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Annual UCI Stem Cell Symposium

2025 (Feb 11-12 2025)

CIRM Shared Resources Lab Award

CIRM Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Award

About Us

Today’s UC Irvine Stem Cell Research Center is a dynamic center encompassing a diverse array of interdisciplinary investigators that span the schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Arts, and the Program in Public Health. Our state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 25 of our 65 center faculty members.    

Center faculty have obtained more than $275 million dollars in grant and foundation funds, including over $165 million dollars from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Our research programs include two National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored T32 training grants, NIH R25 training program, 2 CIRM training grants supporting trainees from undergraduate through to postdoctoral and clinical fellows, a NIAMS P30 skin biology research center grant, state-of-the-art shared equipment and research services cores, community lecture series, an annual stem cell science symposium, and numerous seminar series.

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Research areas, available resources and clinical trials

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News

Quinton Smith, PhD, makes the Popular Science list of top 10 scientists on the cusp of changing the world

Leaving a tangible mark on your scientific field is a staggering achievement at any stage of your career. Each year, Popular Science honors 10 early-career researchers who’ve gotten a head start: The Brilliant 10.

 

Tayloria Adams, PhD, wins Woman of Excellence Award
We are proud to announce that Dr. Tayloria N.G. Adams of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center has won the Woman of Excellence Award from the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) for 2024! The award was presented at the annual FWCA conference on April 13th in Arlington, VA.
CIRM awards UCI $2.7 million to create regenerative medicine training program
Brian Cummings, UCI professor and an original member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training program that supports first-generation and underserved students pursuing careers in public health and regenerative medicine.

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Events

Community lectures, special events and opportunities to engage. Find details for future events here.

22 Nov.

Metabolic Regulation of Melanoma Tumor Immunity

Bin Zheng, PhD,
Cedars-Sinai.
Sprague Hall 105,
David G. Gills Conference
Friday, Nov 22, 2025
11:00 PM-12:00PM Pacific Time

26 Nov.

Growing Up and Growing Old: The Role of Epigenetics in Our Health
Minji Byun, PhD & Marie Strauss,
UCI Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
845 Health Sciences Rd, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024
7:00pm-8:00pm Pacific Time

20 Dec.

Human Kidney Organoids for Disease Modeling and Regeneration
Benjamin Freedman, PhD.
University of Washington,
Gross Hall,
4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
Friday, Dec 20, 2024
1:00PM-2:00PM Pacific Time

14 Jan.

Stem Cells: A New Lens on Environmental Health Research
Nicole Sparks, PhD & Madeline VeraColon
Gross Hall,
4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025
7:00pm-8:00pm Pacific Time