Department of Cell and Tissue Biology at UCSF
@ctbatucsf.bsky.social
Cell and Tissue Biology at UCSF studies fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms of development, stem cells, regeneration, and disease
We are excited to share that Ace Lewis and Yasmeen Ibrahim will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We are excited to share that Ace Lewis and Yasmeen Ibrahim will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
Wrapping up National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a big thank you to our outstanding postdocs! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Wrapping up National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a big thank you to our outstanding postdocs! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Elliott is postdoc in the Sneddon lab who is excited to uncover novel insights of transcription factor function in pancreatic endocrine development--a project recently funded by a Hillblom Foundation Fellowship award. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Elliott is postdoc in the Sneddon lab who is excited to uncover novel insights of transcription factor function in pancreatic endocrine development--a project recently funded by a Hillblom Foundation Fellowship award. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Hector, a postdoc in the Wittmann lab @microtubule.bsky.social, works on chromosome dynamics in cancer and stem cells and is developing methods to identify chromosomes in live mitotic cells as well as interfering with chromosome segregation by optogenetic approaches. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hector, a postdoc in the Wittmann lab @microtubule.bsky.social, works on chromosome dynamics in cancer and stem cells and is developing methods to identify chromosomes in live mitotic cells as well as interfering with chromosome segregation by optogenetic approaches. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Ting, a postdoc in the L’Etoile lab @girlsinscience.bsky.social, was recently awarded the BARI Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how nights of poor sleep contribute to age-related memory decline in tiny roundworms, which—like humans—also experience sleep loss and memory deterioration as they age.
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ting, a postdoc in the L’Etoile lab @girlsinscience.bsky.social, was recently awarded the BARI Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how nights of poor sleep contribute to age-related memory decline in tiny roundworms, which—like humans—also experience sleep loss and memory deterioration as they age.
Yuwei Zhang joined the Sneddon lab in 2025. Her research accomplishments include using patient-derived stem cells and CRISPR to investigate the molecular basis of β-cell failure, while her current work aims to bioengineer more functional, transplant-ready islets. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yuwei Zhang joined the Sneddon lab in 2025. Her research accomplishments include using patient-derived stem cells and CRISPR to investigate the molecular basis of β-cell failure, while her current work aims to bioengineer more functional, transplant-ready islets. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Kyle Jacobs, a Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate in the Kutys Lab, is studying mechanisms of blood vessel inflammation and how this inflammation is dysregulated in diseases like atherosclerosis.
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Kyle Jacobs, a Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate in the Kutys Lab, is studying mechanisms of blood vessel inflammation and how this inflammation is dysregulated in diseases like atherosclerosis.
Cambria Chou-Freed, a Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. student in Diane Barber and Dan Wagner's labs, is investigating intracellular pH dynamics during zebrafish larval tail regeneration.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cambria Chou-Freed, a Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. student in Diane Barber and Dan Wagner's labs, is investigating intracellular pH dynamics during zebrafish larval tail regeneration.
Karin Shamardani, DDS/PhD candidate, is working with Jeff Bush @jeffbush.bsky.social to study how Efnb1 and the understudied actin-regulator gene Shrm4 interact to control palatal outgrowth and mesenchymal organization during craniofacial development.
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Karin Shamardani, DDS/PhD candidate, is working with Jeff Bush @jeffbush.bsky.social to study how Efnb1 and the understudied actin-regulator gene Shrm4 interact to control palatal outgrowth and mesenchymal organization during craniofacial development.
CTB welcomes new Assistant Professor Semil Choksi @semilc.bsky.social to the department! The Choksi Lab will study how airway stem cells generate multiciliated cells - and how this process goes wrong in respiratory disease. His lab is opening this August. Visit choksilab.org to learn more!
June 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
CTB welcomes new Assistant Professor Semil Choksi @semilc.bsky.social to the department! The Choksi Lab will study how airway stem cells generate multiciliated cells - and how this process goes wrong in respiratory disease. His lab is opening this August. Visit choksilab.org to learn more!
We are excited to share that Nathan Griffin and Petria Thompson will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
May 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are excited to share that Nathan Griffin and Petria Thompson will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
We are excited to share that Arvind Rajan and Karin Shamardani will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
May 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We are excited to share that Arvind Rajan and Karin Shamardani will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
We are excited to share that Annie Kingsland will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
April 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We are excited to share that Annie Kingsland will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
We are excited to share that Shabrina Amirruddin will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
January 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We are excited to share that Shabrina Amirruddin will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
Join us at the Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Research Group seminar today at 4 PM, hosted by Andrei Goga @andreigoga.bsky.social and Patrick Ha, to hear Flora (Fatemeh) Momen-Heravi speak about personalized medicine in head and neck cancer!
