Annual UCI Stem Cell Symposium
Gross Hall, 4001 Thorp Conference Center
Wednesday, January 17 2024 | 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Brain Organoids for Physiology Inferences
Kenneth S. Kosik. MD, UCSB
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 11:00 AM Pacific Time
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
COVID-19 and the Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology
Tom Lane, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
"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
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
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. Candidate in Dr. Anne Calof's lab
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
“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
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
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
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
Gene Therapy for Muscle Diseases
Asuka Eguchi, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
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
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
Topic: TBD
George Sen, PhD
Associate Professor of Department of Dermatology in UCSD
Zoom Meeting or Sprague Hall 105
Friday, Apr 24, 2024 | 11:00am—12:00pm Pacific Time
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
Topic: TBD
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
Harnessing Stem Cell-Derived Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain
Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
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
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
Aging of Blood Stem Cells
Minji Byun, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
Tissue Engineering and Angiogenesis – Making New Blood Vessels
Christopher Hughes, Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time
When Good Cells Go Bad - New Ways to Fight Brain Tumors
Aileen Anderson, Ph.D. & Daniela Bota, M.D., Ph.D.
Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time