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Natalia Veniaminova, PhD is a Research Investigator in the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology. Dr. Veniaminova’s research focuses on the basic mechanisms underlying the formation and regeneration of sebaceous glands and other populations of epithelial cells in skin. She has made important contributions to research investigating the roles of different stem cell populations during hair follicle development, wound healing and tumorigenesis. Her publication in Developmental Cell (2019) featured landmark discovery demonstrating each sebaceous gland lobe is maintained by a local stem cell pool and that Notch directly promotes sebaceous gland stem cell differentiation into sebocytes.
Dr. Veniaminova obtained her PhD from the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow and completed post-doctoral research training in the labs of Dr. Juanita Merchant and Dr. Sunny Wong at the University of Michigan. She subsequently joined the research staff of the Wong lab in 2013 and was appointed as a research faculty member in 2023.
U-M Sunny Wong Lab - Skin Cancer & Hair Follicle Research
Understanding the cellular dynamics of sebaceous gland differentiation.
Elucidating mechanisms of sebaceous gland self-renewal and regeneration.
Exploring signaling pathways in skin appendage development during embryogenesis
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Mattoon M, Ford NC, Benedeck R, Veniaminova NA, Gardon D, Tsai S, Uchida Y, Wong SY. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2024 May; 144 (8): s64 - s64.Proceeding / Abstract / Poster371 Hair follicles are critical modulators of skin barrier function
DOI:10.1016/j.jid.2024.06.387 -
Ford NC, Benedeck RE, Mattoon MT, Peterson JK, Mesler AL, Veniaminova NA, Gardon DJ, Tsai S-Y, Uchida Y, Wong SY. 2024 Jul 23;PresentationHair follicles modulate skin barrier function.
DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114347 PMID: 38941190 -
Veniaminova NA, Jia YY, Hartigan AM, Huyge TJ, Tsai S-Y, Grachtchouk M, Nakagawa S, Dlugosz AA, Atwood SX, Wong SY. Cell Rep, 2023 Sep 26; 42 (9): 113121Journal ArticleDistinct mechanisms for sebaceous gland self-renewal and regeneration provide durability in response to injury.
DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113121 PMID: 37715952 -
Veniaminova NA, Jia Y, Hartigan A, Huyge T, Tsai S, Grachtchouk MA, Nakagawa S, Dlugosz A, Atwood S, Wong S. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 2023 143 (5): S241 - S241.Proceeding / Abstract / PosterCellular and molecular characterization of sebaceous gland self-renewal and regeneration following complete genetic ablation
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Trieu KG, Tsai S-Y, Eberl M, Ju V, Ford NC, Doane OJ, Peterson JK, Veniaminova NA, Grachtchouk M, Harms PW, Swartling FJ, Dlugosz AA, Wong SY. Cell Rep, 2022 May 3; 39 (5): 110779Journal ArticleBasal cell carcinomas acquire secondary mutations to overcome dormancy and progress from microscopic to macroscopic disease.
DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110779 PMID: 35508126 -
Veniaminova NA, Grachtchouk M, Doane OJ, Peterson JK, Quigley DA, Lull MV, Pyrozhenko DV, Nair RR, Patrick MT, Balmain A, Dlugosz AA, Tsoi LC, Wong SY. Dev Cell, 2019 Nov 4; 51 (3): 326 - 340.e4.Journal ArticleNiche-Specific Factors Dynamically Regulate Sebaceous Gland Stem Cells in the Skin.
DOI:10.1016/j.devcel.2019.08.015 PMID: 31564613 -
Swanson JB, Vagnozzi AN, Veniaminova NA, Wong SY. Exp Dermatol, 2019 Apr; 28 (4): 345 - 349.Journal ArticleLoss of Gata6 causes dilation of the hair follicle canal and sebaceous duct.
DOI:10.1111/exd.13757 PMID: 30033638 -
Mesler AL, Veniaminova NA, Lull MV, Wong SY. Cell Rep, 2017 Apr 25; 19 (4): 809 - 821.Journal ArticleHair Follicle Terminal Differentiation Is Orchestrated by Distinct Early and Late Matrix Progenitors.
DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.077 PMID: 28445731
