Welcome to the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine has three overarching goals:
- To answer fundamental questions regarding the mechanisms of tissue and organ formation and disease
- To discover strategies for tissue repair and regeneration based on a solid foundation of knowledge
- To educate future generations of scientists and clinicians who will develop this new scientific knowledge and translate it into novel human therapies
News and Announcements

Upcoming Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar: “Cell Atlases as Roadmaps in Cancer”
Aviv Regev, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Research and Early Development, Genentech, May 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Zoom

Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Siegwart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC).

Isaac Chan, M.D., Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Isaac Chan, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Chan is Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology.

Haiyang Yu, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Haiyang Yu, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Yu is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology in the Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

2021-2022 CRSM Trainee Fellowship Awardees Announced
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science & Medicine Trainee Fellowship awardees were announced at the Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series. The awardees are Caroline Garcia, Ph.D. (PI: Chun-Li Zhang, Ph.D.); Guoli Hu, Ph.D. (PI: Courtney Karner, Ph.D.); Helin Hocaoglu (PI: Matthew Sieber, Ph.D.); Edem Tchegnon (PI: Lu Le, M.D., Ph.D.).

2021-2022 Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series. Seminars will be presented using Zoom, please see Seminar Series page for Zoom links.

Victor Varner, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Victor Varner, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Varner is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Dallas.

2020-2021 CRSM Trainee Fellowship Awardees Announced
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science & Medicine Trainee Fellowship awardees were announced at the Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series. The awardees are Sojeong Jun (PI: Michalis Agathocleous, Ph.D.); Maria del Carmen Lafita Navarro, Ph.D. (PI: Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Ph.D.); Sara Martire, Ph.D. (PI: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.); Ngoc Uyen Nhi Nguyen, Ph.D. (PI: Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D.); Daniel Schmitz (PI: Jun Wu, Ph.D.); Akansha Shah (PI: Ning Liu, Ph.D.).

2021 Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine is pleased to announce the 2021 Regenerative Medicine Virtual Seminar Series. Seminars will be presented using Zoom, please see Seminar Series page for Zoom links.

Yichen Ding, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Yichen Ding, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Ding is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Dallas.

CRSM COVID-19 Pilot Project Awardees
The Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine is excited to announce four COVID-19 pilot project grants awarded to Bo Li, Ph.D. and James Chen, Ph.D., Josh Mendell M.D., Ph.D., Ibrahim Hashim, Ph.D., Vlad Zaha, M.D., Ph.D., Justin Grodin, M.D. and Pradeep Mammen, M.D.

Benjamin Levi, M.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Benjamin Levi, M.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Levi holds the Dr. Lee Hudson-Robert R. Penn Chair in Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and serves as Chief of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery.

Lu Sun, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Lu Sun, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Sun is Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology.

Ben Sabari, Ph.D., Joins CRSM Faculty
Ben Sabari, Ph.D., has joined the faculty of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine. Dr. Sabari is Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology Sciences, Molecular Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology.