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Dr. Mekayla Storer is a Group Leader at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and affiliated with the University of Cambridge's Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN). She specializes in stem cell biology and limb regeneration, focusing on digit tip regeneration mechanisms in mammals. Her research employs single-cell transcriptomics and genetic lineage tracing to study blastema formation and cell coordination during regeneration.
Education: PhD from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona, Spain) under Dr. Bill Keyes. Postdoctoral training at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada) with Drs. Freda Miller and David Kaplan. Current lab members include Lauren Connolly, Camille Dumas, and others.
Research interests center on understanding how bone-associated cells contribute to blastema formation and regeneration, with a focus on hyaluronic acid's role in tissue mechanics. Her work bridges developmental biology and regenerative medicine, exploring evolutionary origins of regenerative capacity.
Publications highlight breakthroughs in digit tip regeneration mechanisms, embryonic limb cell mapping, and senescence's role in development. Collaborations span stem cell biology, developmental genetics, and tissue engineering. No awards listed in provided texts.
Labs/Teams: The Storer Group at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute conducts interdisciplinary research using in vitro blastema cultures, single-cell analysis, and in vivo models to advance regeneration science.
