Explaining Schizophrenia with Multiple Genes
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand and her team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published their latest research exploring...
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NYSCF University – What It Means To Me
Each year, NYSCF University, our ten-week summer internship program, gives top college students from around the world the opportunity to work in the NYSCF Research Institute...
NYSCF Talks in East Hampton and at Mount Sinai
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon discussed NYSCF’s many roles in research and policy in two events this past month. The East Hampton Library invited Ms. Solomon...
NYSCF Innovator Works to Understand the Zika Virus
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Dr. Hongda Li, The Rockefeller University, was first author on two papers investigating the zika virus. The first paper, published in Cell...
NYSCF Innovator Makes Step Towards Therapies for Metabolic Diseases
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Alumna Dr. Shuibing Chen published her latest work in Cell Stem Cell creating stem cell models of type 2 diabetes in a...
NYSCF Innovator Named 2016 Recipient of the 2016 Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
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...
Thirst Neurons Anticipate Consequences of Eating and Drinking
Thirst as a motivator for animals to maintain healthy hydration has long been viewed as a homeostatic response to blood volume and other physiological factors; however,...
NYSCF Innovator Untangles Sustained Immunity
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Deepta Bhattacharya, Washington University School of Medicine, published his latest work exploring the metabolic properties that allow for a...
Expansion Microscopy: Latest Uses and Techniques
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT Media Lab, published two papers elaborating on the uses for his groundbreaking imaging technique, expansion microscopy. Published...
NYSCF Research Institute Teams Up With National Stem Cell Foundation to Advance Neurodegeneration Research
The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) and the NYSCF Research Institute announced that a grant from NSCF will be used to fund NYSCF research on cell...
NYSCF Innovator Sheds Light on Motivations for Animal Behavior
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Dragana Rogulja, Harvard Medical School, published her lastest research studying the sex drive of male fruit flies to glean insights...
Using Stem Cells to Study the Nervous System
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Gabsang Lee and a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently reported that a type of lab-grown human...
NYSCF Innovator Dissects Stem Cell-to-Neuron Reprogramming
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus and 2014 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize recipient Dr. Marius Wernig, Stanford University, published his latest research dissecting...
NYSCF Research Institute and Yumanity Therapeutics Announce Discovery Collaboration
The NYSCF Research Institute announced a new collaboration with Yumanity Therapeutics, a company focused on transforming drug discovery for diseases caused by protein misfiling, to generate...
NYSCF and CMTA Announce Largest-Ever Research Resource for Neuropathy Disorders
Stem cell lines resulting from a pathbreaking collaboration beginning in 2014 between The NYSCF Research Institute and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) are now available for use...
NYSCF Highlights Stem Cell Technology for Multiple Sclerosis Research in Paris
NYSCF Principal Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati shared how stem cell technology has revolutionized multiple sclerosis research during the session on remyelination at the Multiple Sclerosis Meeting...
Building New York Into a Biotech Hub
Since its inception, NYSCF has taken a leading role in helping to build out the biotech sector in New York. As a step towards realizing this...
NYSCF Innovator Studies Stem Cell Behavior in Adult Tissues
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 –...
NYSCF Innovator Improves Research Model For Blood Cancer
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ravindra Majeti, Stanford University School of Medicine, improved on human blood disease modeling using mouse models. The research, published...
NYSCF at the 2016 Town and Country Philanthropy Summit
NYSCF’s origin story and philanthropic mission were a highlight at the 2016 Town and Country Philanthropy Summit, held at the New York Historical Society. NYSCF CEO...
NYSCF Innovator Finds New Small Molecule Activator for Stem Cell Differentiation
Human stem cells require a certain cocktail of molecules to maintain their pluripotent state. Bone morphogenic proteins, or BMPs, promote differentiation in human cells, therefore molecules...
NYSCF Innovator Studies Zebra Finch Neurons During Song Production
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Michael Long, NYU School of Medicine, published the latest research out of his lab in Neuron describing neuronal behavior in Zebra...
Understanding Brain Regeneration in Axolotls
Axolotls have the ability to regenerate multiple organs, including their brains, throughout the course of their lives. This makes them an ideal model to study brain...
NYSCF Research Advances Mitochondrial Replacement
NYSCF has been at the forefront of bringing mitochondrial replacement therapy to the clinic and in 2011, published a seminal paper in Nature that showed mitochondrial replacement could...
NYSCF Innovator Studies 3D Genome Architecture During Stem Cell Reprogramming
The 3D structure of a cell’s genetic code, or genome, helps guide genetic expression. Though it is known that this structure is rearranged in somatic cells...