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Department of Surgery staff and faculty receive 2022 Chancellor Awards for Diversity
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 27, 2022
UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor Awards for Diversity Chancellor Awards for...
Jason Pomerantz Awarded 5-year $1.7M NIH Grant to Investigate Muscle Stem Cells for Therapeutic Potential
Pomerantz Lab
March 13, 2018
Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D., associate professor of surgery and surgical director of the UCSF Craniofacial Center, has been awarded a 5-year $1.7M R01 grant from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to study muscle stem cells, a subpopulation of muscle progenitors that are...
Regenerating Small Human Muscles Holds Potential for Dramatic Improvements in Craniofacial Reconstruction
Pomerantz Lab
June 09, 2017
UCSF News reports on research in the UCSF Program in Craniofacial Biology u sing stem cells from patients with craniofacial deformities to better understand how these design flaws occur in fetal development. Among other research projects, the article reported on the work of Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D., Surgical...
Research Fellow Alvin Wong Awarded Grant to Study Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
Pomerantz Lab
December 22, 2016
Alvin Wong, M.D., a plastic surgery research fellow in the Pomerantz Lab, was awarded a grant by the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) to study "skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation". The award, funded by a National Endowment for Plastic Surgery Grant, was one of eleven...
Regenerating Muscle from Stem Cells
Pomerantz Lab
November 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on research by Xiaoti Xu, M.D. and a team in the Pomerantz Lab showing that human muscle stem cells could be transplanted into a new environment and have the capacity to regenerate lost muscle tissue. Dr. Xu is a UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and former research fellow in the lab. The image shows...
Department of Surgery Launches New Website for Pomerantz Lab
UCSF Department of Surgery
November 18, 2015
The Department of Surgery recently launched a new website for the Pomerantz Lab. The site showcases the laboratory's research focused on harnessing regeneration biology to drive clinical advances in reconstructive and craniofacial medicine. Led by Jason Pomerantz, MD , Associate Professor in the Division of...
Xiaoti Xu among Finalists at Inaugural UCSF Science Contest
UCSF Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
November 18, 2015
UCSF News reports on a new science image and video competition, the first of its kind at UCSF. An image submitted by Xiaoti Xu, M.D., UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and alumni of the Pomerantz Lab, developed with the help of Hua Tian, Ph.D., a specialist in the lab, was among the top 15 finalists out of more than...
Human Gene Prevents Regeneration in Zebrafish
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
November 18, 2015
UCSF News reports on new research of the Pomerantz Lab suggesting that future efforts to regrow or regenerate human tissue may require blocking the activity of a tumor-suppressor gene, ARF. The research involved adding the human ARF gene to a zebrafish, which prevented its normal ability to regenerate tissue, here...
Researchers Isolate Human Muscle Stem Cells
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
September 25, 2015
UCSF News reports on the work of a research team, led by UCSF plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jason Pomerantz, MD, in which human muscle stem cells were successfully isolated with the potential to replicate and repair damaged muscles when grafted onto an injured site. UC San Francisco researchers have...
First Steps in Unlocking Human Ability to Regenerate Tissue
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
August 06, 2010
A research group at Stanford University, led by Helen M. Blau, Jason H. Pomerantz (pictured left), now an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF, and Kostandin V. Pajcini, has, as reported by the NY Times, "taken a possible first step toward unlocking the human...