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Elly Tanaka

Our group seeks to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying salamander limb and spinal cord regeneration as a model for how successful regeneration occurs in a vertebrate. This model acts as a starting point to rigorously investigate how mammals such as mice have lost regeneration capabilities over evolution. In addition, these studies act as a springboard to design novel strategies for regenerating or replacing mammalian tissues. Toward that end we have engineered three-dimensional spinal cord tissue from mouse embryonic stem cells and retinal pigment epithelia from human embryonic stem cells.

Group Members

Elad BASSAT
Postdoc
E: elad.bassat[at]imp.ac.at
Fernando BECERRIL PEREZ
PhD Student
E: fernando.becerril[at]imp.ac.at
Elena COSTANTINI
Research Assistant
E: elena.costantini[at]imp.ac.at
Francisco Javier FALCON CHAVEZ
Computational PhD Student
E: francisco.falcon[at]imp.ac.at
Lucrezia GALLI
PhD Student
E: lucrezia.galli[at]imp.ac.at
Salvador GONZALEZ JUAREZ
Master Student
E: salvador.gonzales[at]imp.ac.at
Naoko HISANAGA
Research Assistant
E: naoko.hisanaga[at]imp.ac.at
Simone HORENKAMP
PhD Student
E: simone.horenkamp[at]imp.ac.at
Mattias Enar JONASSON
PhD Student
E: mattias.jonasson[at]imp.ac.at
Teresa KRAMMER
PhD Student
E: teresa.krammer[at]imp.ac.at
Marco Antonio LEYVA GONZALEZ
Postdoc
E: marco.gonzalez[at]imp.ac.at
Katharina Judith LUST
Postdoc
E: katharina.lust[at]imp.ac.at
Wouter MASSELINK
Postdoc
E: wouter.masselink[at]imp.ac.at
Helena OKULSKI
Senior Research Assistant
E: helena.okulski[at]imp.ac.at
Leo OTSUKI
Postdoc
E: leo.otsuki[at]imp.ac.at
Sarah Alexandra PLATTNER
Master Student
E: sarah.plattner[at]imp.ac.at
Anastasia POLIKARPOVA
Postdoc
E: anastasia.polikarpova[at]imp.ac.at
Stephan RAIDERS
Postdoc
E: stephan.raiders[at]imp.ac.at
Birgit RITSCHKA
Postdoc
E: birgit.ritschka[at]imp.ac.at
Diego RODRIGUEZ TERRONES
Postdoc
E: diego.terrones[at]imp.ac.at
Hannah Taylor STUART
Postdoc
E: hannah.stuart[at]imp.ac.at
Takuji SUGIURA
Postdoc
E: takuji.sugiura[at]imp.ac.at
Yuka SUGIURA
Senior Research Assistant
E: yuka.taniguchi-sugiura[at]imp.ac.at
Elly Margaret TANAKA
Senior Group Leader
E: elly.tanaka[at]imp.ac.at
Pietro TARDIVO
PhD Student
E: pietro.tardivo[at]imp.ac.at
Jingkui WANG
Senior Bioinformatician
E: jingkui.wang[at]imp.ac.at
Alexander WÖHRLEITNER
Research Assistant
E: alexander.woehrleitner[at]imp.ac.at