Past Events
Harnessing Adaptive Immunity to Promote Tissue Regeneration in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Craig Walsh, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time
Topic: Designer Biomaterials for Organoid Culture
Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
May 2, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 Pm Pacific Time||In-Person Only
Topic: Edgeless 3D Skin Constructs as a Tool to Uncover Geometric Influence on Skin Function
Hasan Abaci, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology
Columbia University
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000
Friday, April 25, 2025 | 11.00AM—12.00PM Pacific Time
Modeling Synapse Development in Stem Cell-Derived Human Neurons
Soham Chanda, Ph.D.
Colorado State University
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
April 4, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only
Topic: Using the Tools of Systems Biology to Trace the Origins of Birth Defects in Human Genetic Disease
Anne Calof, Ph.D. & Stephenson Chea, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time
Topic: Cadherin Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity in the Mammalian Epidermis
Sara Stahley, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Cellular and Mollecular Physiology
Penn State Cancer Institute
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 11:00AM—12:00PM Pacific Time
Topic: Predatory "Stem Cell" Markets and Patient Education: A Basic Science Perspective
Laertis Ikonomou, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
March 7, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only
Unlocking Hope: Using Stem Cells To Better Understand Traumatic Brain Injuries
Brian Cummings, PhD & Jonathan Hasselmann, PhD
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time
UCI Skin 8th Annual Symposium
Bringing together a stellar lineup of distinguished speakers, each at the forefront of their respective fields.
Discovery groundbreaking research and inno-vation at 8th Annual Skin Symposium. Join us for a day of insights and collaboration.
Friday, February 21, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00PM Pacific Time
Featured Community Lecture
February 11th, 2025 @ 7-8 PM
Beall Applied Innovation, 5270 California Ave # 100, Irvine, CA 92617
SCRC 12th Annual Stem Cell Science Symposium
February 12, 2025
Gross Hall – Thorp Conference Center (4001)
845 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine CA, 92617
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Topic: Modeling Cardiovascular Disease with hiPSCs: On and Off The Planet
Arun Sharma, Ph.D.
Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
January 24, 2025| 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only
Topic: Epithelial Epigenetics: Chromatin at the Nexus of Epithelial Development, Differentiation, and Disease
Brian Capell, MD, PhD
Assisting Professor and Attending Physician Department of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
Stem Cells: A New Lens on Environmental Health Research
Nicole Sparks, PhD & Madeline Vera-Colon, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Human Kidney Organoids for Disease Modeling and Regeneration
Benjamin Freedman, PhD
University of Washington
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
Dec 20, 2024|1:00 PM—2:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only
Growing Up and Growing Old: The Role of Epigenetics in Our Health
Minji Byun, PhD & Marie Strauss
845 Health Sciences Rd, 4th Floor Thorp Conference
Center, Irvine, CA 92617
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Topic: Metabolic Regulation of Melanoma Tumor Immunity
Bin Zheng, PhD, Cedars-Sinai
Director of Melanoma Research Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai
David G. Gills Conference (Sprague Hall 105)
Friday,November 22, 2024 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
Control of Cell Division and Mitosis in Embryos: Lessons from Worms
Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
How Do Neural Stem Cells and Blood Vessels Communicate - Via Voicemail or DM?
Lisa Flanagan, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Gene Therapy for Muscle Diseases
Asuka Eguchi, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Stem Cell-Engineered NKT Cells for “Off-the-Shelf” Cancer Immunotherapy
Lili Yang, PhD, UCLA
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Updates in Our Understanding of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
Crystal Aguh, MD
Director of Ethnic Skin Programy
Associate Professor of Dermatology in John Hopkins School of Medicine
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
Epigenetic Re-establishment of Tumor Suppression in Glioblastoma
Alea Mills, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, April 5, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Topic: TBD
Maryam Asgari, MD, MPH
Endowed Chair of the Department of Dermatology in University of Colorado Medicine
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Apr 5, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
Harnessing Stem Cell-Derived Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain
Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Regrowing What Was Lost: Recovering After Nerve Cell Injury
Katie Thompson-Peer, Ph.D. & Sydney Prange, Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Katie Thompson-Peer's lab
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Resilience and Rejuvenation During Aging
Andrew Brack, PhD, UCSF
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, March 1, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Hair Raising Tale: Nerve – Stem Cell Interactions.
