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Meet Jenny Robinson

January 23, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty

New ISCRM faculty member Jenny Robinson, PhD has built a career researching how differences in sex hormones influence soft tissue regeneration, a question that first occurred to her on the soccer field. Read More

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Research from Freedman Lab Reveals Surprising Finding About Common Cause of Kidney Disease

January 5, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

A paper from the Freedman Lab, published this week in Nature Communications, reveals a surprising finding about the way cysts form in PKD organoids, a discovery that could have clinical implications. Read More

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ISCRM Researchers Identify Gene With Dual Influence on Bone and Muscle Development

November 29, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , , , ,

Using zebrafish as a model, researchers from the Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab describe how wnt16 dually influences bone and muscle development and growth. Read More

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WRF Fellowships for Two ISCRM Undergraduate Researchers

November 7, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Heart Regeneration | Tagged: , , ,

Undergraduate student researchers Dessirée Ortaç and Eesha Murali have received Washington Research Foundation Fellowships that will support their time in the lab through the end of the 2023 school year. Read More

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Cascadia Corridor Research Symposium Comes to Seattle

October 10, 2022 | Categories: Announcements, Core Faculty, Research | Tagged:

The symposium will take place November 3-4 on the UW Medicine South Lake Union campus and will feature keynote addresses from ISCRM Associate Director Jen Davis, PhD and David Granville, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Read More

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NIH Grant Will Support Collaborative Hemophilia Study

October 7, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty | Tagged: ,

In a longitudinal study of mothers and babies, a research team led by ISCRM faculty member Jill Johnsen, MD will trace the roots of risk for immune complications caused by a treatment for severe Hemophilia A. Read More

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Developing a Neuromuscular Modeling System

October 6, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty | Tagged: , , , , ,

An NIH R03 grant and a UW Royalty Research Fund grant will allow ISCRM researchers and their partners to develop a modeling system that integrates neurons and skeletal muscle tissue. Read More

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MSBL Receives NIH Grant to Expand DEIA Mentorship

October 4, 2022 | Categories: Award, Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

The Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab (MSBL), directed by ISCRM faculty member Ron Kwon, has received a $431,765 award from the NIH in recognition of excellence in DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) mentorship. Read More

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Exploring Regenerative Potential in Zebrafish and Humans

September 27, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , ,

A study from the Musculoskeletal Systems Biology Lab sheds a light on the characteristics of zebrafish cells that are able to differentiate from progenitor cells into bone cells, and then revert back to a progenitor state. Read More

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ISCRM Travels to Chehalis for STEM Camp

September 12, 2022 | Categories: Core Faculty | Tagged:

More than 45 ISCRM faculty, students, and staff traveled to Chehalis to lead two days of a UW STEM camp offered to more than 50 Lewis County high school students. Read More