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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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Introducing Feini (Sylvia) Qu

September 22, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty | Tagged: , ,

ISCRM faculty member Feini (Sylvia) Qu will explore the cellular and molecular pathways of composite musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, especially the bones and connective tissues that link our limbs and joints. Read More

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Stem Cell-derived Organoids Secrete Tooth Enamel Proteins

August 14, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , ,

Researchers led by Hannele Ruohola-Baker have created organoids from stem cells that secrete the proteins that form the enamel that protects our teeth from damage and decay. Read More

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Welcome Min (Mia) Yang and Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki

August 8, 2023 | Categories: Uncategorized

ISCRM is thrilled to welcome two new faculty members, Min (Mia) Yang, Assistant Professor, OBGYN and Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki, PhD, Assistant Professor, OBGYN and Genome Sciences. Read More

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Meet the 2023 ISCRM Fellows

July 10, 2023 | Categories: Research

State-funded ISCRM Fellowships enable students at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral level to advance research efforts aimed at addressing the root causes of diseases. Read More

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FDA Approves Gene Therapy with ISCRM Origins

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

The FDA has approved a first-ever gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy based in part on technology developed by UW Medicine/ISCRM Researchers Read More

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