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.Michelle Tran is an incoming senior at the Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. From a young age, she always had a great … Continue reading Through their lens: Michelle Tran learns programming languages to solve biological problems
Month: August 2013
Through their lens: Steven Wang learns about stem cells at the heart of cancer
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.Steven Wang attends Harker School in San Jose, California. This summer he has interned in the lab of Dr. Peter Lee at City of … Continue reading Through their lens: Steven Wang learns about stem cells at the heart of cancer
Hanna Mikkola wins prestigious award for work in unlocking the secrets of blood stem cells
Dr. Hanna Mikkola; Photo courtesy UCLAIt’s always nice when someone whose work you have supported is honored for their achievement, so we were naturally delighted to hear that Dr. Hanna Mikkola from UCLA has been named as the winner of the 2013 McCulloch and Till Award.The prestigious award, from the Society for Hematology and Stem … Continue reading Hanna Mikkola wins prestigious award for work in unlocking the secrets of blood stem cells
Through their lens: Vanessa Yu is driven by the possibility of improving lives through 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.Vanessa Yu is a rising senior at Arcadia High School. This summer, she worked in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology at the City of … Continue reading Through their lens: Vanessa Yu is driven by the possibility of improving lives through research
Scar-forming cells in the heart converted directly into beating heart muscle
Last year, our grantees at Gladstone Institutes worked a neat trick: they converted the scar-forming cells of the heart directly into beating heart cells in living mice. (We wrote about that work here.)The cells they converted, also called fibroblasts, are the ones that create scar tissue in the heart after a heart attack. Their work … Continue reading Scar-forming cells in the heart converted directly into beating heart muscle
Through their lens: Alexander Seutin learns how computer technology can help unlock secrets of blood cancers
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.Alexander Seutin did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Ravi Majeti at Stanford University.This summer I worked at the … Continue reading Through their lens: Alexander Seutin learns how computer technology can help unlock secrets of blood cancers
Through their lens: Anne McDermott works on better ways of culturing embryonic stem cells
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.Anne McDermott did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Jan Nolta at the University of California, Davis.My name is … Continue reading Through their lens: Anne McDermott works on better ways of culturing embryonic stem cells
Through their lens: Ami Thakrar finds a career path 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.Ami Thakrar did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Joel Rothman at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Thakrar working … Continue reading Through their lens: Ami Thakrar finds a career path in the lab
Through their lens: Christina Bui tries to understand how a protein guides new neural stem cells
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 Bui did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Theo Palmer at Stanford University.Christina Bui submitted this photo showing … Continue reading Through their lens: Christina Bui tries to understand how a protein guides new neural stem cells
Through their lens: Gloria del Rosario Castaneda learns that research is research because there are still unanswered questions
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.Gloria del Rosario Castaneda did a stem cell research internship this summer in the laboratory of Fan Yang at Stanford University.Gloria del Rosario Castaneda … Continue reading Through their lens: Gloria del Rosario Castaneda learns that research is research because there are still unanswered questions
The Stem Cellar 