the embryo, including the generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages"},{"lastName":"Chavez","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9821&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shawn L. Chavez","firstName":"Shawn","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shawn_Chavez","researchInterest":"My current work is focused on the role of DNA Methyltransferases (DNMTs) in human germ cell differentiation and imprinting. Previous studies in rodents suggest that DNA methylation may contribute to the regulation of germ cell differentiation. Therefore, we are evaluating the expression and function of DNMTs in hESC-derived germ cells throughout development and determining their importance for normal germ cell differentiation and imprinting."},{"lastName":"Yang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart)"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6101&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Phillip Yang, MD","firstName":"Phillip","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Phillip_Yang","researchInterest":"Dr. Yang's research interest focuses on the comprehensive diagnosis of ischemic heart disease using cardiac MRI. Specifically, he is using novel MR imaging sequences that enable rapid and integrated imaging of the coronary arteries as well as assessment of LV function, cardiac perfusion, and myocardial viability. By combining the chemical sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance with high spatial and temporal resolution, a wide range of biological events spanning from molecular to physiologic "},{"lastName":"Kraft","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7184&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Kraft, MD","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Kraft","researchInterest":"-Stem cell biology & Regenerative Medicine\r\n\r\n-Stem Cell Derived Immunotherapy for Cancer\r\n\r\n-BioEngineering\r\n\r\n-The hematopoietic stem cell niche in murine and human systems\r\n\r\n-Human T cell differentiation\r\n\r\n-Humanized animal models\r\n\r\n-Clinical focus: Bone Marrow/Hematopoietic Stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases in adults & children\r\n\r\n-Medical devices to enable stem cell based regenerative medicine, to include marrow derived stem cell harvest, processing and delivery"},{"lastName":"Gupta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9355&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Deepak M. 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Hematopoietic stem cells; Lymphocyte homing, lymphoma invasiveness and metastasis."},{"lastName":"Blau","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4517&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Helen M. Blau","firstName":"Helen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Helen_Blau","researchInterest":"Molecular and cellular mechanisms that control muscle and neuronal growth; stem cell biology, differentiation, and tumorigenicity. Regulating stem cell fate in vitro and in vivo. Stem cell therapies. Hematopoietic and muscle stem cells. Characterizing and bioengineering stem cell niches. Nuclear reprogramming. Muscle development and disease. Drug delivery. Tracking cell behavior in vitro and in vivo. Understanding tissue degeneration and regeneration."},{"lastName":"Wren","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgical Oncology"},{"focus":"Colorectal Surgery"},{"focus":"General Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - General Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4440&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sherry M. Wren","firstName":"Sherry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sherry_Wren","researchInterest":"Our research interests are primarily in surgical oncology, especially gastrointestinal cancers. We are also developing new research studies in surgical outcomes."},{"lastName":"Rouse","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"focus":"Anatomic/Clinical Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4491&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert V Rouse","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Rouse","researchInterest":"My recent research efforts are currently focused in the field of applications of immunohistology to the diagnosis of human neoplasms. This work is predominantly aimed at characterizing markers for the identification of non-lymphoid neoplasms and at establishing criteria for their evaluation in diagnostic situations."},{"lastName":"Strober","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4152&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Samuel Strober","firstName":"Samuel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Samuel_Strober","researchInterest":"Mechanisms of immune tolerance; regulatory processes in autoimmunity and transplantation and extrathymic T cell maturation."},{"lastName":"Butcher","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4498&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eugene Butcher","firstName":"Eugene","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eugene_Butcher","researchInterest":"Our interests include: \r\n1) The physiology and significance of lymphocyte homing in local and systemic immunity; \r\n2) biochemical and genetic studies of molecules that direct leukocyte recruitment; \r\n3) cellular and molecular genetic studies of leukocyte chemotaxis and the role of chemokines; \r\n4) vascular differentiation in normal and pathologic inflammatory states; \r\n5) systems and chemical biology approaches to understanding the regulation of lymphocyte trafficking programs."},{"lastName":"Fathman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology"},{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4479&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"C. 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Additional studies are on the mechanism of effect of anti-CD3 antibodies in therapy of T1D."},{"lastName":"Ferrell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4656&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"James Ferrell","firstName":"James","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/James_Ferrell","researchInterest":"My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits.  We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study.  We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines."},{"lastName":"Shachaf","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7574&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Catherine Shachaf","firstName":"Catherine","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Catherine_Shachaf","researchInterest":"The focus of our research is to determine the genomic and proteomic signatures of a cancer cell, and to compare them to the signatures of normal stem cells.  The goal is to identify the pathway(s) that determine the fate of a progenitor cell \u0096 to become neoplastic or to remain normal \u0096 then to prevent the neoplastic pathway decision.\r\n\r\nWe are also developing surface enhanced Raman (SERS) nanoparticles to supplement the fluorescent molecules currently available for flow cytometry."},{"lastName":"Robbins","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Heart and Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Cardiothoracic Surgery"},{"focus":"Thoracic Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4247&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert C. Robbins, M. 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