Seale Lab

Patrick Seale, Ph.D.
 sealep@upenn.edu
 215-573-8856

Patrick Seale obtained his Ph.D. from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Rudnicki. During his graduate training, he studied regenerative processes in adult skeletal muscle and demonstrated a key requirement for Pax7 in the development of skeletal muscle stem cells. He then trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Bruce Spiegelman at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His research there focused on the development and differentiation of adipose lineages. In particular, he identified PRDM16 as an important cell-autonomous regulator of brown adipose cell fate. His studies also revealed a developmental connection between brown adipocytes and skeletal muscle cells.

Dr. Seale was appointed Assistant Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Sept. 2009,  Associate Professor in Sept. 2016, and full Professor in July 2022.

Rachel R. Stine, Ph.D.
Sr Research Associate
 stiner@upenn.edu

Angela Weller
 anghines@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 215-746-0551

Lan Cheng
 lancheng@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ryan Calhoun
 ryan.calhoun@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Karima Drareni, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow
 karima.drareni@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Injae Hwang, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow
 injae.hwang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Yang Chen, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow
 yang.chen1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Josephine ME Tan, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow
 josephine.tan1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Lin Liu, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow
 lin.liu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Seoyoung Jun
Ph.D. student
 seoojun@sas.upenn.edu

Department of Biology

Ethan Fein
MD/Ph.D. student
 ethan.fein@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

BGS / CAMB Program / G&E Group

Nick Williams
Ph.D. student
 nicholas.williams1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

BGS / CAMB Program / DSRB Group - Fontaine Fellow

Eirlys Barbara
Research Specialist
 eirlys.barbara@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Emily Tu, B.Sc.

Magnolia Wang

Skylar Fong