University of California San Francisco

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Robert Joseph Jimenez, BSc

Junior Specialist

(415)476-2420
[email protected]

    Biography

    Robert Jimenez, B.Sc. is a laboratory technician in the Willenbring lab at the Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California Davis in biotechnology. He trained in the lab of Dr. Amir Kol in the department of Veterinary Medicine where he studied induced canine pluripotent stem cells. His projects focused on studying the epigenetic mechanisms behind maintaining the pluripotent state in canine stem cells. In the Willenbring lab he is currently using mouse models to study how the mammalian liver regenerates. Robert is fundamentally interested in studying the molecular mechanisms behind tissue regeneration in mammals.

    Education

    Education

    University of California Davis, Davis, Ca. B.Sc., Biotechnology, 2018

     

    Fellowships

    National Science Foundation REU Fellow

    National Institutes of Health Bridges To Baccalaureate Fellow

    National Institutes of Health Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Fellow

    "Enhancer regulation of Oct4 transcription in canine pluripotent stem cells." University of California Davis 29th Annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Conference. Davis, CA., April, 2018. Poster presentation.

    "Enhancer regulation of Oct4 transcription in canine embryonic stem cells." University of California Davis One Health Symposium. Davis, CA., Nov., 2017. Poster presentation.

     

    Research Interests

    Stem Cells

    Organoids

    Liver Regeneration

    Cell Therapy

    Gene therapy