Faculty

São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Stem Cell Biology 2023

Chao Yun Irene Yan, PhD

C.Y. Irene Yan, PhD
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
Laboratory of Vertebrate Molecular Embryology
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Sâo Paulo, Brazil

Research interests
Neural transcription factors networks in sensory differentiation of the embryonic spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia; morphogenesis of the lens placode.

Short biography
Bachelor´s degree in Biology-Genetics rom the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Master of Sciences in Biophysics from the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Master of Sciences in Neurobiology and Behavior – Columbia University, PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior – Columbia University and Postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University.