Yulia Shwartz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Department of Dermatology in USC
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Feb 23, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
“Theme: Patterns in Skin”
7th Annual Skin Symposium
Bringing together a stellar lineup of distinguished speakers, each at the forefront of their respective fields.
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Feb 9, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
COVID-19 and the Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology
Tom Lane, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Genetic and Epigenetic of Neural Development and Disease
Naiara Akizu, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, February 2, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
"Sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare: from bedside to bench and back again"
William Damsky, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Department of Dermatology and Dermatopathology in Yale School of Medicine
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Jan 26, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
Annual UCI Stem Cell Symposium
Gross Hall, 4001 Thorp Conference Center
Wednesday, January 17 2024 | 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Novel Diagnostics and Treatments for Vitiligo
Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD
Katie Hinchee PhD Clinical Fellow in Dr. Anand Ganesan’s Lab
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Brain Organoids for Physiology Inferences
Kenneth S. Kosik. MD, UCSB
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
DNA Repair As A Modifier of Huntington’s Disease and Therapeutic Target
Leslie Thompson, PhD
Devon Pendlebury, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Leslie Thompson’s Lab
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Developmental Metabolism of the Mouse Embryo
Utpal Banerjee, PhD, UCLA
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, November 3 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
"Killing Cancer Stem Cells"
Jeremy Rich, PhD, University of Pittsburg
Gross Hall’s Thorp Conference Center
Friday, October 27, 2023 | 11:00am Pacific Time
“Living at Peace with Our Skin Bacteria: Early Life Lessons”
Tiffany Scharsmidt, MD
Associate Professor of Department of Dermatology in UCSF
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Oct 27, 2023 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
The Circadian Clock and Regenerative Medicine
Bogi Andersen, MD
Satya Swaroop Karri, PhD Candidate in Dr. Bogi Andersen’s Lab
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
"Renewal, regionalization and repair in oral and gastrointestinal epithelia"
Ophir Klein, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics Department in Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Sep 22, 2023 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
Training Grants and Programs from Peter Donovan & “How Stem Cell Behavior is Regulated” from Maren Pein
Peter Donovan, PhD
Maren Pein, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Kai Kessenbrock’s Lab
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Natural Limits of Stem Cell Plasticity in Response to Tissue Injury
Maksim Plikus, PhD
Yingzi Liu, MD, PhD Clinical Fellow in Dr. Maksim Plikus’s Lab
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Synthetic Embryos: Emergence of the Human Brain and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases
2023 Community Lecture Series
Thursday, February 16, 2023| 7:00-8:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Ali Brivanlou, PhD
University of California, Irvine
One-on-One Meetings with Medicine: Precision Health at the Intersection of Health and Neurodegenerative Disease
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Leslie Thompson, PhD, Anna Morenkova, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Quality-by-Design Driven Scalable Manufacturing of Cell Therapies - the Role of Data in Sciences and Pat-controlled Automation
2022 Stem Cell Seminar Series
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Featuring: Krishnendu Roy, PhD
University of California, Irvine
The Road Not Taken: Where Making Blood and Making Cancer Diverge
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Matthew Inlay, PhD, Angela Fleischman, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Insulin-Stimulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wound Healing
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Ronke Olabisi, PhD
University of California, Irvine
The Impact of T Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease and Regenerative Therapies
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Craig Walsh, PhD
University of California, Irvine
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Therapeutic Cells and Good Manufacturing Practice
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Aileen Anderson, PhD, Roberta Marino, PhD
University of California, Irvine
CIRM in the Next Five Years: Where Are We Going Together?
