Past Events

2025_2026_senubar_series The Ethics of Human Brain Organoids & Human-Animal Neural Chimeras

John Evans, Ph.D. - UC San Diego 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 
December 5, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

2025_2026_senubar_series Circadian Disruption, Genomic Instability, & Their Impacts on Skin Carcinogenesis

Shobhan Gaddameedhi, MSc, Ph.D- Associate Professor, NC State University 
Falling Leaves Building, 2nd Floor Seminar Room & Hybrid Event 
December 5, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

Zoom Link:  https://uci.zoom.us/j/96362697873  
Meeting ID: 963 6269 7873

2025_community_lecture What’s New in Research and Treatment of Skin Diseases?

Xing Dai, Ph.D. & Christina Kraus, M.D. 
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000 
Tuesday,   December 2, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

2025_2026_senubar_series Decoding the epigenetic blueprint in control of stem cell function and longevity

Pooja Flora, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 & Hybrid Event 
November 14, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

Zoom Link:  https://uci.zoom.us/j/96362697873  
Meeting ID: 963 6269 7873

2025_2026_senubar_series Formation, Evolution, and Functional Significance of Cortical Folds

Presenter: "Hiroshi Kawasaki, M.D., Ph.D. - Kanazawa University, Japan" 
Location: "Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center" 
Date: "Friday, November 14, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM Pacific Time"  

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2025_2026_senubar_series Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes

Eiji Yoshihara, Ph.D. - UC Los Angeles 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 
November 7, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

2025_community_lecture Finding Kidney Cancer Vulnerabilities By Synthetic Lethality Approach

Olga Razorenova Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

2025_2026_senubar_series Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies cancer-associated fibroblasts subtypes in early & late stages of mycosis fungoides

Courtney Johnson, M.D., Ph.D - Clinical Associate, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 & Hybrid Event 
October 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

2025_2026_senubar_series Mechanobiology of hiPSC Heart Muscle Cells

Beth Pruitt, Ph.D. - UC Santa Barbara 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4001 
October 17, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

2025_community_lecture RNA in Cell Fate Determination

Yongsheng Shi, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

2025_community_lecture Stem Cell Awareness Day X Science Day at UCI 

Date: Saturday, October 4 th 
Time: 2-hour window between 10 am - 4 pm

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2025_community_lecture From Petri Dish to Patients: Engineering Stem Cells for Clinical Application

Quinton Smith, Ph.D. & Michael Hicks, Ph.D. 
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000 
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

flyer Topic: Translating Hidradenitis Suppurativa Science Into Therapeutic Advances

Haley B. Naik, MD 
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

flyer Topic: Probing the Single-Cell Spatial Landscape of Human Skin

Andrew L Ji, MD 
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

flyer Harnessing Adaptive Immunity to Promote Tissue Regeneration in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Craig Walsh, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

flyer Topic: Designer Biomaterials for Organoid Culture

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

flyer Topic: Edgeless 3D Skin Constructs as a Tool to Uncover Geometric Influence on Skin Function

Hasan Abaci, PhD 
Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology 
Columbia University 
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000 
Friday, April 25, 2025 | 11.00AM—12.00PM Pacific Time

flyer Modeling Synapse Development in Stem Cell-Derived Human Neurons

Soham Chanda, Ph.D. 
Colorado State University 
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center 
April 4, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only 

flyer Topic: Using the Tools of Systems Biology to Trace the Origins of Birth Defects in Human Genetic Disease

Anne Calof, Ph.D. & Stephenson Chea, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

flyer Topic: Cadherin Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity in the Mammalian Epidermis

Sara Stahley, PhD 
Assistant Professor Department of Cellular and Mollecular Physiology 
Penn State Cancer Institute 
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000 
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 11:00AM—12:00PM Pacific Time

flyer Topic: Predatory "Stem Cell" Markets and Patient Education: A Basic Science Perspective

Laertis Ikonomou, Ph.D. 
University at Buffalo 
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center 
March 7, 2025|11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only

flyer Unlocking Hope: Using Stem Cells To Better Understand Traumatic Brain Injuries

Brian Cummings, PhD & Jonathan Hasselmann, PhD 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00PM Pacific Time

flyer UCI Skin 8th Annual Symposium

Bringing together a stellar lineup of distinguished speakers, each at the forefront of their respective fields. 
Discovery groundbreaking research and inno-vation at 8th Annual Skin Symposium. Join us for a day of insights and collaboration. 
Friday, February 21, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00PM Pacific Time

flyer Featured Community Lecture

February 11th, 2025 @ 7-8 PM 
Beall Applied Innovation, 5270 California Ave # 100, Irvine, CA 92617

flyer SCRC 12th Annual Stem Cell Science Symposium

February 12, 2025 
Gross Hall – Thorp Conference Center (4001) 
845 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine CA, 92617 
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

flyer Topic: Modeling Cardiovascular Disease with hiPSCs: On and Off The Planet

Arun Sharma, Ph.D. 
Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute 
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center 
January 24, 2025| 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only

flyer Topic: Epithelial Epigenetics: Chromatin at the Nexus of Epithelial Development, Differentiation, and Disease

