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George Cotsarelis

Milton Bixler Hartzell Professor and Chair · University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Credentials: · · · ·

History

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania · University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Present
Department of Dermatology · University of Pennsylvania Health System
Present
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Present

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1993–1995
Dermatology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
1989–1992
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1988–1989
Internal Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center
1987–1988
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1987–1988
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1983–1987
Bio Basis Of Behavior) University Of Pennsylvania, 1983

Research

Label-retaining cells reside in the bulge area of pilosebaceous unit: implications for follicular stem cells, hair cycle, and skin carcinogenesis
Cell · 1990 · First of 3 authors · 1,820 citations
Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: implications on epithelial stem cells
Cell · 1989 · First of 5 authors · 1,199 citations
beta-Catenin controls hair follicle morphogenesis and stem cell differentiation in the skin
Cell · 2001 · 1,154 citations

Jerry Shapiro
12 papers
Wilma Bergfeld
11 papers
Amy McMichael
10 papers
Antonella Tosti
10 papers
Elise Olsen
10 papers
Paradi Mirmirani
9 papers
VC
Valerie Callender
9 papers
John Seykora
8 papers
Maria Hordinsky
8 papers
SL
Stephen Lyle
7 papers · 4 as a resident
BK
Brett King
6 papers
BC
Brittany Craiglow
6 papers

Grants

Penn Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-Based Center
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · P30
Contact PI · $2.4M · University of Pennsylvania
2016–2021
Hair Follicle Neogenesis in Response to Wounding
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.5M · University of Pennsylvania
2007–2018
Core Center
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · P30
Project lead · $733.2K · University of Pennsylvania
2009–2014
Interfollicular Epidermal Stem Cells in Human and Mouse Skin
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $388.8K · University of Pennsylvania
2010–2012