USC Stem Cell

📷 Meet USC CIRM Scholar Alumna Vivian Medina, Senior Manager of Digital and Data Analytics at Takeda, who pursues her career in science with the ultimate goal of helping people. @USCStemCell @CIRMnews @KeckSchool_USC @USCMann @TakedaPharma stemcell.keck.usc.edu/meet-cirm-scho…

Meet USC CIRM Scholar Alumnus Alex Quiyu Guo, Senior Scientist for Discovery Biomarkers at Amgen. @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC @Amgen @CIRMnews stemcell.keck.usc.edu/cirm-scholar-a…

Partnering with @USCStemCell and @CIRMnews to train the next generation of leaders in stem cell research. Since 2006, CIRM has supported 110 USC scholars who have gone on to drive innovation in academia, biotech, and patient care. bit.ly/4kH7e8j

Kidney cells from stem cells. Yep, it's happening. Nils Lindström, PhD, of the @LindstromLab at @USCStemCell explains the process of turning stem cells into organoids, a pathway to identifying new treatments for kidney disease.

Rib regeneration declines with age, but an @Aging_Cell study shows young blood can help. The study is a collaboration between corresponding authors Luciana Yamamoto de Almeida & Janice S. Lee from NIH, UCSF & Francesca Mariani from @USCStemCell. @marianilabusc @KECKSchool_USC

Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar Alumna Joanna Smeeton, Assistant Professor at Columbia University. @smeetonlab @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC @CrumpLab @cscicolumbia stemcell.keck.usc.edu/cirm-scholar-a…

Meet USC CIRM Scholar Alumnus Guanyi Huang, Associate Principal Scientist at Merck. @USCStemCell @CIRMnews @KeckSchool_USC @Merck stemcell.keck.usc.edu/meet-uscs-cirm…

Meet USC CIRM Scholar Alumnus Maksim Plikus, a professor at the University of California Irvine who studies hair biology. @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC @CIRMnews @UCIrvine @UCiskin stemcell.keck.usc.edu/meet-cirm-scho…

Congratulations to @USCStemCell clinician-scientist Yang Chai, who has been named Dean of the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC! @ostrowusc today.usc.edu/yang-chai-name…

Meet USC’s CIRM Scholar alumna Suhasni Gopalakrishnan, Director at @AllogeneTx in San Francisco. This year, a product called ALLO-329, which she helped develop, will go into clinical trials for rheumatology disorders. @CIRMNews @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/cirm-scholar-a…

$13.5 million from a CIRM Scholars program at @USCStemCell has supported and will support 110 trainees, including PhD students, postdocs and clinical trainees. They've had an outsized impact on the biomedical field. @cirmnews @KECKSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-trains-bio…

Congratulations to Catcher Salazar from the @USCStemCell lab of @LeonardoMorsut on winning a Goldwater Scholarship! This year’s USC awardees are biological sciences major Salazar & neuroscience major Jason Toliao. @KeckSchool_USC @USCDornsife dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/t…

4 million Americans turn 65 every year. Backed by a $10M gift from R. Rex & Carrol Parris, @KECKSchool_USC's Longevity Accelerator will tackle age-related conditions to help people live longer, healthier lives. keck.usc.edu/news/r-rex-par…

Check out the paper from Tom Lozito’s lab @USCStemCell & USC Orthopaedic Surgery @KeckSchool_USC. Darian Gamble & team reveal the role of cells that break down bone—osteoclasts—in supporting skin regrowth critical for lizard tail regeneration. @JDBMDPI mdpi.com/2221-3759/13/2…

Check out the new publication in Molecular Therapy from the @USCStemCell lab of Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, executive director of the USC/CHLA Cell Therapy Program. @abouelem @KeckSchool_USC @USC_CHLA_CTP @MolTherapy keck.usc.edu/news/usc-team-…

Thirty undergraduates gathered to share their research at the first year-end symposium for USC CIRM COMPASS, a 2-year program that prepares juniors & seniors for careers in stem cell biology. @CIRMnews @KeckSchool_USC @USCViterbi @USCDornsife @USCStemCell stemcell.keck.usc.edu/guided-by-comp…

Meet the nine scholarship winners in @USCStemCell master’s program. @KECKSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/meet-the-nine-…

⭐️This week's Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Gage Crump of @USCStemCell and @CrumpLab, and a recipient of this year's Provost Mentoring Award. Please join me in celebrating Professor Crump and his transformative research and contributions to USC! provost.usc.edu/gage-crump/

The @USCStemCell department gathered for a retreat in Ventura, where leader Chuck Murry outlined plans for strengthening interdisciplinary and clinical collaborations across USC and the LA Basin, and accelerating translational medicine. @KeckSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/getting-lost-i…

Congratulations to Gage Crump, professor and vice-chair of the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research @KeckSchool_USC, on receiving the 2025 USC Provost Mentoring Award! @USCStemCell @CrumpLab stemcell.keck.usc.edu/gage-crump-rec…