Brian Capell, MD, PhD 
Assisting Professor and Attending Physician Department of Dermatology 
University of Pennsylvania 
Zoom Meeting or Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 4000 
Friday, January 17, 2025 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Stem Cells: A New Lens on Environmental Health Research

Nicole Sparks, PhD & Madeline Vera-Colon, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Human Kidney Organoids for Disease Modeling and Regeneration

Benjamin Freedman, PhD 
University of Washington 
Gross Hall, 4th Floor Thorp Conference Center 
Dec 20, 2024|1:00 PM—2:00 PM Pacific Time||In-Person Only

flyer Growing Up and Growing Old: The Role of Epigenetics in Our Health

Minji Byun, PhD & Marie Strauss 
845 Health Sciences Rd, 4th Floor Thorp Conference 
Center, Irvine, CA 92617 
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Topic: Metabolic Regulation of Melanoma Tumor Immunity

Bin Zheng, PhD, Cedars-Sinai 
Director of Melanoma Research Department of Biomedical Sciences 
Cedars-Sinai 
David G. Gills Conference (Sprague Hall 105) 
Friday,November 22, 2024 | 11:00 AM—12:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Control of Cell Division and Mitosis in Embryos: Lessons from Worms

Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer How Do Neural Stem Cells and Blood Vessels Communicate - Via Voicemail or DM?

Lisa Flanagan, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Gene Therapy for Muscle Diseases

Asuka Eguchi, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Stem Cell-Engineered NKT Cells for “Off-the-Shelf” Cancer Immunotherapy

Lili Yang, PhD, UCLA
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg Updates in Our Understanding of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia

Crystal Aguh, MD 
Director of Ethnic Skin Programy 
Associate Professor of Dermatology in John Hopkins School of Medicine 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

flyer Epigenetic Re-establishment of Tumor Suppression in Glioblastoma

Alea Mills, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, April 5, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg Topic: TBD

Maryam Asgari, MD, MPH 
Endowed Chair of the Department of Dermatology in University of Colorado Medicine 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Apr 5, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

flyer Harnessing Stem Cell-Derived Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain

Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Regrowing What Was Lost: Recovering After Nerve Cell Injury

Katie Thompson-Peer, Ph.D. & Sydney Prange, Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Katie Thompson-Peer's lab 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Resilience and Rejuvenation During Aging

Andrew Brack, PhD, UCSF
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, March 1, 2024 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg Hair Raising Tale: Nerve – Stem Cell Interactions.

Yulia Shwartz, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Department of Dermatology in USC 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Feb 23, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg “Theme: Patterns in Skin”

7th Annual Skin Symposium 
Bringing together a stellar lineup of distinguished speakers, each at the forefront of their respective fields. 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Feb 9, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

flyer COVID-19 and the Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology

Tom Lane, Ph.D. 
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Genetic and Epigenetic of Neural Development and Disease

Naiara Akizu, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, February 2, 2024  | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg "Sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare: from bedside to bench and back again"

William Damsky, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Department of Dermatology and Dermatopathology in Yale School of Medicine 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Jan 26, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

flyer Annual UCI Stem Cell Symposium

Gross Hall, 4001 Thorp Conference Center 
Wednesday, January 17 2024 | 9:00 AM Pacific Time

flyer Novel Diagnostics and Treatments for Vitiligo

Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD 
Katie Hinchee PhD Clinical Fellow in Dr. Anand Ganesan’s Lab 
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Brain Organoids for Physiology Inferences

Kenneth S. Kosik. MD, UCSB
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

flyer DNA Repair As A Modifier of Huntington’s Disease and Therapeutic Target

Leslie Thompson, PhD 
Devon Pendlebury, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Leslie Thompson’s Lab 
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Developmental Metabolism of the Mouse Embryo

Utpal Banerjee, PhD, UCLA
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center 
Friday, November 3 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg "Killing Cancer Stem Cells"

Jeremy Rich, PhD, University of Pittsburg
Gross Hall’s Thorp Conference Center 
Friday,   October 27, 2023 | 11:00am Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg “Living at Peace with Our Skin Bacteria: Early Life Lessons”

Tiffany Scharsmidt, MD 
Associate Professor of Department of Dermatology in UCSF 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Oct 27, 2023 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

flyer The Circadian Clock and Regenerative Medicine

Bogi Andersen, MD 
Satya Swaroop Karri, PhD Candidate in Dr. Bogi Andersen’s Lab 
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

202324_event.jpeg "Renewal, regionalization and repair in oral and gastrointestinal epithelia"

Ophir Klein, MD, PhD 
Professor of Pediatrics Department in Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles 
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105 
Friday, Sep 22, 2023 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time

2022-2032.png Training Grants and Programs from Peter Donovan & “How Stem Cell Behavior is Regulated” from Maren Pein

Peter Donovan, PhD 
Maren Pein, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Kai Kessenbrock’s Lab 
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Natural Limits of Stem Cell Plasticity in Response to Tissue Injury

Maksim Plikus, PhD 
Yingzi Liu, MD, PhD Clinical Fellow in Dr. Maksim Plikus’s Lab 
4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center 
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time

flyer Synthetic Embryos: Emergence of the Human Brain and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases

