Katja Weinacht
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology; Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation
Home Programs: Immunology, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Research
Categories: Immunology, Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
Interests: development, developmental disorders, disease genes, immunology and cancer, metabolism
Opportunities
Location: On-Site
Duration: 2+ Years
Career Stage of Trainees: Postdoctorate
Available now
Funding
Diversity Supplement: National Institutes of Health
Eligible Grant: R01
Associated Institute: NHLBI
Our lab studies hematopoiesis and immune system development in the context of specific, clinically relevant, genetic defects. It is an emerging paradigm that changes in metabolism play an intricate role during development and differentiation. In turn, perturbations in metabolism can impair proliferation and differentiation. We use primary, embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell models to study the effect of metabolism on hematopoiesis and immune system development.
