@UCSFstemcell

Discovering the inner workings of stem cells, engineering treatments using genome editing tools, and healing patients by developing life-saving therapies.

San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2018
Thanks to Deepak Srivastava, Steven Froelich, Jenny Hamilton, Mary McMahon, Aaron Tward, Marina Bershteyn, Kanya Rajangam, Deepak A. Lamba, Seyedeh Faranak Fattahi, Aaron Wenger, Siyuan Chen, Elena Cassidy, Jesse Eaton, and Peng He for your outstanding Genotech Symposium talks!
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Many scientists have long thought that a single type of starter cell gives rise to the entire brain. But experiments now challenge that fundamental picture, providing evidence that it takes not one but two flavours of progenitor cell to make the complex organ. go.nature.com/4dJKmnY
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Spoiler alert: you have two brains. The front of your brain and the back of your brain were never the same organ. They start as two different cells, in two different places, and they have been separate lineages for something like 550 million years. doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-0…
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How does brain tissue become data? Through a massive collaborative effort supported by the Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN), learn how scientists are creating a comprehensive map of the human brain.
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Call for applications! The ISSCR invites early career investigators to apply to become an #ISSCR2027 Ambassador. Applications are due 23 October 2026. Learn more 👉isscr2027.org/ambassador
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Take a break and have lunch with @NovogeneAmerica :) humangenetics.ucsf.edu/tech-…
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In this week’s issue of @Nature, @sajadtweets, @evsemenza, @danlimlab & their colleagues uncover how a gene's location — at the nuclear lamina in storage or near nuclear speckles — plays a key role in regulating its activity during human brain development. neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/news/t…
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Meet Lexi Schneider from the Yang Lab! She's developing a groundbreaking tool called TORCH to help scientists understand how the brain and body talk to each other—something that's been notoriously hard to study.
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The FY 2027 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition is now open. Learn more and apply: brnw.ch/21x5cGo 📷: Charlotte Geary/NSF
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It's been 20 years since Shinya Yamanaka first discovered induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) cells. Watch this animated short to learn more about how iPS cells work and how scientists use them in the lab.
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“Family groups and patient organizations are absolutely central to research,” said Matthew State, MD, PhD, chief scientific advisor for Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) initiative and a scientific advisor for CIRM-funded projects: bit.ly/4gly8T3
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CIRM launched a $10M program to fund open-source software that helps researchers integrate, analyze, and share regenerative medicine data. The goal: turn complex datasets into faster discoveries. Learn more: bit.ly/4cNFZb3
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@IHG_at_UCSF and @UCSFstemcell are excited to invite you to the Genotech Symposium on September 23! 📍 NEW LOCATION: Fisher Banquet Room, 1st Floor, Rutter Center Join us to foster collaboration between industry and academia in genetics and genomics! genotech.ucsf.edu/
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Congratulations to @M_Kyle_Cromer on receiving Emily’s Entourage’s first 2026 Translational Research Grant! The project aims to advance more durable gene therapy for cystic fibrosis by helping corrected airway stem cells expand and persist. More: emilysentourage.org/emilys-e…
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Join #KeystoneSymposia for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Mechanisms & Therapeutics, exploring advances from single-cell genomics to emerging therapies. Jan 19–22 | Breckenridge, CO Scholarships + Short Talk Abstracts due Sept 24 keysym.us/KSNDDs27 #KSNDDs27 @KeystoneSymp
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What does it take to deliver a gene therapy built for just one patient? Our latest Congressional briefing explored the science, regulatory flexibility, and cross-sector collaboration behind #ultrarare and N-of-1 gene therapies - inspired by the story of baby KJ. Read more: bit.ly/4hqWAF3 #ASGCTadvocacy
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Congratulations, @mcintyretara! Selected as a 2026 Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow to investigate the Mechanisms and consequences of immune aging in reproduction: lsrf.org/wp-content/uploads/… #UCSFProud
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