Past Events

Annual Stem Cells Science Symposiums | click here to view more details about our past events


 

flyerAnnual UCI Stem Cell Symposium                                        

Gross Hall, 4001 Thorp Conference Center
Wednesday, January 17 2024 | 9:00 AM Pacific Time

 

flyerBrain Organoids for Physiology Inferences           

Kenneth S. Kosik. MD, UCSB
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

 

flyerNovel 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

 

flyerDNA 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

 

flyerDevelopmental Metabolism of the Mouse Embryo

Utpal Banerjee, PhD, UCLA
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, November 3 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

 

202324_event.jpeg"Killing Cancer Stem Cells"                                           

Jeremy Rich, PhD, University of Pittsburg
Gross Hall’s Thorp Conference Center
Friday, October 27, 2023 | 11:00am Pacific Time

 

202324_event.jpeg“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

 

flyerThe 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

 

202324_event.jpeg"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

 

2022-2032.pngTraining 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

 

flyerNatural 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

 

flyerSynthetic 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

 

flyerQuality-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

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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

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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