Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Oregon National Primate Research Center
  • Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
  • Professor and Director, Center for Embryonic Cell & Gene Therapy
  • Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, School of Medicine

Biography

Shoukhrat Mitalipov is the Director of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy. He is also a Professor in the Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences of Oregon National Primate Research Center. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, he came to Utah State University in 1995 to conduct his postdoctoral training in developmental biology. Dr. Mitalipov joined OHSU in 1998.

 

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.S., 1987, Timiriasev Academy
    • Ph.D., 1994, Research Center for Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

  • Fellowship

    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, 1995-1998
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Human Genetics, Muenster University, Muenster, Germany, 1995

Areas of interest

  • Gamete and Embryo Biology
  • Mitochondrial Genetics
  • Special focus on Germline Gene Therapy

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2013 – Recognized by journal Nature as top 10 people who mattered in 2013
  • 2010 – Recipient of the 2010 Discovery Award, The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon
  • 2010 – Recipient of 2010 Women’s Health Research Award, the Center for Women’s Health, Circle of Giving
  • 1995 – Fellowship award, Exchange Visitor Program “Cooperation in Applied Sciences and Technologies (CAST)”. Development of culture system to maintain pluripotency of bovine embryonic stem cells. Utah State University.
  • 2017 - Recipient of “Thousand Talents Plan” Award in China in the category of the Recruitment Program for Foreign Experts

Publications

Selected publications

  • Ma H, Marti-Gutierrez N, Park SW, Wu J, Lee Y, Suzuki K, Koski A, Ji D, Hayama T, Ahmed R, Darby H, Van Dyken C, Li Y, Kang E, Park AR, Kim D, Kim ST, Gong J, Gu Y, Xu X, Battaglia D, Krieg SA, Lee DM, Wu DH, Wolf DP, Heitner SB, Belmonte JCI, Amato P, Kim JS, Kaul S, Mitalipov S. Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos. Nature. 2017;548(7668):413-419. PMID: 28783728.
  • Kang E, Wu J, Gutierrez NM, Koski A, Tippner-Hedges R, Agaronyan K, Platero-Luengo A, Martinez-Redondo P, Ma H, Lee Y, Hayama T, Van Dyken C, Wang X, Luo S, Ahmed R, Li Y, Ji D, Kayali R, Cinnioglu C, Olson S, Jensen J, Battaglia D, Lee D, Wu D, Huang T, Wolf DP, Temiakov D, Belmonte JC, Amato P, Mitalipov S. Mitochondrial replacement in human oocytes carrying pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations. Nature. 2016;540(7632):270-275. PMID: 27919073.
  • Kang E, Wang X, Tippner-Hedges R, Ma H, Folmes CD, Gutierrez NM, Lee Y, Van Dyken C, Ahmed R, Li Y, Koski A, Hayama T, Luo S, Harding CO, Amato P, Jensen J, Battaglia D, Lee D, Wu D, Terzic A, Wolf DP, Huang T, Mitalipov S. Age-Related Accumulation of Somatic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Adult-Derived Human iPSCs. Cell Stem Cell. 2016;18(5):625-636. PMID: 27151456.
  • Ma H, Folmes CD, Wu J, Morey R, Mora-Castilla S, Ocampo A, Ma L, Poulton J, Wang X, Ahmed R, Kang E, Lee Y, Hayama T, Li Y, Van Dyken C, Gutierrez NM, Tippner-Hedges R, Koski A, Mitalipov N, Amato P, Wolf DP, Huang T, Terzic A, Laurent LC, Izpisua Belmonte JC, Mitalipov S. Metabolic rescue in pluripotent cells from patients with mtDNA disease. Nature. 2015;524(7564):234-238. PMID: 26176921.
  • Ma H, Morey R, O'Neil RC, He Y, Daughtry B, Schultz MD, Hariharan M, Nery JR, Castanon R, Sabatini K, Thiagarajan RD, Tachibana M, Kang E, Tippner-Hedges R, Ahmed R, Gutierrez NM, Van Dyken C, Polat A, Sugawara A, Sparman M, Gokhale S, Amato P, Wolf DP, Ecker JR, Laurent LC, Mitalipov S. Abnormalities in human pluripotent cells due to reprogramming mechanisms. Nature. 2014;511(7508):177-183. PMCID: PMC4898064.
  • Kang E, Wu G, Ma H, Li Y, Tippner-Hedges R, Tachibana M, Sparman M, Wolf DP, Scholer HR, Mitalipov S. Nuclear reprogramming by interphase cytoplasm of two-cell mouse embryos. Nature. 2014;509(7498):101-104. PMCID: PMC4124901.
  • Tachibana M, Amato P, Sparman M, Gutierrez NM, Tippner-Hedges R, Ma H, Kang E, Fulati A, Lee HS, Sritanaudomchai H, Masterson K, Larson J, Eaton D, Sadler-Fredd K, Battaglia D, Lee D, Wu D, Jensen J, Patton P, Gokhale S, Stouffer RL, Wolf D, Mitalipov S. Human embryonic stem cells derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer. Cell. 2013;153(6):1228-1238. PMCID: PMC3772789.
  • Tachibana M, Amato P, Sparman M, Woodward J, Sanchis DM, Ma H, Gutierrez NM, Tippner-Hedges R, Kang E, Lee HS, Ramsey C, Masterson K, Battaglia D, Lee D, Wu D, Jensen J, Patton P, Gokhale S, Stouffer R, Mitalipov S. Towards germline gene therapy of inherited mitochondrial diseases. Nature. 2013;493(7434):627-631. PMCID: PMC3561483.
  • Tachibana M, Sparman M, Sritanaudomchai H, Ma H, Clepper L, Woodward J, Li Y, Ramsey C, Kolotushkina O, Mitalipov S. Mitochondrial gene replacement in primate offspring and embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2009;461(7262):367-372. PMCID: PMC2774772.
  • Kang E, Wu J, Gutierrez NM, Koski A, Tippner-Hedges R, Agaronyan K, Platero-Luengo A, Martinez-Redondo P, Ma H, Lee Y, Hayama T, Van Dyken C, Wang X, Luo S, Ahmed R, Li Y, Ji D, Kayali R, Cinnioglu C, Olson S, Jensen J, Battaglia D, Lee D, Wu D, Huang T, Wolf DP, Temiakov D, Belmonte JC, Amato P, Mitalipov S. Mitochondrial replacement in human oocytes carrying pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations. Nature. 2016;540(7632):270-275. PMID: 27919073.

Publications