University of Pennsylvania, USA
I am an Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, member of Penn’s Institutes for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Chronobiology and Sleep, and Regenerative Medicine.
My research focuses on the interplay between metabolic and circadian oscillators and islet maturation. This work involves single-cell and high-throughput experimental and computational approaches, with a view to engineer mature stem cell-derived islet organoids as human models of islet development & physiology, and as a novel replacement therapy for insulin-dependent diabetics.
I completed an HHMI LSRF Research Fellowship with the Melton group at Harvard University, asking How circadian rhythms shape islet development and diabetes. I received my PhD in biology from MIT, where I studied the modulation of lineage-specific cell differentiation by long non-coding RNAs.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM CEST
LINKING CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS TO PANCREATIC ΒETA-CELL MATURATION
Saturday, July 13, 2024
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM CEST