NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Identifies iPS Cell Reprogramming Regulators
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and 2014 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Winner Dr. Marius Wernig, Stanford University School of Medicine, discovered key cell...
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NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Publishes Latest on DNA Methylation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard Universtiy, publsihed his latest work studying DNA methylation patterns in Nature Genetics. Dr. Meissner and his...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Advances New Strategies for Tumor Genome Mapping
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Feng Zhang, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, used a gene editing technology called CRISPR/Cas-9 mediated loss-of-function screen to conduct...
NYSCF Featured Speaker at Alzheimer’s Disease Conference
Dr. Scott Noggle, NYSCF Vice President for Stem Cell Research, presented NYSCF’s latest Alzheimer’s disease research as the keynote speaker at the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center’s...
NYSCF IWISE: Advancing Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine
Women are still underrepresented in all STEM fields, a statistic NYSCF is working to change with its Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering (IWISE). In...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Changes Leukemia Cells Into Harmless Immune Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ravindra Majeti, Stanford University School of Medicine, and a team of researchers showed that cancerous, immature white blood cells...
Inaugural Meeting of the IWISE Working Group – February 2014
Goal: Generate a shortlist of strategies to promote women in science, medicine, and engineering NYSCF convened a group of eminent women scientists, physicians, and leaders for...
2nd Meeting of the IWISE Working Group – February 2015
This meeting was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Goal: Develop an institutional report card for gender equality At the second meeting,...
Seven Actionable Strategies to Advance Women
NYSCF’s Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering, or IWISE, brings together leading women and men in science, engineering and medicine to address gender equality in these...
NYSCF Parkinson’s Disease Research Featured in Nautilus
An article describing NYSCF’s Parkinson’s disease research featuring Jack and Jeff Gernsheimer, a set of identical twins, only one of whom has Parkinson’s disease, was published...
NYSCF Scientists One Step Closer to Cell Replacement Therapies for MS
For the first time, NYSCF scientists generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells lines from skin samples of patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis and further, they...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Redefines Brain’s ‘Hunger Circuit’
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Zachary Knight and his team from the Universtiy of California, San Francisco conducted experiments that overthrow the scientific consensus on...
Two NYSCF – Robertson Investigators Named 2015 Sloan Research Fellows
NYSCF Robertson – Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Melissa Warden, Cornell University, and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, Universtiy of Pennsylvania, were named 2015...
NYSCF Partners with Stanley Center at the Broad Institute to Study Psychiatric Diseases
The NYSCF Research Institute is partnering with the Stanley Center at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to develop a stem cell resource to study...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Works to Understand Cell Differentiation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard University, published his latest work on the role of transcription factors in stem cell differentiation in...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Studies Airway Regeneration
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jayaraj Rajagopal, Massachusetts General Hospital, published his latest research on stem cell response in injury repair in Cell Stem...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Makes Progress in Genome Editing
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Feng Zhang, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, published his latest work on genome editing in Nature Biotechnology. Dr....
NYSCF Presents Global Stem Cell Array at NIH Workshop
Dr. Stephen Chang, NYSCF Vice President for Research and Development, presented the NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array technology at the National Institutes of Health Fifth AIMBE Workshop...
NYSCF CEO Pens Editorial on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon penned an editorial in Roll Call commending the approval of mitochondrial replacement therapy, or MRT, by the UK Parliament House of Commons...
NYSCF Urges Parliament to Pass Regulations on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
On Tuesday, February 3rd, the UK Parliament will debate whether to approve the use of mitochondrial replacement therapy or MRT in the UK. This therapy, similar...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Takes First Step Towards Lung Regeneration
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Alumnus Dr. Bi-Sen Ding, of Weill Cornell Medical College, published in Nature Cell Biology on his latest work studying lung tissue regeneration....
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Works to Understand Leukemia
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ravindra Majeti, of Stanford University, published in Nature Medicine on his latest work studying genetic susceptibilities in acute myeloid...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Wins International Stem Cell Award
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Paul Tesar, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the International Society for Stem...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Studies Pancreatic Development Using Stem Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Shuibing Chen, of Weill Cornell Medical College, and her team studied the development of human pancreatic cells using stem...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Unlocks Clues to Cell Pluripotentcy
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jacob Hanna, of the Weitzmann Institute of Science in Israel, and his team discovered a critical role played by...