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...