UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
@uclastemcell.bsky.social
Supporting innovation, excellence and the highest ethical standards focused on taking stem cell discoveries from the lab to the patient.
#StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine
#StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine
Join us on Thursday, December 4 as Dr. Darrell Kotton of Boston University presents, “Pluripotent stem cells to model and treat lung disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
The seminar is open to all UCLA faculty, students & staff! 🐻
Register today: bit.ly/4pg3b5E
The seminar is open to all UCLA faculty, students & staff! 🐻
Register today: bit.ly/4pg3b5E
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Join us on Thursday, December 4 as Dr. Darrell Kotton of Boston University presents, “Pluripotent stem cells to model and treat lung disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
The seminar is open to all UCLA faculty, students & staff! 🐻
Register today: bit.ly/4pg3b5E
The seminar is open to all UCLA faculty, students & staff! 🐻
Register today: bit.ly/4pg3b5E
Lab tours. Live demos. Real talk with scientists. Students from South Gate High School got an inside look at UCLA's breakthrough research in medicine and disease treatment. Their curiosity and questions brought so much energy to our labs! 🔬🧬🧫
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Lab tours. Live demos. Real talk with scientists. Students from South Gate High School got an inside look at UCLA's breakthrough research in medicine and disease treatment. Their curiosity and questions brought so much energy to our labs! 🔬🧬🧫
Making clones in the lab this Halloween - what can be spookier?! Happy Halloween from the BSCRC! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Making clones in the lab this Halloween - what can be spookier?! Happy Halloween from the BSCRC! 🎃
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 6 as Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger of Harvard University presents, “Investigating mechanisms of cell identity in tissue homeostasis and disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
Register today: bit.ly/4oqWBt5
Register today: bit.ly/4oqWBt5
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 6 as Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger of Harvard University presents, “Investigating mechanisms of cell identity in tissue homeostasis and disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
Register today: bit.ly/4oqWBt5
Register today: bit.ly/4oqWBt5
Ever wondered what makes stem cells so special? 🧫🔬
Stop by an interactive stem cell research exhibit at Powell Library to learn about the science that’s rewriting the future of human health.
#StemCellAwarenessDay #ResearchPowersProgress
Stop by an interactive stem cell research exhibit at Powell Library to learn about the science that’s rewriting the future of human health.
#StemCellAwarenessDay #ResearchPowersProgress
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ever wondered what makes stem cells so special? 🧫🔬
Stop by an interactive stem cell research exhibit at Powell Library to learn about the science that’s rewriting the future of human health.
#StemCellAwarenessDay #ResearchPowersProgress
Stop by an interactive stem cell research exhibit at Powell Library to learn about the science that’s rewriting the future of human health.
#StemCellAwarenessDay #ResearchPowersProgress
Our center director, Dr. Thomas Rando, is among the 13 distinguished researchers who have joined the Stem Cell Reports Editorial Board! 📖
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our center director, Dr. Thomas Rando, is among the 13 distinguished researchers who have joined the Stem Cell Reports Editorial Board! 📖
Join us on Thursday, October 2 as Dr. Alex Shcheglovitov of the University of Utah presents, "Neural rosette-based brain organoids: A controlled stem cell-derived model to study human neurodevelopment and disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
Register today: ➡️ bit.ly/3W7cXKK
Register today: ➡️ bit.ly/3W7cXKK
September 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Join us on Thursday, October 2 as Dr. Alex Shcheglovitov of the University of Utah presents, "Neural rosette-based brain organoids: A controlled stem cell-derived model to study human neurodevelopment and disease” at 12pm in CHS 13-105.
Register today: ➡️ bit.ly/3W7cXKK
Register today: ➡️ bit.ly/3W7cXKK
A UCLA research team led by Dr. Donald Kohn is developing a one-time stem cell gene therapy treatment for deadly blood disorder alpha thalassemia major that’s potentially curative.
#ResearchPowersProgress: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ste...
#ResearchPowersProgress: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ste...
September 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A UCLA research team led by Dr. Donald Kohn is developing a one-time stem cell gene therapy treatment for deadly blood disorder alpha thalassemia major that’s potentially curative.
#ResearchPowersProgress: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ste...
#ResearchPowersProgress: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ste...
Using #stemcell models, @ucla.edu scientists find how epilepsy genes disrupt different brain regions. The study establishes the first hippocampal assembloid model, creating a new platform for studying epilepsy, autism and Alzheimer’s disease.
#ResearchPowersProgress 🔗 bit.ly/3JTyjbR
#ResearchPowersProgress 🔗 bit.ly/3JTyjbR
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Using #stemcell models, @ucla.edu scientists find how epilepsy genes disrupt different brain regions. The study establishes the first hippocampal assembloid model, creating a new platform for studying epilepsy, autism and Alzheimer’s disease.