December 9, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Join us at the Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Research Group seminar today at 4 PM, hosted by Andrei Goga @andreigoga.bsky.social and Patrick Ha, to hear Flora (Fatemeh) Momen-Heravi speak about personalized medicine in head and neck cancer!
We are excited to share that Luke Lucido and Daphne Superville will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
November 14, 2024 at 10:56 PM
We are excited to share that Luke Lucido and Daphne Superville will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you there!
We are excited to share that Tania Singh and Helen Vander Wende will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
October 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
We are excited to share that Tania Singh and Helen Vander Wende will speak at the CTB Department Research In Progress Seminar today! We look forward to seeing you there!
Rashmi Chandra discovered that C. elegans require phagocytosis for sleep, showed that the stress-induced sleep pathway is required for memory and is busy defining the molecular events that link sleep to memory! She is co-mentored by Noelle @girlsinscience.bsky.social and Dengke Ma.
September 21, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Rashmi Chandra discovered that C. elegans require phagocytosis for sleep, showed that the stress-induced sleep pathway is required for memory and is busy defining the molecular events that link sleep to memory! She is co-mentored by Noelle @girlsinscience.bsky.social and Dengke Ma.
Ana Lyons is a waterbear- whisperer. She is fascinated by how they do what they do - move, respond to light and heat, how their neurons are connected up; in order to approach these questions she has done expansion microscopy, RNA-fish and much more. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 21, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Ana Lyons is a waterbear- whisperer. She is fascinated by how they do what they do - move, respond to light and heat, how their neurons are connected up; in order to approach these questions she has done expansion microscopy, RNA-fish and much more. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Nathan Griffin is a post-doctoral cell biologist hailing from Newcastle, Australia. His postgraduate research aims to elucidate the role of infiltrating nerves within the microenvironment of adenocarcinomas and their contribution to cancer progression and metastasis.
September 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Nathan Griffin is a post-doctoral cell biologist hailing from Newcastle, Australia. His postgraduate research aims to elucidate the role of infiltrating nerves within the microenvironment of adenocarcinomas and their contribution to cancer progression and metastasis.
Yoon-Gu Jang in the Bush lab @jeffbush.bsky.social is working on understanding a novel metabolic pathway that is important for human craniofacial development and is disrupted in a condition called Catel-Manzke syndrome. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 21, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Yoon-Gu Jang in the Bush lab @jeffbush.bsky.social is working on understanding a novel metabolic pathway that is important for human craniofacial development and is disrupted in a condition called Catel-Manzke syndrome. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Shuting Li, a postdoc in the Goga lab @andreigoga.bsky.social, is using in vivo CRISPR screens to identify mechanisms of cancer immune evasion and how to improve such treatments. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 21, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Shuting Li, a postdoc in the Goga lab @andreigoga.bsky.social, is using in vivo CRISPR screens to identify mechanisms of cancer immune evasion and how to improve such treatments. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Iris Liu, a vascular surgery resident and postdoc, is working with Matt Kutys and Michael Conte to study mechanisms of vascular calcification in peripheral artery disease. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 21, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Iris Liu, a vascular surgery resident and postdoc, is working with Matt Kutys and Michael Conte to study mechanisms of vascular calcification in peripheral artery disease. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Laura Persson discovered the surprising collective spiraling behavior of C. elegans that she dubbed the "WormNado". She uses physics driven approaches to reveal an unusual electro-magneto- sense that worms and possibly other organisms, use to navigate. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Laura Persson discovered the surprising collective spiraling behavior of C. elegans that she dubbed the "WormNado". She uses physics driven approaches to reveal an unusual electro-magneto- sense that worms and possibly other organisms, use to navigate. #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
Fatema Saifuddin discovered the circuits that allow animals to switch between two radically different locomotory behavior and she is hot on the trail of the neurons that actually allow the animals to learn how to switch! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs
September 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Fatema Saifuddin discovered the circuits that allow animals to switch between two radically different locomotory behavior and she is hot on the trail of the neurons that actually allow the animals to learn how to switch! #ucsfNPAW #UCSFpostdocs