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Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.
Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.

Affiliation(s):

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry
Member, ACCESS Department - Biological Chemistry
Member, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Member, JCCC Gene Regulation Program Area

Contact Information:

Phone:
(310) 206-8688
Email:

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Kathrin Plath's research includes epigenetic regulation of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and cancer.

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

Lowry WE, Richter L, Yachechko R, Pyle AD, Tchieu J, Sridharan R, Clark AT, Plath K. Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from dermal fibroblasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 26;105(8):2883-8. Epub 2008 Feb 15.

Sridharan R, Plath K. Illuminating the black box of reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Apr 10;2(4):295-7.

Schenke-Layland K, Rhodes KE, Angelis E, Butylkova Y, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S, Gekas C, Zhang R, Goldhaber JI, Mikkola HK, Plath K, MacLellan WR. Reprogrammed Mouse Fibroblasts Differentiate into Cells of the Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Lineages. Stem Cells. 2008 Jun;26(6):1537-46. Epub 2008 May 1.

Maherali N, Sridharan R, Xie W, Utikal J, Eminli S, Arnold K, Stadtfeld M, Yachechko R, Tchieu J, Jaenisch R, Plath K, Hochedlinger K. Directly Reprogrammed Fibroblasts Show Global Epigenetic Remodeling and Widespread Tissue Contribution. Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Jun 7;1(1):55-70.

Boyer LA, Plath K, Zeitlinger J, Brambrink T, Medeiros LA, Lee TI, Levine SS, Wernig M, Tajonar A, Ray MK, Bell GW, Otte AP, Vidal M, Gifford DK, Young RA, Jaenisch R. Polycomb complexes repress developmental regulators in murine embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2006; 441(7091): 349-53.