Directory
This provides an alphabetized list of all Principal Investigators, Affiliates, and Executive Committee members in the Beta Cell Biology Consortium.
| Staff Member | Position |
|---|---|
Kristin Abraham
NIDDK/NIH |
Senior Advisor, Model Systems and Resources |
Bruce Adams
University of California, San Francisco |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Adeola Adewola
Indiana University |
Postdoc |
Jonas Ahnfelt-Ronne
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ildem Akerman
IDIBAPS |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Luke Amer
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Jacqueline Ameri, Ph.D.
Stem Cell Center |
Post-Doc |
Ryan Anderson, Ph.D.
UCSF |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Olov Andersson , Ph.D.
UCSF |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Justin Annes, MD PhD
Harvard |
Post-Doc |
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H. Efsun Arda, Ph.D.
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Michelle Arlotto, Ph.D
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Luis Arnes, Ph.D
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York |
Posdoctoral Fellow |
Luc Baeyens, Ph.D.
Free University Brussels |
postdoctoral researcher |
Dina Balderes, M.Sc.
Columbia University |
Staff Associate |
Eric Bankaitis, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University |
Graduate Student |
Delphine BARONNIER, PhD student
University of Medecine, Geneva |
PhD student |
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Tom Becker
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Cecil Benitez, B.S.
Stanford University |
Graduate Student |
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Corinne Berclaz
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Per-Olof Berggren
Karolinska University |
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Anthony Beucher, Ph.D.
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) |
Post-doc |
Anil Bhushan, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles |
Associate Professor |
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Kimberly Blahnik, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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David Blodgett, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Postdoc |
Olivier Blondel, Ph.D.
NIDDK/NIH |
Program Director, NIDDK |
Barak Blum, Ph.D.
Harvard Univeristy |
Post-doc |
Claire Bonal
Harvard University |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Paola Bonfanti, M.D., Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Robert Bonnah, Ph.D.
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY |
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR |
Matthew Borok, BS, MA
Columbia University |
Graduate student |
Malgorzata Borowiak, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
post-doc |
Rita Bortell, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Assoc. Professor |
David Brafman, Ph.D.
University of California-San Diego |
Principle Investigator |
Nuria Bramswig, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Kelley Brewer, MBA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Administrative Manager |
Marcela Brissova, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Assistant Professor |
Maren Buck
California Institute of Technology |
Postdoctoral Scholar |
Corey Cannon
University of Pennsylvania |
Graduate Student |
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Juanma Caravaca
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Peter Carolan
SCRB, Harvard University |
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Jean-Philippe Cartailler, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Director of VCSCB Informatics |
|
Chester Chamberlain
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Howard Chang, M.D. Ph.D
Stanford University |
Principal Investigator |
|
Xiaochun Chen, Ph.D
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yong cheng, Ph.D
stanford university |
postdoc |
Simona Chera
University of Geneva |
Post-doctoral |
Sundari Chetty
Harvard University |
post-doctoral fellow |
Eunyoung Choi, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt university medical school |
Research fellow |
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Geoff Clarke, Ph.D.
University of Toronto |
Research Associate |
Dena Cohen, PhD
HHMI/Harvard University |
Research Specialist |
Kim Cornwell
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Program Coordinator |
Cedric Cortijo, M.D
ISREC-EPFL |
PhD student |
Chunhua Dai
Vanderbilt University Medical School |
Research Assistant Professor |
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Nicolas Damond, MSc
University of Geneva |
PhD student |
Avrahami-Tzfati Dana
university of pennsylvania |
postdoc fellow |
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Nico De Leu
Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
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Marion Delous
UCSF |
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Peter Dervan, Ph.D
California Institute of Technology |
Professor |
Sangeeta Dhawan, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles |
Assistant Researcher |
Philip DiIorio, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Assistant Professor |
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Gregory Donahue
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Yuval Dor, PhD
Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Kerem |
Investigator |
Craig Dorrell, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University |
Post-doctoral fellow |
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Bertrand Duvillie
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Dieter Egli, PhD
New York Stem Cell Foundation |
Research Fellow |
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Susan Elliott
Stanford University |
Administrative Associate |
Hans-Peter Elsaesser, Ph.D.
Philipps-Universität Marburg |
Professor |
Jorge Ferrer, M.D., Ph.D.
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona |
Group Leader, Senior Specialist |
Kevin Ferreri, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope |
Assistant Professor |
Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, PhD
University of Pittsburgh |
Assistant Professor |
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Yvonne Fischer
University of Lund |
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Alexandra Folias
UCSF |
Post-Docotral Fellow |
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Heather Funderburg, B.S.
|
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Paul Gadue
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Assistant Professor |
Rama Gangula, M.S
Vanderbilt |
Sr. Research Specialist |
|
Elvira Ganic, M.Sc.
