Our laboratory aims at exploiting recent advances in stem cell biology to develop radically new therapies for degenerative disease and cancer. The main focus in the lab is on the biology and application of human embryonic stem (ES) and human induced pluripotent (iPS) cells. Pluripotent stem cells can provide a truly unlimited source for deriving therapeutically relevant cell types for applications in human disease modeling or regenerative medicine.
Lorenz Studer, MD
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Professor
Research Focus
Developmental biologist Lorenz Studer investigates human stem cells as tools to understand normal and pathological development in the nervous system and to develop cell-based strategies for regenerative medicine.Education
MD, Universitat Bern- Office Phone: 212-639-6126
- Office Fax: 212-717-3642
- Lab Phone: 212-639-8510
Lab Members
Lorenz Studer
Member
Arianna Baggiolini
Postdoctoral Fellow
Elizabeth L Calder
Postdoctoral Fellow
Gabriele Ciceri
Postdoctoral Fellow - NYSTEM Training Award at the CSCB
Daniela Cornacchia
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eveline Gutzwiller
Postdoctoral Fellow
Oliver Härschnitz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Johannes Jungverdorben
Postdoctoral Fellow
TaeWan Kim
Research Fellow
Nathalie Saurat
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason Tchieu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ryan Walsh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yujie Fan
Graduate Student
Sudha Guttikonda
Graduate Student
Emiliano Hergenreder
Graduate Student
Chelsea Rittenhouse
Graduate Student
So Yeon Koo
Graduate Student
Andrew Minotti
Gradute Student
Samantha Phillips
Graduate Student
Angela Pepe-Caprio
Lab Manager
Jessica McAlpine
Research Technician
Sun Young Chung
Lab Technician
Danaysy Frias
Administrative Assistant
Publications
- Tchieu J, Zimmer B, Fattahi F, Amin S, Zeltner N, Chen S, Studer L. A Modular Platform for Differentiation of Human PSCs into All Major Ectodermal Lineages. Cell Stem Cell. 2017 Sep 7;21(3):399-410.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.08.015.
- Zhou T, Tan L, Cederquist GY, Fan Y, Hartley BJ, Mukherjee S, Tomishima M, Brennand KJ, Zhang Q, Schwartz RE, Evans T, Studer L, Chen S. High-Content Screening in hPSC-Neural Progenitors Identifies Drug Candidates that Inhibit Zika Virus Infection in Fetal-like Organoids and Adult Brain.Cell Stem Cell. 2017 Aug 3;21(2):274-283.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.06.017. Epub 2017 Jul 20.
Selected Achievements
- Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize, Gladstone Institutes (2017)
- MacArthur Fellow (2015)
- Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2014)
- Annemarie Opprecht Parkinson Award, Annemarie Opprecht Foundation (2012)
- Louise and Allston Boyer Young Investigator in Basic Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2005)
