Dr. Jennifer Davis Named New ISCRM Director

October 6, 2025 | Categories: Announcements | Tagged:

Exciting leadership news! Dr. Jennifer Davis has been named the new Director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Read More

New $8.6M NIH RC2 Grant for an Interdisciplinary Team of ISCRM Faculty.

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An interdisciplinary team of ISCRM researchers has received an $8.6 million grant from the NIH to accelerate cell therapies for diabetes by achieving more reliable and reproducible generation of fully functional pancreatic islets from multiple stem cell lines. Read More

Helper or Culprit: Re-Examining the Role of Fibroblasts in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

September 11, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , , , , ,

In a paper published in Science, a multidisciplinary ISCRM research team of biologists, engineers, and physicians shows that fibroblasts, often thought of as helpers, may weaken the heart by causing a harmful cycle of stiffening and scarring.  Read More

Key Upgrade to Protective Cell Delivery System Offers Greater Control with Light

August 27, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

The DeForest Research Group unveils a new tool, known as PhoCoil, that protects injected cells as they travel to their destination and gives scientists greater control over them once they arrive. Read More

More than 40 ISCRM Researchers Travel to Chehalis for Summer STEM Camp

August 14, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Outreach

Over the course of two science-packed days in a summer STEM camp, dozens of ISCRM trainees and faculty members led activities focused on organ physiology, DNA, biomaterials, the neuromuscular system, tissue regeneration, and much more. Read More

What Constitutes Appropriate Scientific Justification in Stem Cell Research?

June 12, 2025 | Categories: Uncategorized

A multi-institutional team convened by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) elaborates on the meaning of “appropriate scientific justification” for review boards, regulators, and scientists who evaluate and conduct stem cell research. Read More

Meet the 2025 Tietze Award Winners

May 6, 2025 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , ,

Smita Yadav and Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki have received prestigious awards from the John H. Tietze Foundation Trust that will help fuel promising research underway in their labs. Read More

User-Friendly 3D-Printed Device Will Allow Researchers to Model Human Tissue With Increased Control and Complexity

April 30, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , ,

The device known as STOMP, developed by researchers from the Sniadecki and Theberge Labs, is small enough to fit on a human fingertip and is compatible with existing tissue engineering technology. Read More

How Cellular Dysfunction Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Arises in Microglia  

April 17, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty | Tagged: ,

New research from the lab of ISCRM faculty member Jessica Young sheds light on the relationship between loss of SORL1 and Alzheimer's disease risk specifically in microglia. Read More

New Platform for Tissue Engineers Reduces Guesswork in Bioink Formulation

April 11, 2025 | Categories: Core Faculty, Uncategorized | Tagged: , ,

The Stevens Lab has unveiled a game-changing system to simultaneously screen dozens of varying compositions of bioinks for tissue and organ printing Read More