Prof. Irina Conboy

Dr. Irina Conboy is a Professor of the Department of Bioengineering, University of California. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Molecular and Cellular Immunology at the Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, in 1998. Her scientific interests are focused on the study of stem cell niche engineering, tissue repair, and stem cell aging and rejuvenation. A key direction of research in her lab is to understand age-imposed and pathological changes in molecular compositions of systemic and local environments of adult stem cells and to calibrate these to health—youth. Success in their research will improve our understanding of the determinants of homeostatic health and will enable novel rational approaches to treat several degenerative, fibrotic, metabolic, and inflammatory diseases, that often accompany human aging, as a class.