Russell C. Addis

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Uruguay

Physician Molecular Biology
Biography

Russell Addis is a senior research investigator at the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He earned a Ph.D. in human genetics and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into dopaminergic neurons. In his current position at Penn, he led the group that was first to report the direct conversion, or transdifferentiation, of astrocytes into functional dopaminergic neurons. Russell Addis is a senior research investigator at the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He earned a Ph.D. in human genetics and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into dopaminergic neurons. In his current position at Penn, he led the group that was first to report the direct conversion, or transdifferentiation, of astrocytes into functional dopaminergic neurons.

Research Intrest

Genetics and Molecular Biology