Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Sharon Gerecht

Orchard View Room in WID
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Engineering human blood vessels for modeling and therapeutics Abstract: The differentiation, morphogenesis, and homeostasis of blood vessels occur in a complex and dynamic environment. As a result, the microenvironment plays a crucial role in vascular …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Duc-Huy Nguyen

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

Title: Engineering vascular endothelial cells and microphysiological system to support organ and tissue function Abstract: The vasculature plays a critical role during embryogenesis to guide tissue growth and patterning. After birth, vascular networks continue to regulate …

Stem Cell Seminar with the Wisconsin Stem Cell Graduate Scholars

Orchard View Room in WID
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) is committed to training future leaders in stem cell research. Every year, we invite senior PhD students from across the country for the Wisconsin …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Cyrus Sethna

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

Title: Beyond Gene Dosage: Multidimensional Islet Dysfunction in Down Syndrome-Related Type 2 Diabetes Abstract: Individuals with Down syndrome are four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) than the general population, with onset occurring …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Ting Fu

Orchard View Room in WID
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Environmental Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Function: Insights from Organoid Models Abstract: The intestinal epithelium is continuously exposed to environmental signals derived from the microbiota, immune system, and host metabolic pathways. These signals influence epithelial renewal, …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Frank Seipel

DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Towards Bioengineering Scalable Models of Human Central Nervous System Development and Disease Abstract: Recent years have brought about a rapid acceleration in the adoption of human-based ‘new approach methodologies’ (NAMs) in drug discovery, toxicity testing, …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Jack Chu

DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Species-specific developmental clock models derived from pluripotent stem cells Abstract: Biological clocks are fundamental to life, coordinating cellular processes over time to ensure orderly development and tissue formation. The segmentation clock is one of the …

Stem Cell Seminar with Speaker Sara McCoy

Orchard View Room in WID
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Targeting inflammatory salivary gland dysfunction: the therapeutic potential of MSCs Abstract: This talk will review mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and their functional properties, how one might approach optimizing therapeutic MSCs, and update the group on …