Jose Inzunza
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Title: Genetic changes at chromosomal and DNA level during long term cultivation of hES cells
Biography:
Jose Inzunza is an associate professor and senior researcher at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet (KI). He received his doctorate in obstetrics and gynecology at Karolinska University Hospital, KI. With a specialization in cytogenetics, he worked on his doctoral work with a project in clinical application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). He has also been involved in the development and implementation of the laboratory for derivation and differentiation of human embryonic stem cell research at KI. This was the first bank of human embryo stem cells in Sweden and Scandinavia. Jose has also worked with cellular re-programming. Today, Jose's line of research is in stem cells and tumorogenesis and genetic stability of these cells during the differentiation process.