Research
DEPARTMENT
NEWS & EVENTS
Professor Paul S. Knoepfler has been awarded more than $2 million to explore ways to ensure certain types of stem cells can be safely used in medical treatments.
Professor Alice Tarantal was the recipient of a $2.3 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. She is studying the potential for stem cells to repair damaged kidneys.
Professor Richard P. Tucker was the recipient of the C. John Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching. The Tupper Prize is the School of Medicine’s highest teaching award.
Professor Douglas S. Gross won the 2006-2007 Academic Senate Public Service Award for his volunteer efforts in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and for leading numerous medical missions to Central America and Africa.
The Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy is one of five basic science research departments within the School of Medicine. We are a teaching and research department whose mission is to deliver the highest quality education to medical, graduate and undergraduate students and to create an environment where top quality faculty can thrive in the creation of new knowledge in the general area of cellular and molecular biology, and advance our understanding of the basic processes that govern biological systems.
We are extremely proud of the numerous distinguished teaching awards our faculty have received and of our highly regarded cutting-edge research projects including neural and embryonic stem cell research, cancer biology, vision science, and intracellular trafficking and cell matrix interactions.
SOURCES OF RESEARCH FUNDING
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
National Science Foundation
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Shriners Hospital for Children
Not an all-inclusive listing.