Education

Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (expected 2018)

Current position

PhD student, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School

Publications (since 2010)

1. Rinkevich, Y., Montoro, D. T., Muhonen, E., Walmsley, G. G., Lo, D., Hasegawa, M., Januszyk, M., Connolly, A. J., Weissman, I. L. and Longaker, M. T. (2014). Clonal analysis reveals nerve-dependent and independent roles on mammalian hind limb tissue maintenance and regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(27): 9846-9851.

2. Rinkevich, Y., Montoro, D. T., Contreras-Trujillo, H., Harari-Steinberg, O., Newman, A. M., Tsai, J. M., Lim, X., Van-Amerongen, R., Bowman, A., Januszyk, M., Pleniceanu, O., Nusse, R., Longaker, M. T., Weissman, I. L. and Dekel, B. (2014). In vivo clonal analysis reveals lineage-restricted progenitor characteristics in mammalian kidney development, maintenance, and regeneration. Cell Rep 7(4): 1270-1283.

3. Lau, A. N., Curtis, S. J., Fillmore, C. M., Rowbotham, S. P., Mohseni, M., Wagner, D. E., Beede, A. M., Montoro, D. T., Sinkevicius, K. W., Walton, Z. E., Barrios, J., Weiss, D. J., Camargo, F. D., Wong, K. K. and Kim, C. F. (2014). Tumor-propagating cells and Yap/Taz activity contribute to lung tumor progression and metastasis. EMBO J 33(5): 468-481.

4. Chung, M. T., Liu, C., Hyun, J. S., Lo, D. D., Montoro, D. T., Hasegawa, M., Li, S., Sorkin, M., Rennert, R., Keeney, M., Yang, F., Quarto, N., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2013). CD90 (Thy-1)-positive selection enhances osteogenic capacity of human adipose-derived stromal cells. Tissue Eng Part A 19(7-8): 989-997.

5. Nauta, A., Seidel, C., Deveza, L., Montoro, D., Grova, M., Ko, S. H., Hyun, J., Gurtner, G. C., Longaker, M. T. and Yang, F. (2013). Adipose-derived stromal cells overexpressing vascular endothelial growth factor accelerate mouse excisional wound healing. Mol Ther 21(2): 445-455.

6. Chung, M. T., Hyun, J. S., Lo, D. D., Montoro, D. T., Hasegawa, M., Levi, B., Januszyk, M., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2013). Micro-computed tomography evaluation of human fat grafts in nude mice. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 19(3): 227-232.

7. Chung, M. T., Zimmermann, A. S., Paik, K. J., Morrison, S. D., Hyun, J. S., Lo, D. D., McArdle, A., Montoro, D. T., Walmsley, G. G., Senarath-Yapa, K., Sorkin, M., Rennert, R., Chen, H. H., Chung, A. S., Vistnes, D., Gurtner, G. C., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2013). Isolation of human adipose-derived stromal cells using laser-assisted liposuction and their therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine. Stem Cells Transl Med 2(10): 808-817.

8. Hyun, J., Grova, M., Nejadnik, H., Lo, D., Morrison, S., Montoro, D., Chung, M., Zimmermann, A., Walmsley, G. G., Lee, M., Daldrup-Link, H., Wan, D. C. and Longaker, M. T. (2013). Enhancing in vivo survival of adipose-derived stromal cells through Bcl-2 overexpression using a minicircle vector. Stem Cells Transl Med 2(9): 690-702.

9. Nauta, A. C., Grova, M., Montoro, D. T., Zimmermann, A., Tsai, M., Gurtner, G. C., Galli, S. J. and Longaker, M. T. (2013). Evidence that mast cells are not required for healing of splinted cutaneous excisional wounds in mice. PLoS One 8(3): e59167.

10. Hyun, J. S., Tran, M. C., Wong, V. W., Chung, M. T., Lo, D. D., Montoro, D. T., Wan, D. C. and Longaker, M. T. (2013). Enhancing stem cell survival in vivo for tissue repair. Biotechnol Adv 31(5): 736-743.

11. Hyun, J. S., Montoro, D. T., Lo, D. D., Flynn, R. A., Wong, V., Chung, M. T., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2013). The seed and the soil: optimizing stem cells and their environment for tissue regeneration. Ann Plast Surg 70(2): 235-239.

12. Grova, M., Lo, D. D., Montoro, D., Hyun, J. S., Chung, M. T., Wan, D. C. and Longaker, M. T. (2012). Models of cranial suture biology. J Craniofac Surg 23(7 Suppl 1): 1954-1958.

13. Hyun, J. S., Chung, M. T., Wong, V. W., Montoro, D., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2012). Rethinking the blastema. Plast Reconstr Surg 129(5): 1097-1103.

14. Levi, B., Hyun, J. S., Montoro, D. T., Lo, D. D., Chan, C. K., Hu, S., Sun, N., Lee, M., Grova, M., Connolly, A. J., Wu, J. C., Gurtner, G. C., Weissman, I. L., Wan, D. C. and Longaker, M. T. (2012). In vivo directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells for skeletal regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(50): 20379-20384.

15. Chung, M. T., Levi, B., Hyun, J. S., Lo, D. D., Montoro, D. T., Lisiecki, J., Bradley, J. P., Buchman, S. R., Longaker, M. T. and Wan, D. C. (2012). Pierre Robin sequence and Treacher Collins hypoplastic mandible comparison using three-dimensional morphometric analysis. J Craniofac Surg 23(7 Suppl 1): 1959-1963.

16. Lo, D. D., Mackanos, M. A., Chung, M. T., Hyun, J. S., Montoro, D. T., Grova, M., Liu, C., Wang, J., Palanker, D., Connolly, A. J., Longaker, M. T., Contag, C. H. and Wan, D. C. (2012). Femtosecond plasma mediated laser ablation has advantages over mechanical osteotomy of cranial bone. Lasers Surg Med 44(10): 805-814.

17. An, M. C., Zhang, N., Scott, G., Montoro, D., Wittkop, T., Mooney, S., Melov, S. and Ellerby, L. M. (2012). Genetic correction of Huntington's disease phenotypes in induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 11(2): 253-263.

18. Levi, B., Nelson, E. R., Hyun, J. S., Glotzbach, J. P., Li, S., Nauta, A., Montoro, D. T., Lee, M., Commons, G. C., Hu, S., Wu, J. C., Gurtner, G. C. and Longaker, M. T. (2012). Enhancement of human adipose-derived stromal cell angiogenesis through knockdown of a BMP-2 inhibitor. Plast Reconstr Surg 129(1): 53-66.

19. Levi, B., Nelson, E. R., Li, S., James, A. W., Hyun, J. S., Montoro, D. T., Lee, M., Glotzbach, J. P., Commons, G. W. and Longaker, M. T. (2011). Dura mater stimulates human adipose-derived stromal cells to undergo bone formation in mouse calvarial defects. Stem Cells 29(8): 1241-1255.

20. Zhang, N., An, M. C., Montoro, D. and Ellerby, L. M. (2010). Characterization of Human Huntington's Disease Cell Model from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLoS Curr 2: RRN1193.