Progress Towards Cures Will Stall Under Proposed Budget Cuts
President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget cuts $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 20% of its current budget. While these numbers represent...
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Five Women Unite to Crack the Code of Multiple Sclerosis
In a collaborative tour de force, five female principal investigators, including NYSCF’s own Dr. Valentina Fossati, are uncovering the cellular mechanisms behind multiple sclerosis (MS). Over...
Spotlight on the NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array
The NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array was a central talking point in both an exclusive interview and digital panel with The Regenerative Medicine Network. NYSCF Senior...
NYSCF Innovator Investigates Genomic Instability in Cell Reprogramming
Adult cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells through a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer where the nucleus of the adult cell is transferred into...
NYSCF Innovator Finds Cell Coordination Promotes Skin Healing
Skin repair and wound healing is a critical function to all mammals, including humans. NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Valentina Greco and her team...
NYSCF Research May Lead to Improvements in Reproductive Technologies
NYSCF’s latest paper could have important implications for human reproductive technologies. The scientists showed proof of principle that genome transfer can rescue developmentally incompetent eggs, making...
NYSCF Innovator Named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Michael Yartsev, of the University of California Berkeley, was named a 2017 Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience. The Sloan Research...
NYSCF Innovator Receives ISSCR Young Investigator Award
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jayaraj Rajagopal, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was named as the 2017 ISSCR Dr. Susan Lim Outstanding...
NYSCF Innovator Discovers Brain Cells Don’t Always Express Parent’s Genes Equally
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus Dr. Christopher Gregg and his team at the University of Utah School of Medicine discovered that neurons may favor genes...
Dr. Oz Exposes Bogus Stem Cell Treatments
NYSCF Chief of Staff David McKeon appeared on the Dr. Oz Show investigation “Exposing Experimental Stem Cell Treatments.” The segment highlighted the dangers of unproven stem...
NYSCF Innovator Highlights the Difficulties of Stem Cell Line Derivation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published her latest research using induced pluripotent stem...
NYSCF Innovator Explores How Behavior Modulates Vision Using Fruit Flies
It is a well known fact that vision modifies behavior; however, behavior can also modify vision. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Alumnus Dr. Gaby Maimon and...
Partnership Results in the Availability of Fully-Sequenced Stem Cell Lines
A collaboration beginning in 2013 between the NYSCF Research Institute and the Personal Genome Project (PGP) has resulted in the availability of a unique new stem...
New Therapy Target Identified for Obesity Disorder
A team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center including NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Dr. Dieter Egli have discovered that a specific enzyme deficiency in the brain...
3rd Meeting of the IWISE Working Group – February 2016
Thank you to Ford Foundation for hosting the meeting. Goal: Implement the institutional report card for gender equality NYSCF convened the third meeting of IWISE Working...
The Cell Therapy Glossary – An Essential Resource
Susan L. Solomon, NYSCF CEO, and Dr. Michael Yaffe, NYSCF Vice President of Scientific Programs, contributed eleven new definitions and an editorial on the importance of...
Visual Stimulation Treats Alzheimer’s Plaques in Mice
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden and his team at MIT Media Lab published their latest work on an exciting new, noninvasive approach to treating...
New Tools for Simultaneous, Multi-Gene Editing
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Awardee Dr. Feng Zhang, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, published his latest...
Steps Towards Engineering Biological Cascades
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden and his team at MIT Media Lab published their latest work on how to modify genetic circuits. The...
NYSCF Innovators Use Stem Cells to Investigate Familial Dysautonomia
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Fabien Lafaille, The Rockefeller University, and NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus Dr. Gabsang Lee, Johns...
NYSCF Innovator Named Recipient of Young Investigator Award
The Society for Neuroscience named NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Kay Tye as the recipient of the 2016 Young Investigator Award for her exceptional work...
A Message From NYSCF Regarding the 2016 Election Results
At some point in our lives, we or the people we love become patients. The results of the 2016 election will not change that fact. But...
Cutting-Edge Research Highlights The NYSCF Conference
Leaders in stem cell biology and researchers at the forefront of translational medicine convened at the 2016 NYSCF Conference to discuss the latest advances in using...
Susan L. Solomon Keynotes the Missouri Cures Women in Science & Entrepreneurship Conference
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon gave a keynote presentation at the Missouri Cures Women in Science and Entrepreneurship conference. Kelly Jackson, an Emmy nominated journalist for...
NYSCF Innovator Recipient of 2016 W. Alden Spencer Award
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Winrich Freiwald, associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University, received the 2016 W....