Principal Investigator
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Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD
Investigator, Regenerative Medicine
Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, and Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Department: Department of Surgery
Division: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Focus: Heart development and regeneration and iPSC human disease models
Current Lab Members
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Subir Kapuria, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Stanislao Travisano, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Xidi Feng, MS
PhD Student
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Yuhan Sun, MS
PhD Student
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Siqi Tao, MS
PhD Student
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Krysta Siu
Master's Student
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Hiral Oza
Master's Student
Former Lab Members
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Michael Harrison, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine
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Adrienne Maxwell, PhD
Current Position: ThermoFisher
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Laurent Gamba, PhD
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Montpellier
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Ali Darehzereshki, MD
Current Position: Cardiothoracic Surgery fellow, UCLA
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Hyuna Lee, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biola University
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Nicole Rubin, PhD
Current Position: Global Support Scientist, Miltenyi Biotech
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Katie Wiens, PhD
Current position: Association Professor, Bay Path University