{"result":[{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17967&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Woody Chang","firstName":"Woody","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Woody_Chang","researchInterest":"A comparative study of the ethical issues in regards to the laetrile controversy of the 1970s and the experimental stem cell tourism controversy of the 2000s. Starting a new project on comparing international reporting of stem cell research between English speaking regions."},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Internal Medicine"},{"focus":"General Internal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6449&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maja Artandi, MD","firstName":"Maja","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Maja_Artandi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kuo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5906&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Calvin Kuo","firstName":"Calvin","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Calvin_Kuo","researchInterest":"We explore angiogenesis, cancer genomics, intestinal stem cells, and hepatic glucose metabolism.  Angiogenesis projects include endothelial miRNA and GPCR ko mice, blood-brain barrier regulation, stroke therapeutics and anti-angiogenic cancer therapy.  Intestinal stem cell projects use primary intestinal culture and mouse genetics to study injury-inducible vs homeostatic stem cells.  We use primary organoid cultures of diverse tissues for oncogene functional screening and therapeutics discovery."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9203&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jonghyeob Lee","firstName":"Jonghyeob","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Jonghyeob_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Dill","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8061&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Dill","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/David_Dill","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"},{"appointment":"Student Resident Asst,Academic and Residential Computing - Student Computing"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19664&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ci Chu","firstName":"Ci","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ci_Chu","researchInterest":"lncRNA and regulation of gene expression."},{"lastName":"Myers","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4332&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bryan Myers","firstName":"Bryan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Bryan_Myers","researchInterest":"A novel approach is used to evaluate glomerular disease in humans, and its progression.  A combination of physiologic techniques, a morphometric analysis of glomeruli obtained by biopsy, and mathematical modeling of glomerular ultrafiltration is used to quantify the extent of glomerular injury in humans for the first time."},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Artandi","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Steven_Artandi","researchInterest":"Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes that protect chromosome ends and shorten with cell division and aging.  We are interested in how telomere shortening influences cancer, stem cell function and genomic stability.  Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that synthesizes telomere repeats and is expressed in stem cells and in cancer.  We have found that telomerase also regulates stem cells and we are pursuing the function of telomerase through diverse genetic and biochemical approaches."},{"lastName":"Owen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8072&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Art Owen","firstName":"Art","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Art_Owen","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gonzalez-Pena","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24539&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Veronica Gonzalez-Pena","firstName":"Veronica","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Veronica_Gonzalez-Pena","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Reijo Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. 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In particular, we examine early events such as the  generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages and pathologies that arise in development."},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Direct conversion of fibroblasts into neurons, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Flockhart","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11018&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ross Flockhart","firstName":"Ross","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Ross_Flockhart","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sahoo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10888&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Debashis Sahoo","firstName":"Debashis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Debashis_Sahoo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sebastiano","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12351&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vittorio Sebastiano","firstName":"Vittorio","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Vittorio_Sebastiano","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Xie","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19942&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Xie","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Kathleen_Xie","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Zhao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ludan \"Dani\" Zhao","firstName":"Ludan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Ludan_Zhao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Marinkovich","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"},{"focus":"Autoimmune Blistering Diseases"},{"focus":"Epidermolysis Bullosa"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4217&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"M. 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We apply our discoveries in this area towards development of molecular therapies for carcinomas, hair disease and inherited epithelial adhesive disorders."},{"lastName":"Sylvester","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Pediatric Surgery","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3827&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karl Sylvester","firstName":"Karl","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Karl_Sylvester","researchInterest":"Current research interests include mesenchymal stem cell biology, clonal isolation of mesenchymal progenitors, signaling pathways for maintenance of potency and committment to differentiation.\r\n\r\nAdditional areas of ongoing study are the mechanisms of liver regeneration.  Interests include local and humoral cellular components of liver repair and regrowth; and the requisite cellular signaling mechanisms of liver stem cell biology."},{"lastName":"Meyer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Nephrology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4497&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Meyer","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Timothy_Meyer","researchInterest":"Inadequate removal of uremic solutes contributes to widespread illness in the more than 350,000 Americans maintained on hemodialysis.   But we know remarkably little about these solutes.  Dr. Meyer's research efforts are focused on identifying which uremic solutes are toxic, how these solutes are made, and how their production could be decreased or their removal  could be increased.  We should be able to improve treatment if we knew more about what we are trying to remove."},{"lastName":"Sibley","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anatomic Pathology"},{"focus":"Pathology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4113&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Sibley","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Richard_Sibley","researchInterest":"Immunologic mechanism of rejection in humans and animal, models of organ transplantation; histological definition of clinical pathology studies of various renal disorders."},{"lastName":"O'Brien","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=35098&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lucy Erin O'Brien","firstName":"Lucy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Lucy_O'Brien","researchInterest":"Many adult organs tune their functional capacity to variable levels of physiologic demand.  Adaptive organ resizing breaks the allometry of the body plan that was established during development, suggesting that it occurs through different mechanisms.  Emerging evidence points to stem cells as key players in these mechanisms.  We use the Drosophila midgut, a stem-cell based organ analogous to the vertebrate small intestine, as a simple model to uncover the rules that govern adaptive remodeling."}]}