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Stem Cells in Clinical Trials

April 1, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized

On Thursday, March 6, ISCRM hosted Stem Cells in Clinical Trials: A Panel Discussion on Progress in the Field of Regenerative Medicine. Summaries of the presentations and a recording of the event are now available. Read More

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Leadership News

| Categories: Core Faculty

ISCRM Dr. Charles “Chuck” Murry has been appointed to lead stem-cell research at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He will start there in August. Read More

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Berndt Lab Machine Learning Model Sets a New Pace in Protein Sensor Design

March 26, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

Over the course of a multiyear, collaborative investigation, researchers in the Berndt Lab showed that their trained machine learning models correctly predicted several variants of the calcium indicator GCaMP with record-setting speed and accuracy, outperforming all previous generations of these sensors. Read More

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Protein-Based Biomaterial Protects Injected Cells, Improves Engraftment

March 13, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , , ,

Research led by Cole DeForest, PhD in collaboration with Chuck Murry, MD, PhD and Kelly Stevens, PhD details a new protein-based biomaterial that could help improve engraftment and function following injectable cell therapies. Read More

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$7.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Effort to Advance Kidney Microphysiological Testing Platforms

February 12, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , , , , ,

NIH Funding will allow ISCRM faculty members Ed Kelly and Beno Freedman to lead the effort to advance kidney-on-a-chip and organoid testing technology and submit a 3D engineered platform for FDA approval. Read More

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Kueh Lab Studies How and When Immune Cells Form Pathogen Memories

February 1, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: ,

Research from the Kueh Lab shows infection-fighting blood cells can change course to become long-lived memory cells instead of short-lived killer cells. Read More

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Study from Kueh Lab Describes Surprising Agility in T Cell Threat Assessment

January 11, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

New research from the Kueh Lab, published in the journal PNAS, reveals surprising insights about the signaling circuitry that allows T cells to elicit tailored responses to a diverse range of threats and proposes a model for future study. Read More

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Finding a Sweet Spot for Cultivating Embryonic Cell Lines

January 2, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

Research from Julie Mathieu and Carol Ware adds to understanding of human early development and the clinical utility of late naïve hESC derived directly from blastocysts. Read More

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Welcome Yusha “Katie” Liu

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Dr. Yusha “Katie” Liu joined ISCRM in 2023 as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Read More

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Zheng Lab Unveils Platform for Modeling Cerebral Malaria in 3D

November 20, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , ,

A new paper from the Zheng Lab, published in Cell Reports, unveils a technique for probing cerebral malaria inflammation in 3D engineered human brain microvessels. Read More

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