Dr. Krishanu Saha

Biography

Krishanu Saha is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Kathryn & Latimer Murfee Chair at the McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on developing innovative human stem cell models and therapies through novel biomaterials and genetic engineering techniques. Dr. Saha completed his doctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, where he conducted theoretical and experimental studies on how stem progenitor cells make cell fate decisions influenced by molecular signals. His postdoctoral research at the Whitehead Institute/MIT, under the mentorship of Rudolf Jaenisch, allowed him to quantitatively characterize a new technique for cell reprogramming, contributing significantly to the generation of human embryonic-like stem cells. He has collaborated with renowned figures such as Dan Anderson and Robert Langer to produce novel polymers for biointerfaces in human pluripotent stem cell culture. As a core member of the Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine Center, he works collaboratively within the McPherson ERI to share scientific data and experimental tools, developing advanced methods for producing gene-edited mice and human pluripotent stem cells to understand the pathophysiology of retinal diseases.

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