We are part of the Black Family Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Our lab is interested in the formation and function of stem cell niches, which we study in genetic mouse models of hair follicle development.  Specifically we focus on the cell fate specification of stem cell niche cells (=dermal papilla cells) during hair morphogenesis and on how niche cells activate stem cells during hair morphogenesis and regeneration.