Current Oro Laboratory Members
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Anthony Oro MD/PhD
Principal Investigator
Inna Gitman
Inna is the lab administrative assistant. In her free time she enjoys singing with different choral groups.
Daniel Haensel PhD
Daniel is a postdoc working on understanding mechanisms of basal cell carcinoma resistance with a particular interest on the contribution of stromal cells.
Ying Yang PhD
Ying is a postdoc focusing on transcriptional and epigenetic regulations of epithelial basal cells during hPSC differentiation.
Alessandro Bailetti PhD
Alessandro is a postdoc working on understanding how the initiation factors and maturation factors orchestrate the genomic landscape during epithelial development. Alessandro is also a strong supporter of diversity and inclusion in STEM and higher education.
Cory Pan
Cory is a lab technician working to create and maintain mouse models and assist with in vivo and in vitro experiments. He is primarily focused on basal cell carcinoma resistance through nuclear structural and microenvironmental contributions
Franco Felix
Franco is a graduate student in the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine PhD Program. His work investigates transcriptional and epigenetic networks which drive stem cell lineage commitment during early human skin development.
Egor Sedov PhD
Egor is a postdoc in the lab, investigating novel transcription factor networks that contribute to childhood birth defects.
Hanson Zhen MD
Hanson is the Oro Laboratory Manager and leads the Therapeutic Reprogramming effort in the lab. He is focused on development of scalable and cGMP compatible skin differentiation protocols.
Jessica Torkelson
Jessica is a former CIRM Bridges fellow and current Life Science Research Professional who studies the mechanism of skin differentiation from human iPSCs and stem cells.
Nancy Li
Nancy is a graduate student in the Cancer Biology program. She is investigating epigenetic mechanisms of basal cell carcinoma resistance to targeted therapies.
Fernanda Gonzalez
Fernanda is a graduate student in the Cancer Biology program. She is researching how nuclear structural proteins function to regulate the Hedgehog pathway. She also enjoys hiking, dog petting and volunteering.
Carmel McCullough
Carmel is a medical student in the Physician Scientist Training Program. She is focused on developing cell-based therapy for Epidermolysis bullosa esophageal strictures. She also enjoys dancing and baking in her free time.
Woo Joo Kwon
Woo Joo is a co-term master's student in Bioengineering. She is working with the EB esophagus team to develop cell-based therapy methods. In her free time, she enjoys running, fencing, and watching Kdramas.
Tatum
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