The mission of the Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design is to unite interdisciplinary research efforts towards understanding the basic mechanisms by which organs and tissues are formed and maintained and to use this knowledge to regenerate or create replacement tissues and organs, improve stem cell therapies and effective organ transplantation systems that will correct acquired and genetic human disease.
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February 1, 2023
CPOD Publication Spotlight-Developing Future Biologists
Graniel JV, Teitel J, Glineburg MR, Cohen E, Buttitta LA , Barolo S , Allen BL . Development. 2023 Jan 1;150(1). Developing Future Biologists: developmental biology for undergraduates from underserved communities .

January 3, 2023
CPOD Faculty Publication Spotlight-Miller Lab
Chumki SA, van den Goor LM, Hall BN, Miller AL . Mol Biol Cell. 2022 Dec 1;33. p115RhoGEF activates RhoA to support tight junction maintenance and remodeling.

November 1, 2022
CPOD Faculty Publication Spotlight-Fu Lab
Zheng Y, Yan RZ, Sun S, Kobayashi M, Xiang L, Yang R, Goedel A, Kang Y, Xue X, Esfahani SN, Liu Y, Resto Irizarry AM, Wu W, Li Y, Ji W, Niu Y, Chien KR, Li T, Shioda T, Fu J. Cell Stem Cell. 2022 Sep 1;29(9):1402-1419.e8. Single-cell analysis of embryoids reveals lineage diversification