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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. Anand Ganesan and first author Hui Xaio, a CIRM Scholar, discovered moles can become melanomas without genetic changes. Their study identifies cells initiating melanoma tumors, offering new avenues for early detection and potential therapies to prevent or reverse tumor formation.
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Events
2 May.
Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center
May 2, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 Pm Pacific Time||In-Person Only
6 May.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time
30 May.
Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
Mouth Sinai—Icahn School of Medii-cine
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000
Friday, May 30, 2025 | 11:00AM—12:00PM Pacific Time
20 Jun.
Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
UCSF
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000
Friday, Jun 20, 2025 | 11:00AM—12:00PM Pacific Time