We are glad to announce that the Nikon Eclipse Ti has been upgraded to a solid-state white light excitation subsystem. If you are interested in being trained on the Eclipse, please contact me to set up a checkout time. Additionally, all users who are currently checked out on the Eclipse and would like to use...
Three publications from UCR stem cell labs were recently featured on the covers of journals. The papers come from the labs for Dr. Jin Nam, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Dr. Prue Talbot, Professor of Cell Biology and Director of the UCR Stem Cell Center. Dr Nam's lab's paper: Maldonado, M., Ico, G., Low, K...
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) recently announced the appointment of Dr. Deborah Deas to its Governing Board. This Board, called the ICOC, oversees CIRM operations, including awarding of funding for stem cell research. Dr. Deas is the newly appointed Dean and CEO for Clinical Affairs at the University of California, Riverside, Dr. Deas...
California State University at San Bernardino (CSUSB) has received funding to support their CIRM Bridges program for an additional 5 years. This program trains undergraduates and masters students to work with pluripotent stem cells. Students take courses at CSUSB, then come to UCR for 1 week of hands on training in our Stem Cell Core...
On November 4th, the Inland Empire received a good dose of stem cell biology at the UCR hosted 4th annual Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium Symposium. The event was well attended by stem cell biologists from Loma Linda University, California State University at San Bernardino, UCR, and our new affiliate Western University. Welcoming comments were...
Dr. Martin Garcia-Castro, an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, was recently featured in an article in the Press Enterprise. Dr. Garcia-Castro has developed a method to differentiate neural crest cells from pluripotent stem cells in a very short period of time. Neural crest cells are a very important type of embryonic cell that...
There will be stem cell presentations at the Long Night of Arts & Innovation this year. The event takes place October 8th from 6 PM until midnight in downtown Riverside on the mall. Speakers from UCR will include Dr. Martin Garcia-Castro, Dr. Huinan Liu, Dr. Prue Talbot, Barbara Davis, Crystal Hua. The UCR Stem Cell...
This seminar will be hosted during the CMDB211 course on human embryonic stem cells culture at the Stem Cell Core. Stem Cell Core users are invited to attend the event.
This year the annual Symposium sponsored by the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium was held at California State University at San Bernardino. The Symposium was opened by comments from Dr. Jeff Thompson followed the President of CSUSB, Dr. Tomas Morales. Dr. Talbot showed a short video that provided a virtual tour of the UCR Stem...
Two UCR stem cell faculty received new NIH grants this year. Dr. Monica Carson, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences and Director of the Center for Glial Neuronal Interactions recently received funding from NIH to pursue a collaborative project with the Burton-Jones laboratory at UCI. Dr. Carson's team will be characterizing iPSC derived microglia from...
Two students successfully defended their PhD dissertations this December. Kevin Keller, a graduate of Cornell University, presented his defense on "Modulating the transcriptional activity of beta-catenin during osteogenic differentiation of embryonic stem cells". Ivann Martinez, who received his Bachelor's degree from California State University at Long Beach, presented a seminar entitled "Novel Image-Based Analysis of...
Aaron Cipriano, a PhD student with Dr. Huinan Liu in the Bioengineering Graduate Program, recently received an International Scholarship Award from Phi Beta Kappa. These awards are intended to help international students complete their graduate degrees in the United States. Aaron has taken the hand-on course in human embryonic stem cell culture, participated in the...
UCR students have continued to receive awards for their stem cell research. In April, Devon Ehnes, a student with Nicole zur Nieden, was given an award for the best platform presentation at the SelectBio meetings on the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells held in Palm Springs. Devon's presentation was entitled: "Over-expression of miR-361 in Embryonic...
Dr. Prue Talbot, Director of the UCR Stem Cell Center, and Crystal Hua, an undergraduate working with Dr. Talbot, participated in the Huntington's Disease Society of America 1st Inland Empire Team Hope Walk which took place in Fairmont Park Riverside on Nov 9, 2913. The fund raising event was very successful and many participants stopped...
Vasundra Bahl, a PhD student in the Environmental Toxicology Program, has received a 2 year pre-doctoral fellowship to support her studies on thirdhand smoke (THS). Vasundra is interested in how THS affects the health of humans and is using several in vitro models, including stem cells, to evaluate the toxicity of whole THS as well...
Rachel Behar, a PhD student in Dr. Prue Talbot's lab, was recently awarded an NIH pre-doctoral fellowship to support her research dealing with the effects of electronic cigarette fluids and aerosol on embryonic and lung cell health. Rachel Behar received her BS degree from UCI where she graduated with honors. Since entering the CMDB graduate...
Dr. Huinan Liu, a member of the UCR Stem Cell Center, won the 2013 award in Materials Science & Engineering Young Researcher Award at the TMS annual Meeting in San Antonio. This award is given to exceptional rising stars and recognizes excellence in experimental and theoretical research topics at the interface of the biological sciences...
Dr. Jiayu Liao, a member of the UCR Stem Cell Center, has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Liao uses high-throughput screening for chemical probe discovery in stem cell pluripotency and differentiation. He participates each year our graduate stem cell course CMDB 207. Congratulation Dr. Liao! Lear more about Dr...
Dr. Nicole zur Nieden, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, will present a "Science of Disease" lecture on May 30, 2013 from 5:30-6:30 PM in the UCR Extension Center. The title of Dr. zur Nieden's seminar is "The Promise of Stem Cells: Hope or Hype". Admission and parking are free...