Irina Conboy

	Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering B108B Stanley Hall mailcode: 1762 (510) 666-2792 fax: (510) 642-5835 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2004

Research Interests

Education

1998     Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Immunology. Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences

Major Awards

2006-2007     Award from Stem cell research foundation
2005-2009    Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging
2000- 2003    National Research Service Award from NIA
1999-2000    Dean's Fellowship Award
1998-1999    NIH Research grant in Molecular and Cellular Immunobiology
1993-1995    NIH Research grant in Developmental Medicine

Professional Experience

1999-2004    Postdoc and Instructor, Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine
11/01/2004    Present: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and QB3 Investigator, UC Berkeley.
2005-Present    Faculty Mentor for UC Berkeley Chapter of Student Society for Stem Cell Research
2006-2007    Faculty Mentor of CIRM training grant T1-00007
2006-present    Reviewer for CIRM Training Grant Program at UC Berkeley

Selected Publications

    I. Conboy, and T. Rando. The regulation of Notch signaling controls satellite cell activation and cell fate determination in postnatal myogenesis. 2002. Developmental Cell, 3, 397-409.
    I. Conboy, M.J. Conboy, G.M. Smythe, and T. Rando. Notch-mediated restoration of regenerative potential to aged muscle. 2003. Science, 302, 1575-1577.
    Sherwood RI, Christensen JL, Conboy IM, Conboy MJ, Rando TA, Weissman IL, Wagers AJ. Isolation of adult mouse myogenic progenitors: functional heterogeneity of cells within and engrafting skeletal muscle. 2004; Cell, 119:543-554.
    I. Conboy, M. Conboy, A. Wagers, E. Girma, I. Weissman and T. Rando. Rejuvenation of aged progenitor cells by young systemic milieu. 2005, Nature, 433:760-764.
    Wagers AJ, and Conboy I.M. Cellular and molecular signatures of muscle regeneration. 2005, Cell,122,1-9.
    EdeJ. Pardo, M. Hoang and I.M. Conboy. Geometric control of myogenic cell fate. 2006, International Journal of Nanomedicine.1(2):203-212.
    M.E. Carlson and I.M. Conboy. Interaction between aged niche and human embryonic stem cells. 2007. Aging Cell, (3):371-82.We received a congratulatory email from CIRM senior officer on this manuscript.
    M. E. Carlson, M.S. O’Connor, M. Hsu, and I. M. Conboy. Notch Signaling Pathway and Tissue Engineering, 2007. Frontiers in Bioscience, 12:5143-56
    I.M. Conboy, M.H. Barcellos-Hoff, D. Schaffer, S. Li. Methods for derivation, culture and characterization of adult stem cells. 2007, invited book, Methods in Molecular Biology.
    M. Carlson and I.M. Conboy. Regulating Notch pathway in embryonic, adult, old and cancer stem cells. 2007. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, (3):303-9