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Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, HSCRB studies how stem cells and regenerative biology can help address the diseases of aging inside the Sherman Fairchild building. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer
Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, HSCRB studies how stem cells and regenerative biology can help address the diseases of aging inside the Sherman Fairchild building. Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

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Lee Rubin, Ph.D.

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain

SFARI Scientific Review Board

Affiliations
  • Principal Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University
Website
hsci.harvard.edu/people/lee-l-rubin

Publications

Small-molecule screen reveals pathways that regulate C4 secretion in stem cell-derived astrocytes

Stem Cell Reports, January 10, 2023

F Rapino, T Natoli, F Limone, E O'Connor, J Blank, M Tegtmeyer, et al.

Small-molecule screen reveals pathways that regulate C4 secretion in stem cell-derived astrocytes

Stem Cell Reports, December 6, 2022

F Rapino, T Natoli, F Limone, E O'Connor, J Blank, M Tegtmeyer, et al.

A microengineered Brain-Chip to model neuroinflammation in humans

iScience, July 21, 2022

I Pediaditakis, KR Kodella, DV Manatakis, CY Le, S Barthakur, A Sorets, et al.

FOS licenses early events in stem cell activation driving skeletal muscle regeneration

Cell Rep., January 26, 2022

AE Almada, N Horwitz, FD Price, AE Gonzalez, M Ko, OV Bolukbasi, et al.

Projects

Fluorescent microscopy image of brain tissue showing blue, green, and red stained neural cells and fibers, with dense cell clusters and branching structures against a dark background.

Plasticity and the Aging Brain

Simons Collaboration
Neurons Vasculature

Understanding how bloodborne factors improve the function of the aging brain

Funded Work

Featuring Lee Rubin

Blood platelets releasing orange factor to the brain

Research Converging on How Young Blood Improves Old Brains

A digital illustration of a silhouette of a fox made up of red blood cells connected with a tube to a large container of blood.

Exploring How Young Blood Helps Reverse Signs of Aging in Old Brains

Blood vessels and the brain

New Map of Brain Vasculature Reveals Unexpected Diversity

Glial cells, which surround the blood vessels, are shown in green. Neurons are shown in red

Searching for the Secret of How Young Blood Rejuvenates the Brain

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