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Jason Pomerantz Awarded 5-year $1.7M NIH Grant to Investigate Muscle Stem Cells for Therapeutic Potential
Pomerantz Lab
March 13, 2018
Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D., associate professor of surgery and surgical director of the UCSF Craniofacial Center, has been awarded a 5-year $1.7M R01 grant from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to study muscle stem cells, a subpopulation of muscle progenitors that are...
James Gardner and Nicole Conkling Awarded 2017 ASTS Research Grants
UCSF Resident Research Program
July 19, 2017
James M. Gardner, M.D., Ph.D. and Nicole Conkling, M.D. have been awarded prestigious research grants by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) for its 2017 funding cycle. Dr. Gardner, who just completed his Chief Residency in General Surgery at UCSF and is a rising fellow in the Division of Transplant...
Regenerating Small Human Muscles Holds Potential for Dramatic Improvements in Craniofacial Reconstruction
Pomerantz Lab
June 09, 2017
UCSF News reports on research in the UCSF Program in Craniofacial Biology u sing stem cells from patients with craniofacial deformities to better understand how these design flaws occur in fetal development. Among other research projects, the article reported on the work of Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D., Surgical...
Research Fellow Alvin Wong Awarded Grant to Study Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
Pomerantz Lab
December 22, 2016
Alvin Wong, M.D., a plastic surgery research fellow in the Pomerantz Lab, was awarded a grant by the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) to study "skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation". The award, funded by a National Endowment for Plastic Surgery Grant, was one of eleven...
Regenerating Muscle from Stem Cells
Pomerantz Lab
November 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on research by Xiaoti Xu, M.D. and a team in the Pomerantz Lab showing that human muscle stem cells could be transplanted into a new environment and have the capacity to regenerate lost muscle tissue. Dr. Xu is a UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and former research fellow in the lab. The image shows...
Microvascular Surgery Key to Recovery of San Francisco Giants' Top Prospect Gustavo Cabrera
UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
March 31, 2016
The San Jose Mercury News reports on the remarkable recovery of Gustavo Cabrera from a potentially catastrophic injury to his right hand in 2013 sustained while at home in the Dominican Republic. Cabrera's injury threatened not only his baseball career, but the loss of function, if not the loss of the hand itself...
Xiaoti Xu among Finalists at Inaugural UCSF Science Contest
UCSF Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
November 18, 2015
UCSF News reports on a new science image and video competition, the first of its kind at UCSF. An image submitted by Xiaoti Xu, M.D., UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and alumni of the Pomerantz Lab, developed with the help of Hua Tian, Ph.D., a specialist in the lab, was among the top 15 finalists out of more than...