This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Nancy Tran did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Gerhard Bauer at UC Davis. Part of the Creativity Award … Continue reading Through their lens: Nancy Tran sees the scientific method at work in daily life
Month: August 2013
Through their lens: Ryan Fong learns the role of science and innovation in life as well as in the lab
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Ryan Fong did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Gerhard Bauer at UC Davis. Part of the Creativity Award … Continue reading Through their lens: Ryan Fong learns the role of science and innovation in life as well as in the lab
Through their lens: Yimin Yang learns about the role science plays in the arts
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Yimin Yang did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Gerhard Bauer at UC Davis. Part of the Creativity Award … Continue reading Through their lens: Yimin Yang learns about the role science plays in the arts
Guest blogger Alan Trounson — July’s stem cell research highlights
Health human T cell | NIAIDEach month CIRM President Alan Trounson gives his perspective on recently published papers he thinks will be valuable in moving the field of stem cell research forward. This month’s report, along with an archive of past reports, is available on the CIRM website.My report this month delves into some pretty … Continue reading Guest blogger Alan Trounson — July’s stem cell research highlights
Through their lens: Sarah Zhang gets a dose of film studies with her HIV research
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Sarah Zang did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Gerhard Bauer at UC Davis. Part of the Creativity Award … Continue reading Through their lens: Sarah Zhang gets a dose of film studies with her HIV research
$40 million for new awards to target cancer, HIV/AIDS, heart disease Huntington’s disease and more
Retinal cells like these could lead to new therapies for blindness, one of the diseases targeted by our new Early Translation AwardsYesterday our Governing Board approved funding for 13 new Early Translation Awards worth more than $40 million.These awards fund a stage of research that comes after a scientist comes across a good idea for … Continue reading $40 million for new awards to target cancer, HIV/AIDS, heart disease Huntington’s disease and more
Through their lens: Brian Woo learned the importance of organizing his experiments
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Brian Woo did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Jill Helms at Stanford University.Woo submitted this photo to our #CIRMStemCellLab … Continue reading Through their lens: Brian Woo learned the importance of organizing his experiments
Through their lens: Mark Sun studies muscle biology and aging
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Brian Woo did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Jill Helms at Stanford University.As a fresh high school graduate … Continue reading Through their lens: Mark Sun studies muscle biology and aging
Through their lens: Christina Ren values City of Hope’s patient-centered philosophy
This summer we're sponsoring high school interns in stem cell labs throughout California. We asked those students to contribute to our Instagram photos and YouTube videos about life in the lab, and write about their experiences.Christina Ren is a junior at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California. She works in the lab of Dr. Ching-Cheng Chen in the … Continue reading Through their lens: Christina Ren values City of Hope’s patient-centered philosophy
Blood vessels cells go with the flow
Harvard scientists have grown the cells that line blood vessels, called vascular endothelial cells, from embryonic-like reprogrammed stem cells. (These are the stem cells generated from adult tissues like skin, also called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs).This wouldn't be a big deal--after all the whole point of these cells is that they can form … Continue reading Blood vessels cells go with the flow
The Stem Cellar 