Nissim Benvenisty, MD,PhD

Research Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Institute
Email:nissim.benvenisty@cshs.org
Phone:(310) 423-7626

Institute Affiliation

Regenerative Medicine Institute

Research Focus

Human embryonic stem cells.

Research Contributions

Demonstration of both spontaneous and directed in vitro differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Developed the genetic manipulation as well as the establishment of models for human diseases using human embryonic stem cells.

Current investigations include:

Derivation of human embryonic stem cells within a CIRM program.

Selected Publications

  1. Lavon N, Narwani K, Golan-Lev T, Buehler N, Hill D, Benvenisty N: Derivation of Euploid Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Aneuploid Embryos. Stem Cells, , 2008
  2. , Adewumi O, Aflatoonian B, Ahrlund-Richter L, Amit M, Andrews PW, Beighton G, Bello PA, Benvenisty N, Berry LS, Bevan S, Blum B, Brooking J, Chen KG, Choo AB, Churchill GA, Corbel M, Damjanov I, Draper JS, Dvorak P, Emanuelsson K, Fleck RA, Ford A, Gertow K, Gertsenstein M, Gokhale PJ, Hamilton RS, Hampl A, Healy LE, Hovatta O, Hyllner J, Imreh MP, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Jackson J, Johnson JL, Jones M, Kee K, King BL, Knowles BB, Lako M, Lebrin F, Mallon BS, Manning D, Mayshar Y, McKay RD, Michalska AE, Mikkola M, Mileikovsky M, Minger SL, Moore HD, Mummery CL, Nagy A, Nakatsuji N, O'Brien CM, Oh SK, Olsson C, Otonkoski T, Park KY, Passier R, Patel H, Patel M, Pedersen R, Pera MF, Piekarczyk MS, Pera RA, Reubinoff BE, Robins AJ, Rossant J, Rugg-Gunn P, Schulz TC, Semb H, Sherrer ES, Siemen H, Stacey GN, Stojkovic M, Suemori H, Szatkiewicz J, Turetsky T, Tuuri T, van den Brink S, Vintersten K, Vuoristo S, Ward D, Weaver TA, Young LA, Zhang W: Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative. Nat. Biotechnol., 25(7): 803-16, 2007
  3. Daley GQ, Ahrlund Richter L, Auerbach JM, Benvenisty N, Charo RA, Chen G, Deng HK, Goldstein LS, Hudson KL, Hyun I, Junn SC, Love J, Lee EH, McLaren A, Mummery CL, Nakatsuji N, Racowsky C, Rooke H, Rossant J, Schöler HR, Solbakk JH, Taylor P, Trounson AO, Weissman IL, Wilmut I, Yu J, Zoloth L: Ethics. The ISSCR guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research. Science, 315(5812): 603-4, 2007
  4. Andrews PW, Benvenisty N, McKay R, Pera MF, Rossant J, Semb H, Stacey GN, : The International Stem Cell Initiative: toward benchmarks for human embryonic stem cell research. Nat. Biotechnol., 23(7): 795-7, 2005