#ResearchPowersProgress 🔗 bit.ly/3JTyjbR
#ResearchPowersProgress 🔗 bit.ly/3JTyjbR
New in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/4mVlAUO
Aging is associated with chronic inflammation and altered blood cell production, reducing immunity and increasing blood cancer risk. Dr. Jennifer Chia and team find that chronic inflammation plays two distinct roles in blood system aging.
Aging is associated with chronic inflammation and altered blood cell production, reducing immunity and increasing blood cancer risk. Dr. Jennifer Chia and team find that chronic inflammation plays two distinct roles in blood system aging.
September 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/4mVlAUO
Aging is associated with chronic inflammation and altered blood cell production, reducing immunity and increasing blood cancer risk. Dr. Jennifer Chia and team find that chronic inflammation plays two distinct roles in blood system aging.
Aging is associated with chronic inflammation and altered blood cell production, reducing immunity and increasing blood cancer risk. Dr. Jennifer Chia and team find that chronic inflammation plays two distinct roles in blood system aging.
UCLA neuroscience Ph.D. candidate Elle Rathbun studies potential treatments that could help repair the brain after stroke. Grant suspensions have halted this life-saving research. #ResearchPowersProgress
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➡️ Help protect UCLA's future: www.ucla.edu/research
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➡️ Help protect UCLA's future: www.ucla.edu/research
August 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
UCLA neuroscience Ph.D. candidate Elle Rathbun studies potential treatments that could help repair the brain after stroke. Grant suspensions have halted this life-saving research. #ResearchPowersProgress
🔗 ucla.in/4oIH9t3
➡️ Help protect UCLA's future: www.ucla.edu/research
🔗 ucla.in/4oIH9t3
➡️ Help protect UCLA's future: www.ucla.edu/research
UCLA scientists have developed a new type of immunotherapy that's more effective at fighting ovarian cancer than conventional CAR-T cell therapy in preclinical studies. The team will now seek FDA approval to open a clinical trial.
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/immu...
#ResearchPowersProgress
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/immu...
#ResearchPowersProgress
August 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
UCLA scientists have developed a new type of immunotherapy that's more effective at fighting ovarian cancer than conventional CAR-T cell therapy in preclinical studies. The team will now seek FDA approval to open a clinical trial.
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/immu...
#ResearchPowersProgress
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/immu...
#ResearchPowersProgress
Meet Dr. D'Juan Farmer, a UCLA scientist who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the development of the skull and face. He shares the impact he hopes to make for patients with congenital anomalies and his affinity for fantasy novels. ➡️ bit.ly/4l4GpLN
#StemCellResearch
#StemCellResearch
July 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Meet Dr. D'Juan Farmer, a UCLA scientist who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the development of the skull and face. He shares the impact he hopes to make for patients with congenital anomalies and his affinity for fantasy novels. ➡️ bit.ly/4l4GpLN
#StemCellResearch
#StemCellResearch
When UCLA's Dr. Gerald Lipshutz heard parents' raw accounts of children with creatine transporter deficiency—unable to speak, suffering seizures—he was moved to action. He's now developing a one-time #GeneTherapy that could transform these families' lives. ➡️ bit.ly/44P1rrp
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When UCLA's Dr. Gerald Lipshutz heard parents' raw accounts of children with creatine transporter deficiency—unable to speak, suffering seizures—he was moved to action. He's now developing a one-time #GeneTherapy that could transform these families' lives. ➡️ bit.ly/44P1rrp
Experience a #DayInTheLife of center trainee Mary Doan, a UCLA PhD candidate working to uncover therapeutic targets to manipulate metabolism in both health and disease in the lab of Dr. Michael Teitell. 🍵👩🏻🔬🏞️
Credit: Joseph Doan
#StemCellResearch #RegenerativeMedicine
Credit: Joseph Doan
#StemCellResearch #RegenerativeMedicine
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Experience a #DayInTheLife of center trainee Mary Doan, a UCLA PhD candidate working to uncover therapeutic targets to manipulate metabolism in both health and disease in the lab of Dr. Michael Teitell. 🍵👩🏻🔬🏞️
Credit: Joseph Doan
#StemCellResearch #RegenerativeMedicine
Credit: Joseph Doan
#StemCellResearch #RegenerativeMedicine
For Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month, we highlight the work of Dr. Jessica Rexach, a UCLA neurologist and neurogeneticist working to uncover the molecular drivers of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about her work: stemcell.ucla.edu/member-direc...
#StemCellResearch #Neuroscience #BrainHealth
#StemCellResearch #Neuroscience #BrainHealth
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month, we highlight the work of Dr. Jessica Rexach, a UCLA neurologist and neurogeneticist working to uncover the molecular drivers of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about her work: stemcell.ucla.edu/member-direc...
