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, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Law. Our state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 23 of our 50 center faculty members.
Center faculty have obtained more than $170 million dollars in grant and foundation funds. Our research programs include an National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored T32 training grant, state of the art shared equipment, research services programs and a seminar series.
Irvine, Calif. - Aug. 24, 2021 – Dr. Munjal Acharya has received a $1M grant to investigate a treatment to reverse radiation-induced brain injury using stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles.
Irvine, Calif. - Jul. 8, 2021– On April 27, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center flow cytometry core launched its newest instrument, the Helios mass cytometer.
Irvine, Calif. - Jun. 3, 2021 – Research team led by Jonathan Lakey, Ph.D. has developed a biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants that doesn’t trigger the body’s immune response.
