Past Events
Section 1
Stem Cell Tour
Thursday 11/16/17
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Click here for more information.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/28/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Diane O'Dowd, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Modeling SCN1A-related epilepsies in human iPSC-derived neurons"
Stem Cell Awareness Day Science Symposium
Friday 10/14/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
8:30am-5:30pm
Guest Speakers: Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Justin Durla Lathia, PhD, Cleveland Clinic, Matt Blurton-Jones, PhD, University of California, Irvine, Craig Walsh, PhD, University of California, Irvine, Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/7/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Professor Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, FCAHS
University of Alberta
"Popular culture, stem cell hype and the marketing of unproven therapies"
Special Research Seminar
Friday 10/5/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
12:30pm-2:30pm
Featuring John E. Wagner, MD
University of California, Irvine
"The stem cell - engineering the future of medicine"
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 9/30/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Tim Downing, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Controlling the epigenome through cell-material interactions"
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
April 8 - June 10, 2016
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/26/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Claudia Petritsch, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
"Asymmetry defects and polarity checkpoints in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and glioma"
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/19/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Henry Klassen, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Retinal repair with stem cells."
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/12/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Richard Sudek, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Applied Innovation and the Cove: Biotechnology at UCI."
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/5/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Sidney Golub, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Stem Cells and Federalism – Science Policy in the USA and California."
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/29/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Junichi Sadoshima, PhD
The State University of New Jersey
"The molecular mechanism of mitochondrial autophagy in the heart"
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/22/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Jack Lerner, JD
University of California, Irvine
"The Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence on patentable subject matter and what it means for the future of biotech"
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 1/15/16
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Wolf Tetzlaff, MD, PhD
University of British Columbia
"Mechanisms of cell transplantation: what we do not know and should like to know?"
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 11/20/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, PhD
Washington University
"Biomaterials for cell transplantation and drug delivery for the treatment of nerve injury."
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 11/6/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Keith Chan, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Enhancing chemotherapeutic response by abrogating cancer stem cell repopulation."
Stem Cell Awareness Day Symposium
Wednesday 10/28/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
The Stem Cell Research Center is holding its annual Stem Cell Awareness Day Symposium featuring lectures on Stem Cells, Skin Cells, Cancer Cells: Basic and Translational Challenges and Opportunities.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/23/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Steven Chessler, MD, PhD
UCI, Dept. of Medicine
"What new knowledge of synaptogenesis has to teach us about pancreatic beta-cell function and therapies for diabetes."
Stem Cell Awareness Day
Wednesday 10/14/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
Public Open House for community friends from 2:00pm-3:00pm and 3:30pm-4:30pm
The day will include: Self-Guided Tours, Meet the Scientists, Core and Clinical Lab Presentations
Parking permits available at kiosk in lot 83. $10 all day pass or $3 two hour pass.
For more information, email andreao@uci.edu
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/9/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Robert Hunt, PhD
UCI, Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
"Interneuron transplantation for the treatment and study of epilepsy."
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/2/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm F
eaturing Olivier Cinquin, PhD
UCI, Dept. of Development & Cell Biology
"Making sense of regulatory network complexity: design principles of a self-renewing organ."
The Reeves-Irvine Center and Stem Cell Research Center Special Seminar
Tuesday 9/15/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
12:00pm-1:00pm
Featuring Edward D. Wirth III MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, Asterias Biotherapeutics
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 5/29/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Jing Yan, PhD,
UC San Diego
“Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in carcinoma metastasis.”
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 5/22/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Yosuke Mukoyama, PhD
Senior Investigator, NIH
“Cellular basis of neuro-vascular network formation during development.”
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 5/15/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Monica Justice, PhD
Professor, SickKids, The Peter Gilgan Center for Research & Learning
“A mouse genetic suppressor screen reveals that lipid metabolism is a therapeutic target for Rett Syndrome.”
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 5/13/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Guiseppe Testa, MD, PhD, MA
“Reprogramming-based modeling in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer.”
