Bruce Wang is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He received his MD from UCSF and conducted postdoctoral training at Stanford University in developmental and stem cell biology. His lab studies how different cell types in the liver, in particular hepatocytes, are generated during development, patterned and maintained during adulthood, and regenerate after injury. The primary objectives of his research are to improve the understanding of liver disease pathophysiology and develop novel methods of treatment for liver diseases, including cell replacement therapy. His group is one of the first to identify an adult hepatocyte stem cell population important for the maintenance of liver homeostasis. They have recently developed a method to maintain and expand primary hepatocytes as 3D organoids. Currently, the lab has two major research focuses: 1) understanding the biology of adult hepatocyte stem cells and 2) developing a single cell resolution liver cell atlas. They are addressing these two areas using tools of stem cell biology, developmental biology, genomics and tissue engineering. Dr. Wang has received several honors and awards, including the career award for medical scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.