ISSN: 2689-8993
Professor
Department of Regenerative Medicine
San Diego Regenerative Medicine Institute
California, United States Of America
Tel: 858-457-2046
Dr. Xuejun H Parsons is Professor of Regenerative Medicine in San Diego Regenerative Medicine Institute, San Diego, California. Dr. Parsons received her PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology from Cornell University in 1998, and completed her PostDoc studies as a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Research Fellow at University of California at San Diego in 2002. She has a broad background in biomedical research and life sciences industry, with a great deal of expertise and leadership in the emerging technology of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) based regenerative medicine, in-depth understanding of hPSC research to the advance of medicine and improvement of human health, and entrepreneurship. Following her postdoc training in the field of molecular biology, she was awarded a NIH mentored research scientist career development award (NIH K01AG024496, titled 'Epigenetic Controls in hESC Dopaminergic Fate') in 2005 for successful transition of her career into the human stem cell field as PI. From 2005-2008, she also served as the key personnel and project leader in one of the NIH exploratory centers for pluripotent human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, and have led the collaborative effort to develop the utility of hESC as a model system for a diverse range of biological and medical problems with her original research and ability to integrate diverse sources of information to develop novel approaches. She is the Co-Founder/CEO of several Regenerative Medicine startups, including San Diego Regenerative Medicine Institute, Xcelthera INC, and PluriStem Biopharmaceutical Ltd. Previously; she was a stem cell scientist and/or faculty at University of California and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.
