Anna Elizabeth Eastman

Anna Elizabeth Eastman is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Stem Cell Operations department at Stanford University, focusing on stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. She works under the mentorship of Irving Weissman, a Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor and Research Mentor, and is affiliated with the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI).

• Research Interests: Cell cycle dynamics, neural stem cell purification, glioma heterogeneity, DNA damage response, and cellular reprogramming.
• Publications: Her work includes developing a fluorescent reporter for live-cell cycle analysis (2020), optimizing single-cell profiling workflows (2025), and modeling glioma origins from human neural progenitor cells (2024).
• Methodologies: Single-cell RNA sequencing, fluorescent timer proteins, and genetic reprogramming techniques.
• Labs: Collaborates with Irving Weissman's lab at Stanford, which investigates stem cell biology and cancer origins.