Blastocyst Development and Stem Cells
Event Details
- Type
- Stem Cell Biology Seminars
- Speaker(s)
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Anna-Katerina (Kat) Hadjantonakis, Ph.D., Alfred P. Sloan Chair, developmental biology program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Speaker bio(s)
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Kat Hadjantonakis’ research interests center on deciphering how cellular identity and diversity are regulated at the single-cell level across populations of cells as organs are built. Her research focus is on the ‘endoderm’, the progenitor tissue of the embryo which will give rise to the respiratory tracts and digestive tracts, and associated organs, such as the lungs, liver, and pancreas. The Hadjantonakis lab use cutting-edge genetically engineered mouse, stem cell and organoid models, combined with quantitative approaches including high-resolution light microscopic imaging methods and single-cell analytic tools for their work. Dr. Hadjantonakis received her BSc in Biochemistry (1990), and PhD in Mammalian Genetics (1995), at Imperial College London. She undertook postdoctoral training in the field of mammalian development and stem cell biology at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, Canada with Janet Rossant and Andras Nagy (1996-2000), and Columbia University, New York, with Virginia Papaioannou (2000-2003). She joined the Sloan Kettering Institute as an Assistant Member in 2004, was promoted to Associate Member/Professor in 2009, and Member/Professor in 2014. She assumed the position of chair of the Developmental Biology Program in 2019. She has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, and is a member of the editorial board of various journals, including Developmental Cell, Development, Stem Cell Reports and Science Advances.
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- Tri-Institutional