Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D.

Honors and Awards

• Honorary Doctorate, University of Wisconsin Superior (2009)
• Bruce Stewart Award, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) (2007)
• Twenty Influential Women Leaders in the USA, Newsweek, Inc (09-2006)
• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, University of California at San Francisco (2005)
• New Faculty Award, Searle Scholar (1998-2001)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Shawn Chavez, Kelly Haston, Roger Jarvis, Kevin Loewke, So Hyun McElroy, Sonya Schuh-Huerta

Research Interests

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

Clinical Trials

• Study to Create Potential Cell-Based Therapies to Treat Human Disease and Disability Enrolling by Invitation

Publications

• High-efficiency stem cell fusion-mediated assay reveals Sall4 as an enhancer of reprogramming Wong C, Gaspar-Maia A, Ramalho Santos M and Reijo Pera RA. PLoSOne. (in press)
• Characteristics of six new human embryonic stem cell lines (HSF-7,-8,-9,-10,-12 and -13) derived with minimal animal product conditions Chavez SL, Meneses JJ, Nguyen HN, Kim S and Reijo Pera RA. Stem Cells and Development. (in press)
• Enhanced generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from a subpopulation of human fibroblasts. Byrne JA, Nguyen HN, Reijo Pera RA. PLoS One. 2009; 4 (9): e7118
• Human DAZL, DAZ and BOULE genes modulate primordial germ-cell and haploid gamete formation. Kee K, Angeles VT, Flores M, Nguyen HN, Reijo Pera RA. Nature. 2009; 462 (7270): 222-5
• Dazl functions in maintenance of pluripotency and genetic and epigenetic programs of differentiation in mouse primordial germ cells in vivo and in vitro. Haston KM, Tung JY, Reijo Pera RA. PLoS One. 2009; 4 (5): e5654