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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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UC Irvine researchers have developed miniature brain models that accurately replicate how distinct human brain regions form, revealing new insights into conditions like Fragile X Syndrome and autism.
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Events
22 May.
Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D. - Professor, University of Miami
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 & Hybrid Event
May 22, 2026 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Link: https://uci.zoom.us/j/96362697873
Meeting ID: 963 6269 7873
9 June.
Alex Minella, MD & Nick Pannunzio, PhD
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001
June 9, 2026 | 7:00-8:00 PM Pacific Time
12 June.
Jianhua Yu, Ph.D. - UC Irvine
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001
June 12, 2026 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
26 June.
Presenter: "Wilson Liao, M.D. - Professor, University
of California, San Francisco"
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
June 26, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Link: https://uci.zoom.us/j/96362697873
Meeting ID: 963 6269 7873