MARTIN R. HIGGS, PhD

Research group focuses on cellular response to DNA damage and lysine methylation in cancer development and therapy response.

Dr. Richard Jayaraj

Neuroscientist with over 15 years of international research experience across four countries, specializing in multi-disciplinary pre-clinical and clinical projects spanning in silico, in vitro, and in vivo disease models and human biomarkers. I started my research journey from a humble background, without access to sophisticated labs or resources, yet went on to complete my PhD […]

MEHDI SOLEYMANI-GOLOUJEH, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scientist with 2+ years of post-PhD experience designing and characterizing engineered human pluripotent stem cell lines at the UCSF Diabetes Center. Applies CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering, HDR-oriented knock-in/knockout strategies, TALEN-related workflows, and lentiviral effector systems to build hPSC-derived models of inflammation-driven cell death, with multi-lineage differentiation experience relevant to neural and microglial lineage workflows used […]