Stanford School of Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology (ObGyn)–

Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D.

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Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Renee_Reijo-Pera/

Alternate Contact:
Name: Joie Eckert
Title: Administrative Associate
Email: jaeckert@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-736-8454

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Member
Cancer Center
Member
Bio-X
  
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
1
Lakehead Pipeline Association Scholarship
1982
2
Magne Cum Laude Honors
1983
3
Sigma Xi Research Excellence Award
1985
4
Cornell Outstanding Teacher Award
1988
5
Cornell Graduate Travel Award
1988
17  honors and awards: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
Fellow
Whitehead Institute
Human Genetics
1997
Ph.D.
Cornell University
Molecular and Cell Biology
1993
M.S.
Kansas State University
Biology
1987
B.S.
University of Wisconsin
Biology
1983
Postdoctoral Advisees
James Byrne, Shawn Chavez, So Hyun McElroy, Sonya Schuh-Huerta, Chi-Huen Wong
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

Publications
  • Wong C, Gaspar-Maia A, Ramalho Santos M and Reijo Pera RA "High-efficiency stem cell fusion-mediated assay reveals Sall4 as an enhancer of reprogramming" PLoSOne (in press): More »
  • Chavez SL, Meneses JJ, Nguyen HN, Kim S and Reijo Pera RA "Characteristics of six new human embryonic stem cell lines (HSF-7,-8,-9,-10,-12 and -13) derived with minimal animal product conditions" Stem Cells and Development (in press): More »
  • Fox MS, Clark AT, El Majdoubi M, Vigne JL, Urano J, Hostetler CE, Griswold MD, Weiner RI, Reijo Pera RA "Intermolecular interactions of homologs of germ plasm components in mammalian germ cells." Dev Biol 2007; 301: 2: 417-31 More »
  • Clark AT, Bodnar MS, Fox M, Rodriquez RT, Abeyta MJ, Firpo MT, Pera RA "Spontaneous differentiation of germ cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro." Hum Mol Genet 2004; 13: 7: 727-39 More »
  • Dobson AT, Raja R, Abeyta MJ, Taylor T, Shen S, Haqq C, Pera RA "The unique transcriptome through day 3 of human preimplantation development." Hum Mol Genet 2004; 13: 14: 1461-70 More »
47 publications:   view full list

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