New Hope for Diabetes: A Discussion with Dr. Simi Ahmed
This November, National Diabetes Month yielded some early holiday cheer as the FDA approved an exciting preventative treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). This work was...
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Experts Unpack the First Stem Cell Model Study of PTSD and What it Means for Better Treatments
Why do some people get PTSD and others don’t? And what can stem cells tell us about how to develop better therapies? Understanding why certain individuals...
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....
A NYSCF – Supported Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease is Entering Clinical Trials
A major hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, which in turn causes patients to lose motor control abilities. NYSCF...
Showing Up for Patients: Highlights of the 2022 NYSCF Gala & Science Fair
“I believe in the power of stem cell science to change the lives of patients and their families,” remarked NYSCF Interim CEO Derrick Rossi, PhD, as...
Remembering NYSCF Founding CEO Susan L. Solomon
This October, family, friends, and colleagues gathered to celebrate the life of NYSCF Founding CEO Susan L. Solomon, JD, who passed away last month after a...
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...
What Makes Someone a Likely Target of a Virus?
The Context: Perhaps you’ve noticed that some people seem to get COVID-19 more easily than others. This could be due to differences in our genomes. Our...
Stem Cell Study Reveals How Neurons From PTSD Patients React to Stress
First induced pluripotent stem cell model of PTSD offers insights into underlying genetics and opportunities for new therapies (Sign up for our upcoming webinar on November...
Toward Better Treatments for PTSD: Lessons Learned From The First-Ever Stem Cell Model of the Disorder
The Context: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects more than 12 million people worldwide. Only a minority of people exposed to trauma will end up with PTSD,...
NYSCF Announces 2022 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the 2022 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six outstanding stem cell researchers and neuroscientists into...
Business, Science, Communication, Clinical Trials, and More: NYSCF Staff Share the Many Faces of STEM Careers
There are many ways to pursue a career in STEM, and not all of them involve becoming an academic. Last month, as part of the NYSCF...
High School Students Join NYSCF for a Week of Immersive Stem Cell Education
Science is much more than textbooks and lectures: it’s dynamic, interdisciplinary, and hands-on. For the past three summers, NYSCF has brought talented young minds together for...
How Iva Knezevic Went From Touring NYSCF’s Labs to Interning In Them
For Iva Knezevic, a tour of NYSCF’s labs at age 14 sparked an interest in stem cells and a yearning to use them to better understand...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Mourns the Loss of CEO Susan L. Solomon
NEW YORK, NY (September 9, 2022) – The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the death of its Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Susan...
NYSCF Remembers John Eastman
The New York Stem Cell Foundation mourns the loss of Board Director Emeritus John L. Eastman, who, with his wife Jodie, was a founding supporter of...
NYSCF Remembers Sabrina Bertucci
The New York Stem Cell Foundation is deeply saddened by the death of Junior Leadership Council member Sabrina Bertucci, who received the NYSCF Stem Cell Hero...
NYSCF Remembers Julian Robertson
NYSCF mourns the passing of our Leadership Council Member Julian Robertson. Since 2010, Julian and the Robertson Foundation have been transformational partners in several of NYSCF’s...
Spencer Haws is on a Quest to Treat Fragile X Syndrome
Spencer Haws might be relatively new to the field of stem cells, but he’s diving in head first to understand a disease with few treatment options:...
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Sophie Morgani Will Fix Them With Stem Cells
In NYSCF – Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow Sophie Morgani’s lab, run by Philipp Leucht at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, there’s a bit of a curse....
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. ...
Munisha Mumingjiang is Getting Back to Basics to Understand the Placenta
For NYSCF – Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow Munisha Mumingjiang, MD, PhD, of Cornell University, a planned career as an OB/GYN sparked a drive to understand a notoriously...
Chandrika Rao’s Deep Dive Into the Brain to Understand Alzheimer’s
For Chandrika Rao, PhD, pursuing an important and challenging scientific question is a key driver of her passion for research, and what more critical and elusive...
Paola Arlotta on her Career Trajectory, Why Science Needs Philanthropy, and Equity in STEM
Most people know Paola Arlotta, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, for her seminal contributions to...
Jeff Wallerstein Talks Innovations in Cell Manufacturing Technology
With the recent boom of interest in regenerative medicine, researchers will need to scale up their ability to manufacture cells for therapies. New York City has...