Remembering Jim Simons
NYSCF mourns the passing of our collaborator, supporter, and friend Jim Simons, who helped us launch many of our impactful programs. “All of us at NYSCF...
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How Genes Interfere with the Brain’s ‘Brakes’ in Autism
The Context: Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that could play a role in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but how exactly these genes...
Supporting Neurodiversity in STEM
It has been well established that combining diverse perspectives increases innovation and the potential for discovery, and will be necessary to reach cures. Unfortunately, many workplaces...
The NYSCF Conference Returns in Person to Showcase Seminal Advances in Translational Stem Cell Research
On October 18th and 19th, we hosted the seventeenth annual NYSCF Conference at The Rockefeller University, convening in person again after two years of virtual meetings....
Human Brain Cells Take Up Residence In Rat Brains to Illuminate the Secrets of Neuropsychiatric Disease
The Context: Neuropsychiatric disorders are notoriously hard to study due to their complexity and the inaccessibility of human brain tissue for experimentation. However, recent advances in...
Noopur Khobrekar Is Tackling All The Genetic Questions Of Autism Spectrum Disorder
When NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Noopur Khobrekar, PhD, reflects on her career in research, she recalls an early fascination with how much our cells can do. ...