#StemCellResearch #Neuroscience #BrainHealth
#StemCellResearch #Neuroscience #BrainHealth
Experience a day in the life as center trainee Christopher Ochoa, a UCLA PhD candidate developing novel #immunotherapies to target aggressive gynecologic cancers in the lab of Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh. 🏋🏽👨🏽🔬🧫
#OvarianCancer #EndometrialCancer #StemCellResearch
#OvarianCancer #EndometrialCancer #StemCellResearch
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Experience a day in the life as center trainee Christopher Ochoa, a UCLA PhD candidate developing novel #immunotherapies to target aggressive gynecologic cancers in the lab of Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh. 🏋🏽👨🏽🔬🧫
#OvarianCancer #EndometrialCancer #StemCellResearch
#OvarianCancer #EndometrialCancer #StemCellResearch
In the news: Dr. Thomas Rando @randolab.bsky.social spoke to National Geographic about how studying axolotl limb regeneration could help us unlock the hidden regenerative capacities in human biology.➡️ archive.ph/JMNn3
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In the news: Dr. Thomas Rando @randolab.bsky.social spoke to National Geographic about how studying axolotl limb regeneration could help us unlock the hidden regenerative capacities in human biology.➡️ archive.ph/JMNn3
Last week, center member Michael Jung gave UCLA's 130th Faculty Research Lecture, titled “Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories.” He shared how a midlife career shift to studying medicinal chemistry led to the development of two groundbreaking drugs for prostate cancer.
June 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Last week, center member Michael Jung gave UCLA's 130th Faculty Research Lecture, titled “Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories.” He shared how a midlife career shift to studying medicinal chemistry led to the development of two groundbreaking drugs for prostate cancer.
🔬✨ "What does a scientist actually do?" "How is college different from high school?" Our amazing trainees brought the answers straight to LA high schoolers through interactive presentations as part of the center's Outreach Program. #STEMEducation #ScienceOutreach
June 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔬✨ "What does a scientist actually do?" "How is college different from high school?" Our amazing trainees brought the answers straight to LA high schoolers through interactive presentations as part of the center's Outreach Program. #STEMEducation #ScienceOutreach
BSCRC member and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael E. Jung is giving a lecture titled, “Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories," for UCLA's 130th Faculty Research Lecture.
Interested in attending? RSVP here: bit.ly/453vrSi
Interested in attending? RSVP here: bit.ly/453vrSi
June 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BSCRC member and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael E. Jung is giving a lecture titled, “Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories," for UCLA's 130th Faculty Research Lecture.
Interested in attending? RSVP here: bit.ly/453vrSi
Interested in attending? RSVP here: bit.ly/453vrSi
Join us for a lunch and learn on 6/5 at noon in BSRB 154 to discover the latest in automated iPSC manufacturing technology! Lunch provided; RSVP today: lu.ma/f0etrg1e
June 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Join us for a lunch and learn on 6/5 at noon in BSRB 154 to discover the latest in automated iPSC manufacturing technology! Lunch provided; RSVP today: lu.ma/f0etrg1e
Celebrated 20 years of core resources with tacos, poster presentations and fun prizes! 🔬🧫🧬 Together, research cores @uclastemcell.bsky.social serve over 700 users from more than 200 labs across 40 UCLA departments. Learn more: bit.ly/4kGND9r
June 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Celebrated 20 years of core resources with tacos, poster presentations and fun prizes! 🔬🧫🧬 Together, research cores @uclastemcell.bsky.social serve over 700 users from more than 200 labs across 40 UCLA departments. Learn more: bit.ly/4kGND9r
We had a full house for Dr. Cédric Blanpain’s BSCRC-JCCC Research Seminar, “Stem Cell Plasticity During Tumor Initiation and Progression.”
Huge thanks to Dr. Blanpain for an inspiring talk — and to everyone who joined us for this exciting event!
@cedric-blanpain.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Dr. Blanpain for an inspiring talk — and to everyone who joined us for this exciting event!
@cedric-blanpain.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We had a full house for Dr. Cédric Blanpain’s BSCRC-JCCC Research Seminar, “Stem Cell Plasticity During Tumor Initiation and Progression.”
Huge thanks to Dr. Blanpain for an inspiring talk — and to everyone who joined us for this exciting event!
@cedric-blanpain.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Dr. Blanpain for an inspiring talk — and to everyone who joined us for this exciting event!
@cedric-blanpain.bsky.social
Congratulations to Eva Segura, an alumna of the BSCRC Training Program working in the lab of Dr. Donald B. Kohn, for taking first place in the Regenerative Medicine category at the #LABEST2025 Pearl Cohen Scientific Poster Competition! 🏆
#GeneTherapy #StemCellResearch
#GeneTherapy #StemCellResearch
May 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Congratulations to Eva Segura, an alumna of the BSCRC Training Program working in the lab of Dr. Donald B. Kohn, for taking first place in the Regenerative Medicine category at the #LABEST2025 Pearl Cohen Scientific Poster Competition! 🏆
#GeneTherapy #StemCellResearch
#GeneTherapy #StemCellResearch