2023 Community Lecture Series 
Thursday, February 16, 2023| 7:00-8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Ali Brivanlou, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

One-on-One Meetings with Medicine: Precision Health at the Intersection of Health and Neurodegenerative Disease

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Leslie Thompson, PhD, Anna Morenkova, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

flyer Quality-by-Design Driven Scalable Manufacturing of Cell Therapies - the Role of Data in Sciences and Pat-controlled Automation

2022 Stem Cell Seminar Series 
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Krishnendu Roy, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

The Road Not Taken: Where Making Blood and Making Cancer Diverge

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Matthew Inlay, PhD, Angela Fleischman, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Insulin-Stimulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wound Healing

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Ronke Olabisi, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

The Impact of T Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease and Regenerative Therapies

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Craig Walsh, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Therapeutic Cells and Good Manufacturing Practice

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Aileen Anderson, PhD, Roberta Marino, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

CIRM in the Next Five Years: Where Are We Going Together?

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, March. 8, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Mitra Hooshmand, Ph.D 
University of California, Irvine

Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids to Repair Vision

2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Magdalene Seiler, PhD, Andrew Browne, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Direct to Consumer Stem Cell / Regenerative Medicine Clinics

2021-2022 Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Leigh Turner, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Stem Cells and Aging - Can We Stop the Hands of Time?

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Wednesday, Nov. 02, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Timothy L. Downing, PhD, Michael Zaragoza, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Pushing Stem Cells Around for Therapeutics Stem Cell Therapy in Gastrointestinal Disease

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Thursday, Oct. 05, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Tayloria Adams, PhD, Sunhee Park, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Lab-Grown Brains: New Models to Study Neurological Disorders

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, Sep. 07, 2021 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Momoko Watanabe, PhD, Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil 
University of California, Irvine

Muscle Wasting and Repair - Treating Inflammatory Muscle Disease?

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Michael Hicks, PhD, Tahseen Mozaffar, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Towards a Stem Cell-Based Treatment for Parkinson's Disease - Where do we stand?

Special Virtual Event 
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 5:30 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Lorenz Studer, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Stem Cell Insights into Epilepsy - Seizures in a Petri Dish?

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, April 06, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Diane O'Dowd, PhD & Jack Lin, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Biomaterials for Personalized Medicine - Medicine Combining Engineering with Stem Cell

2020-2021 Stem Cell Community Lecture Series 
Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Herdeline Ardoña, PhD & Quinton Smith, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 3

Tuesday 02/23/21, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Shruti Gohil, MD & Weian Zhao, PhD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

CIRM Grantee Meeting 2020

Click here to see all the recorded sessions

Partnered with CIRM and UC San Diego 
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2020 
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2020 
University of California, Irvine

SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 2

Click here to read the panel Q&A

Tuesday 09/01/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Ed Monuki, MD, PhD & Dan Cooper, MD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Trauma, Brain Injury & Epilepsy

Tuesday 05/26/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Robert Hunt, PhD & Leonid Groysman, MD 
University of California, Irvine

SCRC Panel on COVID-19 - Part 1

Tuesday 05/14/20, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring: Ming Tan, MD & Ed Monuki, MD, PhD & Michelle Bratcher Goodwin, JD, LLM, SJD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Next Generation Therapeutics & Diagnostics: New Uses for Stem Cells

Tuesday 04/28/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Weian Zhao, PhD & Elliot Botvinick, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Treating the Cancer Treatment? Radiation Biology and Stem Cells

Tuesday 02/25/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Munjal Acharya, PhD & Daniela Bota, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

I Need a New Brain - Are Stem Cells the Answer?

Thursday 01/30/20, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Sally Temple, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Mending a Broken Heart

Tuesday 01/24/20, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Michael Zaragoza, MD, PhD & Anna Grosberg, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Low Oxygen & Bioengineered Velssel Repair: Better Treatment for Kidney Disease

Tuesday 12/18/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Olga Razorenova and Roy Fujitani 
University of California, Irvine

Changing the Landscape of Diabetes Treatment

Tuesday 11/27/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Ping Wang and Jonathan Lakey 
University of California, Irvine

Skin without Scars?

Tuesday 11/19/19, 7:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Maksim Plikus, PhD & Victor Joe, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Hope vs. Hype: Anatomy of a Clinical Trial

Tuesday 6/21/19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Daniela Bota, MD, PhD and Brian Cummings, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Huntington's Disease: Stem Cell Hope for Huntington's Disease

Tuesday 9/25/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Leslie Thompson, PhD and Neal Hermanowicz, MD 
University of California, Irvine

Stem Cell Self-Renewal & Glioblastoma: Battling Brain Cancer

Tuesday 8/28/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Aileen Anderson, PhD and Daniela Bota, MD, PhD 
University of California, Irvine

Traumatic Brain Injuries: Using Stem Cells to Treat Brain Injury

Tuesday 6/19/18, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time 
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, Conference Center 4000 
Featuring Brian Cummings, PhD and Jefferson Chen, MD 
University of California, Irvine