Research Overview
Our lab studies the regulatory mechanisms of adult stem cells in various tissues, and the interaction between stem cells and their niche. We focus our efforts on Procr (protein C receptor), which has been established as a surface marker of adult stem cells in multiple tissues.
Our long-term goal is to determine how the stem cell regulatory mechanisms have deviated in diseases and cancer, and to learn how to control the players in these machineries in vivo, as well as to provide ever-expanding stem cells in vitro for the purpose of regenerative medicine.