Herron Lab

Todd Herron is a Research Scientist at Greenstone Biosciences and the founding director of the Frankel Cardiovascular Regeneration Core Laboratory. He obtained his PhD in Cardiac Physiology from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

His research focuses on bioengineering tools for advanced pluripotent stem cell differentiation to two specific cell/organ types: cardiomyocytes and pancreatic islets. The ultimate goal is to produce these human cell types in large quantities for high throughput in vitro testing and for development of regenerative therapies for heart failure and diabetes, respectively. The Herron Lab is developing novel artificial intelligence guided laser cell processing methods for more rapid and robust biomanufacturing of these human cell types. In addition to traditional 2D cell culture formats,m they also are developing 3D cardiac organoids and 3D pancreatic islets for in vitro testing, discovery of new drugs and delivery in vivo to treat heart disease and diabetes.