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Today’s UC Irvine Stem Cell Research Center is a dynamic center encompassing a diverse array of interdisciplinary investigators that span the schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Arts, and the Program in Public Health. Our state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 25 of our 65 center faculty members.
Center faculty have obtained more than $275 million dollars in grant and foundation funds, including over $165 million dollars from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Our research programs include two National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored T32 training grants, NIH R25 training program, 2 CIRM training grants supporting trainees from undergraduate through to postdoctoral and clinical fellows, a NIAMS P30 skin biology research center grant, state-of-the-art shared equipment and research services cores, community lecture series, an annual stem cell science symposium, and numerous seminar series.
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UC Irvine researchers led by Dr. Lisa Flanagan discovered critical communication between brain cells and blood vessels that drives adult neural stem cell formation. This breakthrough advances understanding of brain development and could lead to new regenerative therapies for stroke patients and recovery from brain injury.
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Events
7 Oct.
Yongsheng Shi, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 |
7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time
17 Oct.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001
October 17, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
24 Oct.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 & Hybrid Event
October 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time
4 Nov.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time