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...
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, a PhD student in Dr. Prue Talbot’s lab, was recently awarded an NIH pre-doctoral fellowship to...
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...
Congratulations to three UCR graduate students who recently learned that they have been awarded prestigious NSF pre-doctoral Fellowships to help them undertake work in stem cell biology. The awards went to Maricela Maldanado, Thanh Nguyen, and Barbara Davis. The Fellowships will provide stipends for each student for three years. Thanh Nguyen works with Assistant Professor...
The Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium Symposium will be hosted this year at Loma Linda University from 10 AM to 3:30 PM on April 17th. Dr. Philip Schwartz from Children's Hospital Orange Country will be the Keynote speaker. There will also be presentations given by Consortium members, a poster session, a vendor show and a...
Benjamin Guan, a PhD candidate in the School of Engineering, received the award for the best platform presentation at the IEEE HISB annual meetings in San Diego this year. Ben has been working on developing software tools to classify different types of stem cells in video data. Ben works with Dr. Bir Bhanu, the Director...
On April 25th, the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium had its first event, a poster session and lunch at the UCR campus. Consortium members include Loma Linda University, California State University at San Bernardino and the University of California at Riverside. Approximately 24 laboratories engaged in stem cell research belong to the Consortium, which was...
Vasu Bahl, a second year PhD student in the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program at UCR, won a prize for her poster presentation entitled "Smoke and Chemicals from Cigarettes Impair Stem Cell Growth". This poster was presented at the Southern California Society of Toxicology Regional Chapter meeting held this year at Allergan in Irvine. Vasu used...
This winter quarter, UCR labs will be presenting their work in our weekly joint lab meetings. These are held on Wednesdays from noon until 1PM in the Genomics Auditorium. A pizza lunch is served in the lobby at 11:30AM. Come and learn about what UCR researchers are doing in stem cell biology. Click here for...
Dr. Ameae Walker, a Professor in the Division of Biomedical Sciences, has received a new grant from the California Breast Cancer Research Program that deals with breast cancer stem cells. One aspect of this grant is to determine if Dr. Walker's proposed new drug therapy reduces breast cancer stem cells. The project, which is entitled...
Examples of Recent Stem Cell Publications by UCR Stem Cell Center Faculty (Click links to see the articles in PubMed) Long-term magnetic resonance imaging of stem cells in neonatal ischemic injury. Obenaus A, Dilmac N, Tone B, Tian HR, Hartman R, Digicaylioglu M, Snyder EY, Ashwal S. Ann Neurol. 2011 Feb;69(2):282-91. doi: 10.1002/ana.22168. Epub 2010...