Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation in Pigs and Mice

Principal Investigator: Professor Ping Xia, M.D., PhD

Funding for the project: UC Davis Research Fund

My research involves studies of embryonic stem cell differentiation in pigs and mice; Identification of small molecules in inducing mesenchymal stem cell differentiation; Embryonic disc differentiation in pigs. This project also includes looking at protein markers in early embryos with positive pregnancies in humans (ongoing in the core lab at UC Davis campus).