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, March. 8, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Mitra Hooshmand, Ph.D
University of California, Irvine
Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids to Repair Vision
2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Magdalene Seiler, PhD, Andrew Browne, MD
University of California, Irvine
Direct to Consumer Stem Cell / Regenerative Medicine Clinics
2021-2022 Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Leigh Turner, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Stem Cells and Aging - Can We Stop the Hands of Time?
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Wednesday, Nov. 02, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Timothy L. Downing, PhD, Michael Zaragoza, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Pushing Stem Cells Around for Therapeutics Stem Cell Therapy in Gastrointestinal Disease
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Thursday, Oct. 05, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Tayloria Adams, PhD, Sunhee Park, MD
University of California, Irvine
Lab-Grown Brains: New Models to Study Neurological Disorders
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, Sep. 07, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Momoko Watanabe, PhD, Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil
University of California, Irvine
Muscle Wasting and Repair - Treating Inflammatory Muscle Disease?
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Michael Hicks, PhD, Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
University of California, Irvine
Towards a Stem Cell-Based Treatment for Parkinson's Disease - Where do we stand?
Special Virtual Event
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 5:30 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Lorenz Studer, MD
University of California, Irvine
Stem Cell Insights into Epilepsy - Seizures in a Petri Dish?
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Diane O'Dowd, PhD & Jack Lin, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Biomaterials for Personalized Medicine - Medicine Combining Engineering with Stem Cell
2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Herdeline Ardoña, PhD & Quinton Smith, PhD
University of California, Irvine
SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 3
Tuesday 02/23/21, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Shruti Gohil, MD & Weian Zhao, PhD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
CIRM Grantee Meeting 2020
Click here to see all the recorded sessions
Partnered with CIRM and UC San Diego
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2020
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2020
University of California, Irvine
SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 2
Click here to read the panel Q&A
Tuesday 09/01/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Ed Monuki, MD, PhD & Dan Cooper, MD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Trauma, Brain Injury & Epilepsy
Tuesday 05/26/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Robert Hunt, PhD & Leonid Groysman, MD
University of California, Irvine
SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 1
Tuesday 05/14/20, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Ed Monuki, MD, PhD & Michelle Bratcher Goodwin, JD, LLM, SJD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Next Generation Therapeutics & Diagnostics: New Uses for Stem Cells
Tuesday 04/28/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Weian Zhao, PhD & Elliot Botvinick, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Treating the Cancer Treatment? Radiation Biology and Stem Cells
Tuesday 02/25/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Munjal Acharya, PhD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
I Need a New Brain - Are Stem Cells the Answer?
Thursday 01/30/20, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Sally Temple, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Mending a Broken Heart
Tuesday 01/24/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Michael Zaragoza, MD, PhD & Anna Grosberg, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Low Oxygen & Bioengineered Velssel Repair: Better Treatment for Kidney Disease
Tuesday 12/18/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Olga Razorenova and Roy Fujitani
University of California, Irvine
Changing the Landscape of Diabetes Treatment
Tuesday 11/27/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Ping Wang and Jonathan Lakey
University of California, Irvine
Skin without Scars?
Tuesday 11/19/19, 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Maksim Plikus, PhD & Victor Joe, MD
University of California, Irvine
Hope vs. Hype: Anatomy of a Clinical Trial
Tuesday 6/21/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Daniela Bota, MD, PhD and Brian Cummings, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Huntington's Disease: Stem Cell Hope for Huntington's Disease
Tuesday 9/25/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Leslie Thompson, PhD and Neal Hermanowicz, MD
University of California, Irvine
Stem Cell Self-Renewal & Glioblastoma: Battling Brain Cancer
Tuesday 8/28/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Aileen Anderson, PhD and Daniela Bota, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Traumatic Brain Injuries: Using Stem Cells to Treat Brain Injury
Tuesday 6/19/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
Featuring Brian Cummings, PhD and Jefferson Chen, MD
University of California, Irvine