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Jennifer Brady
Position: Graduate Student
Email: jenbrady@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-4539

Research Interests: Nuclear reprogramming; The role of microRNAs in muscle stem cell development

Personal interests: swimming, running, travel, and baking desserts

Nidhi Bhutani
Nidhi Bhutani
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
Email: nbhutani@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-723-7855
Research Interests: Reprogramming muscle to nerve; Role of BAF proteins in nuclear reprogramming.
Stephane Corbel
Stephane Corbel
Position: Senior Research Scientist (Ph.D.)
Email: scorbel@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-723-7802
Research Interests:
Ben Cosgrove
Ben Cosgrove
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
Email: cosgrove@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-4539

Research Interests: Analysis of Sonic hedgehog and Notch signaling in governing skeletal muscle stem cell expansion and differentiation. Non-invasive molecular imaging of signal transduction governing skeletal muscle stem cell differentiation.

Adrien de Tonnac
Adrien de Tonnac
Position: Master's Student, Thesis Project
Email: adriendt@gmail.com
Phone:
Research Interests:
Penney Gilbert
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
Email: pgilbert@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-4539

Research Interests: To identify the biophyscial and biochemical changes incurred to
the muscle stem cell (MuSC) niche during aging, injury, and disease and to determine how these changes impact MuSC function; To use bioengineering approaches to elucidate culture conditions that support the expansion of functional MuSCs, which can ultimately be utilized for cell based therapies in a clinical setting

Karen Havenstrite
Position: Graduate Student
Email: khaven@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-725-4539
Research Interests:
Russ Haynes
Position: NIH-NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: russh@stanford.edu
Phone:

Research Interests: Single cell tracking using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Personal Interests: Soccer

Foteini Mourkioti
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: fmourkio@stanford.edu
Phone:

Research Interests: Satellite cell fate decisions and signaling pathways

Nghi Nguyen
Position: Undergraduate Student

Email: nghi09@stanford.edu

Phone:

Research Interests: Exposing muscle stem cells to niche proteins in a physiologically relevant manner to maintain their in vivo potential

Personal Interests: cooking, espresso, Alfred Hitchcock

Kosta Pajcini Kosta Pajcini
Position: Graduate Student
Email: kpajcini @ stanford.edu
Phone: 650-736-0081

Personal Interests: History; Russian Literature; soccer and tennis

Research Interests: Molecular control of myoblast fusion; Skeletal muscle regeneration

John Ramunas
Position: Graduate Student
Email: johnramunas@gmail.com
Phone:
Personal interests: Identifying and realizing physical and symbolic patterns that increase net happiness in the universe.
Scientific interests: Preventing age-related disease and functional decline by maintaining youthfulness.
Alessandra Sacco Alessandra Sacco
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.)
Email: sacco @ stanford.edu
Phone: 650-723-6835
Research Interests: Skeletal muscle stem cell self-renewal
and their applications for muscle degenerative diseases
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