Stem Cell Biology, Single Cell Mass Spectometry, Mass Spectrometry of protein complexes
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The Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Laboratory was created at Stanford University School of Medicine in January 2002. Helen M. Blau, Ph.D., of the department of Microbiology and Immunology and and the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor of Stem Cell Biology is the first director of the Baxter Laboratory. The Laboratory has been made possible by an endowment provided to the school of medicine by the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation. The opening of the Baxter Laboratory was celebrated in May 2002.
The faculty of the Baxter Laboratory are Professors Helen M. Blau, Ph.D., Garry P. Nolan, Ph.D., and Peter Jackson, Ph.D.
Events & achievements
- Dr. Blau presents at CIRM Board Meeting on Muscular Dystrophy, August 30, 2013
- Inflammation triggers cell fusions that could protect neurons, Stanford research shows
Stanford Report, April 20, 2008
- ReMS Seminar Series - Lecture by Dr. Mario Capecchi, April 10, 2008
- Dr. Blau on PBS' Newshour
Online NewsHour, July 14, 2004 - Nobel winner's talk
focuses on memory
Stanford Report, May 17, 2006 - Annual Baxter Lecture
- Baxter Lab opens its doors
onto medical research
Stanford Report, May 22, 2002 - Old compound finds new life in molecular imaging studies
Stanford Report, May 3, 2006 article about Helen Blau - Robin Holbrook selected as Marsh O’Neill Award recipient
Stanford Report, Dec. 2, 2003 article about Baxter Administrative Services Manager
What Baxter Laboratory is About
The founding principles of the Baxter Laboratory are to bring together bioscientists who are interested not only in the basic mechanisms of disease processes, but also in exploiting biological systems to more directly bring about cures for important diseases. The laboratory also seeks to bring together researchers interested in similar diseases in a collaborative fashion.
Located on the top floor of the Sir Norman Foster designed Center for Clinical Sciences Research laboratory building at the School of Medicine, and adjacent to the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, the laboratory uses innovative cellular, genetic, and pharmacological approaches for novel drug design and delivery in order to enhance cellular repair processes.
Research is conducted in the specific areas of blood vessel growth relevant to treatment of cardiac disease and cancer, HIV, autoimmune disease, adult stem cells, and genetic engineering. One focus is the genetic networks controlled by reguatory RNAs and the roles that these RNAs play in modulating the development, function and pathogenesis of vertebrate immune systems. Many of the approaches focus on enlisting the body to fight its own diseases - one recent example is the finding that cells from adult bone marrow can be recruited to rescue damaged tissues, such as adult brain cells which may be injured by stroke, Parkinson's disease, or by trauma to the head.