Dr. Noriaki Ono is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Center at Houston. His research focuses on bone development and regeneration. He talks about in vivo lineage tracing techniques and how early perichondrial cells contribute to developing bones. He also discusses the art and science of dentistry, mentorship, and moving his lab across the country.

Making Eggs from Male Mice – Researchers differentiated male iPSCs into oocytes, which gave rise to offspring after fertilization.

Liver Regeneration – Transitional liver progenitor cells are bipotent and differentiate into hepatocytes during regeneration.

A Key Factor for SARS-CoV-2 Infection – Scientists used a multi-organoid platform to identify the role of circadian-clock regulation in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Pancreatic Cancer Organoids – Transcriptomic analysis of pancreatic cancer organoids suggested that non-neoplastic cells in the tumor microenvironment can modulate tumor cell invasion.

Photo Reference: Courtesy of Dr. Noriaki Ono

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