Primary Job Title Co-founder Primary Organization 
Fate Therapeutics
Gender Male
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Dr. Moon studies the Wnt signal transduction pathways with an emphasis on their normal roles in vertebrates, their mechanisms of action, their linkage to various disease processes, and the development of therapeutics targeting these pathways. His laboratory employs a wide range of approaches, including high throughput screening for small molecules,
advanced mass spectrometry methods, diverse animal model systems and cell biological and biochemical approaches.
Dr. Moon is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
He is also the William and Marilyn Connor Chair, and founding director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington.
Dr. Moon received his B.A. degree in biology at New College, Sarasota, FL, and his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Washington. After completing his postdoctoral work in molecular biology at the California Institute of Technology, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington, where he has been the recipient of a Syntex Scholar in Cardiovascular Research, a Career Development Award from the NIH, a recipient of a L.L. Temple Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Additionally, Dr. Moon was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
