University of California San Francisco

Robert Hesse
Robert Hesse, BS

Graduate student (BMS 2010)
Supervised PhD Thesis, 2010 - 2015
Scientist Sarepta Therapeutics, Boston

    Education

    Education

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2010

    Program Affiliations

    Biomedical Science Graduate Program

    Research Narrative

    My research is focused on why some animals regenerate their limbs while others (mammals) do not. This is a question that has been asked for centuries, and there is probably no one answer. However, I have focused on a mammalian tumor suppressor that does not exist in highly regenerative species. This gene, ARF, is a very sensitive sensor of proliferative signaling, and we hypothesize that ARF evolved to strengthen tumor fighting mechanisms at the expense of regenerative abilities.

    Research Interests

    Developmental biology

    Oncology

    Regeneration