We have a core interest in understanding the basis of the evolutionary divergence of regenerative capacity among species. Adult humans and other mammals do not have the ability to regenerate large portions of complex tissues after injury. In contrast, some ...  Read More

We maintain a close connection with real world medical problems and many of our group and collaborators are clinicians and clinician scientists. Through our daily treatment of and interaction with children and adults in the Craniofacial Center and the Plastic ...  Read More

Our laboratory maintains a strong translational focus and a primary goal is to develop approaches for clinical applications of human skeletal muscle stem cells (satellite cells). Towards this end we have an active effort in preclinical studies of human satellite ...  Read More