Stem cell center |
PhD Student |
Maureen Gannon, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Associate Professor |
Adolfo Garcia-Ocana, PhD
University of Pittsburgh |
Associate Professor |
|
Senta Georgia, Ph.D.
UCLA |
Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Mike German, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco |
Professor |
Luiza Ghila, Ph.D
University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine |
Post-doctoral |
David Gifford, Ph.D
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering |
Benjamin Glaser
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center |
Head, Endocrinology and Metabolism Service |
Gerard Gradwohl, Ph.D
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) |
Investigator |
Anne Grapin-Botton, Ph.D.
EPFL |
Investigator |
Suzannah Green, B.A.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Program Coordinator II |
Emily Greenfest-Allen, Ph.D.
University of Pennyslvania |
Post-doctoral Researcher |
|
Chiara Greggio
EPFL |
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Dale Greiner, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Professor |
Markus Grompe, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University |
Professor/Director |
Maria Grompe, BS
OHSU |
Research Assistant |
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Stefanie Gross
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Guoqiang Gu, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Associate Professor |
|
ghislaine guillemain
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Shuangli Guo, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Fellow |
|
Tingxia Guo
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Jacob Hald, Ph.D.
Hagedorn Research Institute |
Senior scientist |
Michael Hale, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
Research Scientist |
Yan Hang, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Manami Hara, Ph.D.
The University of Chicago |
Assistant Professor |
David Harlan, MD
University of Massachusetts |
Co-Director |
Jin He
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
Research Assistant Professor |
Matthias Hebrok, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco |
Principal Investigator |
|
Jacob Hecksher-Sorensen
Hagedorn Research Institute |
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Harry Heimberg, Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit Brussels |
Investigator |
Kathryn Henley, BS
Vanderbilt University |
Graduate student |
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Yves Heremans, Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Research Associate |
Pedro Herrera, Ph.D.
University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine |
Professor |
Daniel Hesselson, Ph.D.
UCSF |
postdoctoral fellow |
Barbara Hill
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Administrative Assistant |
Angela Hines, B.Sc.
University of Pennsylvania |
Research Specialist |
Susan Hipkens, M.S.
Vanderbilt University |
Senior Research Specialist |
Chinh Hoang
UT southwestern medical center |
Postdoc |
Hans Hohmeier
Duke University Medical Center |
Assistant Professor |
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Audrey Holtzinger
McEwen centre for regenerative medicine |
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Christian Honore, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Thomas Houfek, B.A.
Vanderbilt University |
Project Manager |
Michael Housley, Ph.D.
UCSF |
Postdoc |
Chris Howard, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Programmer Analyst |
Sinisa Hrvatin, B.A.
Harvard University |
Student |
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Ruiying Hu
Vanderbilt University |
Research Assistant II |
|
Chen Huang
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Chad Hunter, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Wei Jiang, Ph.D.
UNC at Chapel Hill |
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Yi Zhang's Lab |
Klaus Kaestner, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Professor |
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Vasumathi Kameswaran
University of Pennsylvania |
Graduate student |
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Kimberly Kane, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University |
Adminstrative Assistant |
Jeffrey Karp, B.Eng., Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Regenerative Therapeutics |
April Kartikasari
UCLA |
Postdoctoral Scholar |
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Keiichi Katsumoto
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Mark Kay, M.D., Ph.D
Stanford University |
Professor, Head Program in Human Gene Therapy |
Nora Kayton
Vanderbilt University |
Graduate Student |
Gordon Keller, Ph.D.
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine/University Health Network |
Director/Senior Scientist |
Seung Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine/HHMI |
Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Medicine (Oncology Division) |
|
Soyoung Kim
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Hail Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
UCSF |
postdoctoral fellow |
Yung Hae Kim, Ph.D.
EPFL |
Post-doc |
|
Jungsun Kim, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Post-Doctoral Associate |
Eugene Kolker, Ph.D.
Seattle Children's Research Institute |
Principal Investigator, Chief Data Officer |
Janel Kopp, Ph.D.
University of California- San Diego |
Post-doctoral Fellow |
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Maria Kraft, Ph.D.
Stem Cell Centre |
Post Doc |
|
Greg Ku
UCSF |
Adjust Assistant Professor |
Teresa Ku, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope |
Assistant Professor |
Jake Kushner, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine |
McNair Scholar, Section Head |
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Phil Lacroute, Ph.D.
Stanford University |
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Limor Landsman, Ph.D.
