On October 19th and 20th, we hosted the sixteenth annual NYSCF Conference on translational stem cell research. This year’s meeting, held virtually for the second consecutive...
Annually for the past 15 years, the NYSCF Conference has showcased the latest cutting-edge findings in translational stem cell research, gathering world-renowned multi-disciplinary speakers and 500+...
We are pleased to share that NYSCF Senior Research Investigator Bjarki Johannesson, PhD, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Daniela Cornacchia, PhD, have received a Healthy...
Our blood stem cells are important—they replenish our blood supply and help us maintain proper circulation. But, as we age, so do they. The older they...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Kay Tye, MIT, was awarded the 2016 Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research for her project “Identifying Unique Neural Circuits for...
In the human body, adult tissues replace lost cells via pools of stem cells. However, the mechanisms of this process are not fully understood. NYSCF –...
The NYSCF Research Institute is committed to accelerating research by sharing its expertise and leveraging its technologies with scientists at collaborating institutions around the world. A...
The MacArthur Foundation named Dr. Lorenz Studer a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. A Founding member of NYSCF’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Studer served on inaugural juries of...
NSYCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Marco Seandal of Weill Cornell Medical College published his latest research on how paternal age effects genetic mutations in Stem...
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investogator Dr. Ed Boyden of MIT Media Lab described his lab's latest neuron imaging breakthrough in Nature Methods. The research describes the...
2013 NYSCF – Robertson Prize winner Dr. Amy Wagers and NYSCF Scientific Advisor Dr. Lee Rubin, both of Harvard University, published on their latest breakthrough in...
Dr. Mahendra Rao joins The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute as the Vice President for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Rao brings decades of experience in...
At NYSCF’s Eighth Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference, the CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation, Susan Solomon, and the CEO of The Michael...
Announced today, NYSCF will be the lead stem cell partner in an Alzheimer's consortia with scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other...
Blood and immune stem cells, as they age, lose some to all of their function, which increases our predisposition to devastating diseases like leukemia. NYSCF –...
Reported in Science and Translational Medicine, a light-activated hydrogel helps to repair damaged cartilage by acting as a scaffold for stem cells. Jennifer Elisseeff and collaborators...
Hearing loss in mammals is thought irreversible: damage wrought to ear hair cells can lead to permanent deafness. A new study in Neuron from Albert Edge...
To better understand how an animal’s state influences sensory experience, Takaki Komiayana, a NYSCF – Robertson Investigator, and colleagues employed an imaging platform to observe the...
From Bloomberg News, "Julian Robertson, whose firm Tiger Management LLC has bred some highly successful 'cub' money managers, discouraged that career path in an interview last night....
Two articles published in Science and Translational Medicine employ stem cells to treat neural damage. Working with a mouse model, researchers led by Stephen Back, MD, PhD,...
University of Washington researchers uncovered a regulator for cardiac cell differentiation from embryonic stem cells. Led by Sharon Paige, they investigated the genetic controls over the...
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Announce Joint Effort to Accelerate Drug Discovery NEW YORK, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2011) — The New York...
A legal battle over federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research is discouraging researchers from entering that arena, and likely is delaying the advancement of new...
For the second in our series of researcher interviews, we bring you some thoughts from Dr. Paul Tesar, a member of the inaugural class of NYSCF...
In a recent Harris Interactive Poll, it was discovered that approximately three quarters (73%) of Americans support human embryonic stem cell research. Read More»
