Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

The Developmental and Stem Cell Biology PhD program builds upon the outstanding strengths of basic and translational research at UCSF. It provides training in five overlapping and interrelated thematic areas: stem cells and cell differentiation, organogenesis and tissue regeneration, pattern formation and morphogenesis, evolutionary developmental biology, and translational efforts using stem cells in disease modeling and drug screening. The DSCB Program offers an integrated and multidisciplinary educational opportunity for graduate students pursuing careers in these rapidly expanding fields.

Faculty

The DSCB program includes faculty members from various clinical and basic science departments with a wide range of interests. Most DSCB faculty have ongoing laboratory projects that span multiple thematic areas.

The DSCB program coordinates its activities with a variety of cross-campus entities including the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, the Smith Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UCSF Diabetes Center, and the Gladstone Institutes.

Sub-disciplines

stem cells and cell differentiation
organogenesis and tissue regeneration
pattern formation and morphogenesis
evolutionary developmental biology
translational stem cell biology

The Developmental and Stem Cell Biology program office is located at the Parnassus campus in the Eli and Edyth Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research. Visit the program website for more information.

The DSCB program is offered by the UCSF Graduate Division, administered by the UCSF School of Medicine, and delivered by faculty members in the UCSF schools of dentistry and medicine.