Balaji M. Rao

This study shows that glucose levels affect the growth, structure, and cell types in human cerebral organoids, with physiological glucose altering lineage distributions and requiring mTOR inhibition to restore neurodevelopmental cell types.

This study shows nicotinamide counteracts endothelin-1's adverse effects on uterine decidualization, improving embryo implantation and pregnancy outcomes in a mouse model.

This paper shows that human trophoblast stem cells can be derived from term placenta CTBs using a modified medium, enabling diverse genetic hTSC lines for placental research.

This paper establishes a chemically defined culture system for differentiating human trophoblast stem cells into extravillous trophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast lineages, showing that laminin-1 switches differentiation fate.

REMY is a platform for analyzing histone modifications in yeast, demonstrating its utility in studying acetylation specificity and antibody performance.

The paper derives two distinct trophectoderm stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells, showing differences in markers, culture requirements, and transcriptome profiles.

This paper isolates and characterizes cyclic peptide binders using yeast surface display, showing they can bind targets like lysozyme and IL-17 with low micromolar to nanomolar affinities without chemical synthesis.