Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Timothy Wang

UW Biotechnology Center Auditorium
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Intestinal stem cells in the upper crypt are marked by ATAD2 and regulated by a neural niche Abstract: Intestinal epithelial homeostasis is sustained by stem cells, yet the identity and regulation of long-lived isthmus stem …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Rachel Walkup

Orchard View Room (Discovery Building)
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Defining regulatory networks in orofacial morphogenesis and cleft lip pathogenesis Abstract: Cleft lip, one of the most common structural birth defects, results from deficient outgrowth of the medial nasal process (MNP) the forms the …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Penny Lam

Orchard View Room (Discovery Building)
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Tiny Fish, Big Insights: Danionella cerebrum as a Novel Vertebrate Model for Regeneration Research Abstract: Dr. Lam is an Associate Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her laboratory utilizes the emerging vertebrate model Danionella …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Tim Kamp

Orchard View Room (Discovery Building)
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Getting the Right hPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes for the Job Abstract: Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) are a promising cell source for cardiac therapies and generating models of heart disease. However, robust methods to generate …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Bikash Pattnaik

HSLC Room 1306
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: When the Patient Becomes the Model: iPSC-RPE for Disease Discovery and Therapeutic Development Abstract: Building on inherited retinal diseases caused by ion-channel defects, we developed a human-centered experimental strategy using induced pluripotent stem cells …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Yibin Kang

UW Biotechnology Center Auditorium
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: The Surprising Biology of Metadherin: Lessons from a Dispensable but Evolutionarily Conserved Cancer Fitness Gene Abstract: Metadherin (MTDH) exemplifies a quintessential cancer fitness gene—a gene largely dispensable during normal physiological development that play key roles …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Chris Barry

Orchard View Room (Discovery Building)
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: The ISSCR Consortium: Advancing Human Stem Cell-Based Models in Drug Discovery & Development Abstract: Human stem cell-derived disease models provide a unique opportunity to accelerate drug discovery and development through more predictive preclinical models. However, …