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...
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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...
Partnering to Accelerate Alzheimer’s Research
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...
NYSCF Team Uses The Power of Stem Cells To Understand Brain Cell Development
NYSCF Principal Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati and a team of NYSCF Research Institute scientists continued to unravel the mysteries of multiple sclerosis with her latest paper...
NYSCF Innovator Sheds Light on Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, used advanced stem cell technology to support the hypothesis that...
NYSCF Innovator Illuminates Thought Processes
When people recall memories or make decisions neurons are activated and signals are shuttled through a sequence of these brain cells. NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator...
Decoding How Brains Respond to Positive and Negative Memories
The incredible advances in technology over the past two decades have given scientists the power to map the human brain. Researchers now know where in the...
Spotlighting International Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
NYSCF spoke with Dr. Valentina Fossati who leads NYSCF’s multiple sclerosis research on the future of MS treatments and how stem cells have changed the field...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Feng Zhang Receives 2016 Canada Gairdner Award
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Dr. Feng Zhang received the 2016 Canada Gairdner Award for his work developing revolutionary tools to edit DNA in establishing and enhancing...
New Type of Stem Cells that Accelerate Discovery
Normal human cells contain two copies of each gene – one inherited from a mother, and one from a father. An international collaboration of scientists including...