PI and Director of the Primate Center for Gene Therapy

PI and Director, Nonhuman Primate Testing Center for Evaluation of Genome Editing Tools

Unit and Core Leader, California National Primate Research Center

Director Translational Program, UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center

Dr. Tarantal’s research program includes the following areas of translational research:

• Gene therapy and somatic cell gene editing
• Stem and progenitor cell therapies / Regenerative Medicine
• Pediatric models of human disease
• Maternal microchimerism and precision models
• In vivo translational imaging applications

Stem/Progenitor cell projects focus on hematopoietic, mesenchymal, endothelial, and pluripotent stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair, transplantation, and tissue engineering.

The Primate Center for Gene Therapy conducts research on crucial questions in gene therapy.

The Translational Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Shared Research Facility is a training and service facility and a component of the UC Davis School of Medicine Stem Cell Program.