{"result":[{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Direct conversion of fibroblasts into neurons, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Behr","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Fertility (Reproductive Medicine)"},{"focus":"Obstetrics & Gynecology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4231&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Barry Behr, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.","firstName":"Barry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Barry_Behr","researchInterest":"Development of improved embryo culture conditions in vitro. Blastocyst cultures. Embryo metabolism in vitro. Embryo maternal dialogue. Clinical application and integration of extended embryo culture systems. Monozygotic twinning. Prevention of multiple pregnancy. Sperm motility enhancers. Fluorescent and non-fluorescent markers of sperm morphology and viablility. Oocyte cryopreservation. Fertility preservation. Improving IVF outcome."},{"lastName":"Sebastiano","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Institutes","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12351&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vittorio Sebastiano","firstName":"Vittorio","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Vittorio_Sebastiano","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Xie","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Ph.D., Biochemistry","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=19942&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kathleen Xie","firstName":"Kathleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kathleen_Xie","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Schuh-Huerta","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9353&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sonya Schuh-Huerta","firstName":"Sonya","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Sonya_Schuh-Huerta","researchInterest":"I have great interests in the genes and proteins involved in gamete development, reproduction, and fertility. My current work aims to elucidate the genes and chromosomes that are involved in establishing a woman\u0092s oocyte (egg) endowment and associated with follicle loss and declining fertility, and the environmental/ethnic factors that modify these effects. An underlying objective is to translate findings into clinical applications to improve the diagnosis and treatment of female infertility."},{"lastName":"Artandi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Biochemistry"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3848&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Steven Artandi","firstName":"Steven","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Steven_Artandi","researchInterest":"Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes that protect chromosome ends and shorten with cell division and aging.  We are interested in how telomere shortening influences cancer, stem cell function and genomic stability.  Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that synthesizes telomere repeats and is expressed in stem cells and in cancer.  We have found that telomerase also regulates stem cells and we are pursuing the function of telomerase through diverse genetic and biochemical approaches."},{"lastName":"Fuller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Margaret T. 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We are currently working on gene expression in endothelial cells at sites of pathology."},{"lastName":"Burridge","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23495&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Burridge","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Paul_Burridge","researchInterest":"Cardiac differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells using developmental biology paradigms, chemically defined reprogramming, culture, and differentiation, disease modeling, cardiotoxicity, electrophysiology"},{"lastName":"Lan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13653&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Feng Lan","firstName":"Feng","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Feng_Lan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Xu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17566&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dan Xu","firstName":"Dan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Dan_Xu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lathi","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Fertility (Reproductive Medicine)"},{"focus":"Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Miscarriage"},{"focus":"Gynecology"},{"focus":"Reprod. 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