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center - 3rd Annual Stem Cells Offer Hope
Wine Reception and Art Exhibit
Thursday 5/07/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
5:30-7:30pm
For information, call: 949-824-9021 or email, jbriggs@uci.edu
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 5/1/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
10:00am-11:00am
Featuring Jacques Galipeau, MD, FRCP (C),
Emory University
“How mechanistic studies on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells inform design of human clinical trials for autoimmune ailments – The fitness paradigm”
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 4/17/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Bruce Blumberg, PhD,
UCI
"Obesogens, Stem Cells, and the Transgenerational Programming of Obesity"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Friday 4/10/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Nestor J. Oviedo, PhD,
UC Merced
"Regulation of stem cell behavior during tissue repair and cancer formation"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Spring Seminar Series
Every Friday from 4/10/15 - 6/12/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring esteemed scientists and professors in stem cell research and therapies Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 3/20/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Dennis Clegg, PhD,
UCSB
"Age-related macular degeneration."
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 3/13/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD,
UCSF
"Adult Neural Stem Cell Specification: Back to the Embryo."
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 2/13/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Sunil Gandhi, PhD,
UCI
"Opening a new critical period in the visual system using inhibitory neuron transplantation."
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 1/30/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Magdalena Seiler, PhD,
UCI
"Retinal progenitor sheet transplantation for restoration of vision."
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 1/23/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Thom Carmicheal, MD, PhD,
UCLA
Seminars are open to the public.
"Cell progenitor biology and tissue repair in stroke."
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 1/16/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Michele Bratcher Goodwin, JD
"Legal regulation of organ transplants and stem cell trials."
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center January Tour
Wednesday 1/13/15
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
1:30pm-3:00pm
Learn about the latest research and discovery being made at the Stem Cell Research Center.
For more information contact Karen Kirkbride at karen.kirkbride@uci.edu or call 949-824-1677
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Friday 1/9/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Charles Liu, MD, PhD,
USC
"Neuroprosthetics and Technologies to Restor Neurological Function--Parallel Strategies to Stem Cell Transplantation"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Winter Seminar Series
Wednesday 1/7/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
12:00am-1:00pm
Featuring Aileen Anderson, PhD,
University of California, Irvine
"Progress and pitfalls in Stem Cell Trials for Spinal Cord Injury"
Seminars are open to the public.
Special Seminar Featuring Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD
Friday 12/12/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
2:00pm-3:00pm
2014 OC Summit on Regenerative Medicine
Wednesday 12/10/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
2:00pm-7:00pm
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 12/5/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Yongsheng Shi, PhD,
University of California, Irvine
"From Polyadenylation to Pluripotency"
Seminars are open to the public
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 11/21/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Kristen Baldwin, PhD,
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla
"Using reprogramming to study genomes and neuronal diversity"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 11/14/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD,
University of California, San Diego
"The Role of RNA Recoding in CSC Generation"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center November Tour
Wednesday 11/12/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000
3:00pm-4:30pm
Learn about the latest research and discovery being made at the Stem Cell Research Center.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 11/7/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4001
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Leif Havton, MD, PhD,
University of California, Irvine
"Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons for the Treatment of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Injuries"
Seminars are open to the public.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/31/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4001
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Sidney Golub, PhD,
Interim Director Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
"Stem Cell Policy in California and the Prospects for a New Prop 71"
Seminars are open to the public.
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Art of Stem Cells
9/06/14 - 10/10/14
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
An educational art exhibition on stem cell research and discovery being made at UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center. The public is invited to view OCCCA artists conceptual vision of the cutting edge work being done on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cancer, Diabetes and Retina Exhibition runs Sept. 6th to Oct. 10th
Click here for more information.
The Stem Cell Research Center Fall Seminar Series
Friday 10/03/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4001
11:00am-12:00pm
Featuring Craig Walsh, PhD,
University of California, Irvine, Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
"Modulation of Immune Destruction and Repair of Myelin by T Cells and Neural Precursor Cells: A two pronged approach to treat Multiple Sclerosis"
Seminars are open to the public.
Stem Cell Awareness Day
Wednesday 10/08/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
Public Open House for community friends from 11:00am-1:00pm
The day will include: Self-Guided Tours, Meet the Scientists, Stem Cell Introduction and Videos, Core and Clinical Lab Presentations and Featured Keynote Speaker, C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.
For more information, contact Andrea Ortiz at 949.824.2911 or email andreao@uci.edu
Stem Cell Awareness Day Symposium
Thursday 10/09/14
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
The Stem Cell Research Center is holding its annual Stem Cell Awareness Day Symposium in Gross Hall, Room 4000. The symposium will focus on "Stem Cells: Translational Opportunities and Challenges" and will feature two eminent guest speakers and several UCI speakers. Mark Your Calendar and plan on joining us.
Registration and poster information to follow.
