There is a hidden employee on linkedin for Amarantus whose only info is post doc amherst. Connecting the dots, Fumi Urano came out of umass amherst, and along time ago the pioneer life sciences institute out of there gave Amarantus a grant. The current Director, Dr. Joseph Jerry used to conduct MANF research. Could potentially be Dr. Melissa Brown who is working on pancreatic islet cell transplantation