Speaker

Dr. Samantha Morris, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her laboratory studies the mechanisms of cell reprogramming, focusing on how pioneer transcription factors drive gene expression, epigenetic, and functional changes in cell identity. To enable these studies, her group develops novel, open-source single-cell experimental and computational approaches to longitudinally record lineage and gene regulation during directed reprogramming. With her team, Dr. Morris aims to engineer clinically relevant cell populations, translating new insights in cell fate specification into better models of disease and development. With clinical collaborators, her laboratory uses their genomic technologies to dissect mechanisms of pediatric gastrointestinal disease, such as Short Gut Syndrome and Hirschsprung’s Disease, with a long-term goal of developing novel regenerative therapies.

Homepage: http://morrislab.wustl.edu/
Twitter: @morris_lab

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