Irina Conboy PhD

Dr. Irina M. Conboy, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Irina Conboy received her Ph.D. (Cellular and Molecular Immunology) from Stanford University in 1998. Her research is focused on deciphering the key signal transduction pathways that control the behavior of adult stem cells and understanding the age-related changes in this signal integration. This research program will ultimately lead to the development of novel methods for combating the degenerative disorders that often accompany human aging. Since 2005 she is a Faculty Mentor for the UC Berkeley Chapter of the Student Society for Stem Cell Research and sponsor of the Decal class: Stem cell science and Society. She is also Reviewer for the CIRM Training Grant Program at UC Berkeley and a member of the Peer Review Committee for the State of Maryland Stem Cell Initiative, an Invited peer-reviewer for the Neurogenesis and Cell Fate study section at NIH, and a Reviewer for the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging. Irina Conboy received CIRM New Faculty Award in 2008, Glenn Award for Research in Biological mechanisms of aging in 2008, and Ellison’s Medical Foundation Award, New Scholar in Aging in 2005.