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Welcome to the Center for Regenerative Biology


The mission of the Center for Regenerative Biology (CRB) is to advance fundamental, interdisciplinary research in stem cell biology, developmental biology and related areas with the ultimate goal of translating discoveries into new therapies for debilitating human conditions. CRB faculty actively participate in the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in regenerative bioscience, and serve the vital mission of advancing education and public understanding of stem cell biology.


News & Events


Sniffing out Parkinson disease September 14, 2011 Research findings from the laboratory of Joanne Conover were published today in the Journal of Neuroscience. Read about the study at UConn Today.

Theodore Rasmussen, Urs Boelsterli, and Winfried Krueger were awarded a $1.29 million grant by the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee to characterize the genetic risk determinants of drug-induced liver damage, using human iPS cells from high and low risk patients. Read the full announcement at UConn Today.

Michael Tassavor selected as a Rowe Scholar April 18, 2011. Michael Tassavor (’12, MCB major) also received a Rowe Research Award for the project titled, "Measuring Viral Titer to Analyze Transduction Efficiency in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells," conducted in the laboratory of Dr. X. Cindy Tian. Learn more about the Rowe Scholars Program.



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    Recent Publications

    Manent JB, Wang Y, Chang Y, Paramasivam M, LoTurco JJ (2011) Dcx reexpression reduces subcortical band heterotopia and seizure threshold in an animal model of neuronal migration disorder. Nature Medicine 17:1521.

    Zhu X, Hill RA, Dietrich D, Komitova M, Suzuki R, and Nishiyama A (2011) Age-dependent fate and lineage restriction of single NG2 cells. Development 138(4):745-53.

    Huynh MA, Ikeuchi Y, Netherton S, de la Torre-Ubieta L, Kanadia R, Stegmüller J, Cepko C, Bonni S, Bonni A (2011) An isoform-specific SnoN1-FOXO1 repressor complex controls neuronal morphogenesis and positioning in the mammalian brain. Neuron 69:930-44.

    Lennington JB, Pope S, Goodheart AE, Drozdowicz L, Daniels SB, Salamone JD, Conover JC (2011) Midbrain dopamine neurons associated with reward processing innervate the neurogenic subventricular zone. Journal of Neuroscience 31:13078-87.

    Liu C, Sage JC, Miller MR, Verhaak RG, Hippenmeyer S, Vogel H, Foreman O, Bronson RT, Nishiyama A, Luo L, Zong H (2011) Mosaic analysis with double markers reveals tumor cell of origin in glioma. Cell 146:209-21.

    Starkey JD, Yamamoto M, Yamamoto S, and Goldhamer DJ. (2011) Skeletal muscle satellite cells are committed to myogenesis and do not spontaneously adopt non-myogenic fates. J Histochem Cytochem 59:33-46.

    Chang CC, Lin CJ, Sung LY, Kort HI, Tian XC, Nagy ZP (2011) Impact of phase transition on the mouse oocyte spindle during vitrification. Reprod Biomed Online 22:184-91.