July 2025
We are excited to share our new paper by Jessi Cook in collaboration with Michelle Griffin from Mike Longaker’s group at Stanford, published in Science Translational Medicine here.
As nicely described by our communications team here.
“Your mouth is a magician. Bite the inside of your cheek, and the wound may vanish without a trace in a couple of days. A preclinical study … has discovered one secret of this disappearing act. The findings, if confirmed in humans, could one day lead to treatments that enable rapid, scarless recovery from skin wounds on other parts of the body.”
April 2025
Ophir presented at the Shanthi V. Sitaraman Symposium at the Emory University School of Medicine. It was an honor to speak and hear about Shanthi from her colleagues, friends and family. She was a remarkable physician, scientist and teacher.
May 2025
After 15 years in the Klein Lab, our beloved SRA Asoka retired in May! To celebrate her wonderful contributions and dedication, we hosted a tea party and lunch with current and past lab members and friends.
Thank you for everything, and congratulations on retirement, Asoka!
January 2025
We are thrilled to share that Brisa, Rachel, and Tyler opened their own labs in January 2025!
They are starting Assistant Professor positions at the following universities: Yale (Brisa), NYU (Rachel), and Michigan (Tyler). We will miss you all, and stay warm!
Timeline:
- 2007: Opened lab at UCSF
- 2022: Opened lab at Cedars-Sinai
- 2025: Relaunched our new website
