Deputy Director - Sanford Stem Cell Discovery Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego. Unlocking the mysteries of stem cells. Opinions are my own.

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Joined November 2016
🔥 Want to share your science in a way that truly resonates with your audience? Messaging, prep, intros, media interviews, Q&A wizardry — it’s all here. I sat down with a communications pro to spill the secrets. 🎤✨ 🎥 Watch the full chat 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=6URmaOhx…
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🏀 Coaching my daughter's basketball championship game tonight then 🚀 off to #SXSW2025! Can’t wait to dive into conversations about science, innovation & the future of human longevity! Guardians of Youth: Stem Cells & Human Longevity🗓️ March 9⌚ 4-5pm CT📍 JW Marriott, Salon D
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Honored & grateful to deliver the #ISEH2024 Janet Rowley Award Lecture this morning. Excited to talk about our team, their discoveries & what amazing humans they are. Huge thank you to @ISEHSociety, our @SignerLab team, family, friends, mentors, colleagues & funders. 🙏
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When good pathways go bad…Tonight at #ISEH2024 the amazing trio of Fanny Zhou (3214), Kent Lam (3236) & Dave Kim (3102) present posters on how adaptive proteostasis pathways get hijacked to promote the emergence, progression and resistance of clonal hematopoiesis & AML.
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Loss of proteostasis is a hallmark of aging…but did you know that it is also severely challenged during development? This morning at #ISEH2024, rising star Dr. Helena Yu will tell you how developing stem cells meet these challenges & its impact on the future of transplants.
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How do we push the limits of longevity? Superstar @UCSDBMS PhD student AJ Daniels will tell you how to extend the lifespan of stem cells by reducing underlying stress! Tonight at #ISEH24 - poster 3055.
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Help get me on stage at @SXSW ’25 by voting for my panel, “Guardians of Youth: Stems Cells & Human Longevity.” Visit: bit.ly/3YKsCCf before Sunday night. #SXSW #Longevity #HealthyAging #Healthspan #AntiAging
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What if the fountain of youth is hidden deep within us? Can unlocking the mysteries of stem cells help us live longer, healthier lives? Now on @uctelevision, @SignerLab & @ShiriGurCohen take a closer look at stem cells & human longevity. youtube.com/watch?v=BsbQuXxP…
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🚀Stem cells are out of this world🚀 On "A Closer Look at...Stem Cells in Space" I spoke to stem cell space pioneers Drs. Cat Jamieson & Alysson Muotri about launching their research on the @Space_Station. youtube.com/watch?v=h2fIwNtb… @ucsdstemcell @UCSD @NASA @Axiom_Space @SpaceX
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Tonight: Come learn about how we can target the proteostasis network in AML with new @ucsdstemcell faculty Dr. Kent Lam. #ASH23
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