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Benjamin Freedman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
UW Medicine Research
850 Republican St
Box 358056
Seattle, WA 98109
See also, The Freedman Lab
Education and Training
Post-doctoral training
Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Research Interests
The goal of our research is to create laboratory models of kidney disease and regeneration using human pluripotent stem cells.
Current research projects include:
Bioengineering functional human kidney tubules from stem cells
Modeling polycystic kidney disease using human pluripotent stem cells
Podocyte differentiation and glomerular function