UCSF |
Postdoc |
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Cris Lawrence, Ph.D.
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Colleen Lawrence, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Assistant Director, Beta Cell Biology Consortium |
Jonghyeob Lee, Ph.D.
Stanford University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Rudy Leibel
Columbia University |
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Laurence Lemaire
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Joshua Levine
Columbia University |
MD/PhD Student |
Changhong Li, Ph.D., M.D.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania |
Research Assistant Professor |
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Gaoyang Liang
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Muluye Liku, Ph.D.
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Charles Lin, Ph.D
Massachusetts General Hospital |
Associate Professor |
Jing Liu
Vanderbilt University |
graduate student |
Jiangying Liu, Ph.D
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Zarah Löf-Öhlin, M.Sc.
Lund University - Lund Stem Cell Center |
PhD student |
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Leslie Lublink
Oregon Health & Science Univ. |
Admin. Coordinator |
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M M
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Ray MacDonald, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern |
Professor |
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Hector Macias-Saldivar
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Ole Madsen, Ph.D.
Hagedorn Research Institute |
Principal Investigator |
Mark Magnuson, M.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Professor and Director |
Melissa Mahoney, Ph.D.
University of Colorado |
Assistant Professor |
Elisabetta Manduchi, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Research Project Manager |
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David Martin
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Teresa Mastracci, Ph.D.
Columbia University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Anastasia Mavropoulos, PhD
University of California, San Francisco |
Post-doctoral fellow |
Kristen McKnight, Ph.D
Stanford University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Georg Mellitzer
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Doug Melton, Ph.D.
Harvard / HHMI |
Principal Investigator |
David Metzger, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Stina Mikkelsen
Novo Nordisk |
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Stephen Miller, Ph.D.
Northwestern University |
Professor |
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Jeffrey Millman, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
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Takeshi Miyatsuka
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Anna Moore, Ph.D.
Masachusetts General Hospital |
Associate Professor of Radiology |
Ignasi Moran
Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS |
PhD student |
Ferenc Mueller
University of Birmingham |
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Chris Newgard, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center |
Professor |
Nikolay Ninov, Ph.D.
UCSF |
Postdoctoral Fellow (Canadian Diabetes Association) |
Laure Nivlet
IGBMC |
PhD Student |
Joshua Norman, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Health Sys Database Analyst II |
M. Cristina Nostro, Ph.D.
UHN |
Post-Doctoral Fellow |
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Pia Nyeng, Ph.D.
Lund University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Anna Osipovich, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Instructor |
Fong Cheng Pan, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Post doctoral fellow |
Feroz Papa, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco |
Associate Professor |
James Papizan
Columbia University |
Graduate Student |
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Audrey Parent
UCSF |
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Nisha Patel
University of California, San Diego |
Graduate Student |
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Tyler Peake
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Klaus Pechhold, M.D.
Univ Massachusetts Medical School |
Associate Professor |
Jody Peters, M.S.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Asst. III |
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Neil Phillips, Ph.D
Stanford University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Julie Piccand, Master
IGBMC |
PhD Student |
Leah Potter, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Fellow |
Alvin Powers, M.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Professor of Medicine |
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Sapna Puri
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Eileen Pytko
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latif rachdi, Ph.D.
INSERM U845 |
Young Investigator |
Morten Grønbech Rasch, Ph.D.
Novo Nordisk A/S |
Research Scientist |
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Nicolaj Rasmussen, Ph.D
BCBC Antibody core |
Research Scientist |
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Rami Rauch
Stanford |
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Jeffrey Raum, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Research Fellow |
Philippe Ravassard, PhD
CNRS – UMR 7225 |
CNRS Group leader |
Michael Ray, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University |
Research Assistant III |
Dana Kim Reed, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Research Associate |
Bing Ren, Ph.D.
University of California San Diego |
Professor |
Claude Rescan, Ph.D
Hagedorn Research Institute |
Senior Scientist |
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Sebastian Rieck, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Arthur Riggs, Ph.D
City of Hope |
Chair, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research, Beckman Research Institute of City o |
Jose Rivera-Feliciano, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Derrick Rossi, Ph.D.
Immune Disease Institute |
Assistant Professor |
Tomasz Rudka, Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Research Assistant |
Holger Russ, Ph.D.
UCSF |
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Maike Sander, M.D.
University of California at San Diego |
Professor |
Farida Sarangi, M.Sc.
University Health Network |
Research Associate |
Sheryl Sato, Ph.D.
NIDDK/NIH |
Program Director |
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Karen Schachter, Ph.D
Lund University |
Post-doctoral Fellow |
Raphael Scharfmann, Ph.D.
