Maria Barna, PhD
Associate Professor at Stanford University
2016 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumna
PhD, Cornell University; Sloan Kettering Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral Training, University of California, San Francisco
Bio
Dr. Barna is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Stanford University. Her lab focuses on the importance of ribosomes in cell communication to determine stem cell development and gene expression. She aims to show how ribosomes are involved in the remarkable diversity of cell types characteristic of normal embryonic development. She completed her postdoctoral studies at University of California, San Francisco.