INSERM |
Investigator |
David Scheel, MS
University of California San Francisco |
Specialist |
Judsen Schneider, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Post-doctoral Fellow |
Jonathan Schug, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Technical Director of IDOM Functional Genomics Core |
Donald Scott, PhD
University of pittsburgh |
Associate Professor |
Michael Sefton, Sc.D.
University of Toronto |
University Professor |
Henrik Semb, Ph.D
Lund University |
Professor |
David Serreze, BS, MS, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory |
Professor |
Philip Seymour, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego |
Assistant Project Scientist |
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Ehud Shapiro
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
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Kurt Shepherd, MBA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Associate Director of Finance and Administration |
Hung Ping Shih
UCSD |
Post-doc fellow |
Leonard Shultz, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory |
Professor |
Phil Smith
NIDDK |
Deputy Director |
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Stuart Smith
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Julie Sneddon, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Michael Snyder, Ph.D
Stanford University |
Professor and Chair of Genetics |
Scott Soleimanpour, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Instructor |
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Abdenour Soufi, Ph.D
University of Pennsylvania |
post-doctoral scientist |
Didier Stainier, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco |
Professor |
Diana Stanescu, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/UPenn |
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow |
Roland Stein, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Professor |
Andrew Stewart, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh |
Chief of Division of Endocrinology, Professor of Medicine |
Christian Stoeckert, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Research Professor |
Doris Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Associate Professor |
Philip Streeter, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University |
Associate Professor |
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Takuya Sugiyama
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James Surapisitchat, Ph.D.
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine/University Health Network |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Lori Sussel, Ph.D.
Columbia University |
Associate Professor |
Galvin Swift, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Cent. |
Associate Professor |
Avital Swisa
Hebrew University |
Ph.D student |
Adriana Tajonar
Harvard University |
Graduate Student |
Karen Takane, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
Research Associate |
Olena Taranova, Ph.D.
UNC |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Brandon Taylor, B.Sc.
UC San Diego |
Graduate Student |
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Natalie Terry, M.D., Ph.D.
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Jeffery Tessem, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center |
Post-doctoral fellow |
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Nancy Thompson
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) |
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Kristy Thompson
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Fabrizio Thorel, Ph.D.
University of Geneva Medical School |
Postdoc fellow |
David Tirrell, Ph.D
California Institute of Technology |
Professor |
Mark Ungrin
University of Toronto |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Pamela Uttz
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Administrative Assistant |
Joris van Arensbergen
genomic programming of beta-cells |
researcher |
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Mark Van De Casteele
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Dennis Van Hoof, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco |
Postdoc |
Rupangi Vasavada, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh - School of Medicine |
Associate Professor |
Andy Visser, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Application Support Analyst |
You Wang
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Pei Wang
Stanford University School of medicine |
Rearch Associate |
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Juehu Wang
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Allen Wang, Ph.D.
University of California San Diego |
Post doctoral researcher |
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grace wei
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Noa Weinberg-Corem, Ph.D.
The Hebrew Univesity Medical School |
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
James Wells, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Associate Professor |
Karl Willert, Ph.D
University of California, San Diego |
Assistant Professor |
Spencer Willet, B.Sc.
Vanderbilt University |
Graduate Student |
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Fredrik Wolfhagen Sand, PhD
Stem cell and Pancreas Developmental Biology |
Postdoc |
Curtis Woodford, B.A.Sc.
University of Toronto |
Graduate Student |
Chris Wright, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University |
Professor/Director |
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Xiangwei Xiao, M.D. , Ph.D.
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Ruiyu Xie, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego |
postdoc fellow |
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Yanwen Xu
vanderbilt university |
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Chengran Xu, Ph.D.
UPENN |
Research Associate |
Shouhong Xuan, Ph.D.
Columbia Univ. Medical Center |
Postdoc. |
Jingbo Yan
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Research Fellow |
Yu-Ping Yang, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Katherine Yang
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Fei Yang
California Institute of Technology |
Graduate student |
Peng Yi, Ph.D.
Harvard Univeristy |
Postdoc Fellow |
Ting Yin, M.Sc.
University of Toronto |
Research technician |
Mervin Yoder, M.D.
Indiana University |
Professor |
Sangho Yu, Ph.D.
UCSD |
Post doc |
Peter Zandstra, PhD
University of Toronto |
Professor |
Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
Professor |
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Jia Zhang, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania |
Postdoc |
Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics; HHMI Investigator |
Changqing Zhang, B.S
Vanderbilt University |
Research Assistant II |
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YongPing Zhong
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Qiao Zhou, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
Assistant Professor |
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Yu Zhou
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