Unraveling The Mystery Of Our Scrunched-Up DNA
A group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania led by NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD, have developed a tool to examine why the physical...
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New Research Shows How Our Brain Cells Give Rise To Our Likes And Dislikes
The amygdala is a tiny, almond-shaped brain structure that is home to our likes and dislikes. When we develop positive or negative feelings toward something, we...
Uncovering the Secrets Of Our Internal GPS
There’s a lot of work that goes into navigating through our world, and our brains take on much of the heavy lifting. The brain is full...
Pupil Size May Indicate Stages of Sleep
Our pupils are always changing size to regulate how much light is let into our eyes when we’re awake. Walk outside into the bright sun and...
NYSCF Innovator Uses Stem Cells To Uncover Genetic Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is often studied by analyzing the brains of patients after they’ve passed away. These types of studies usually contain small sample sizes and focus on...
Spotlight on Paola Arlotta
NYSCF — Robertson Investigator alumna and Harvard University professor Paola Arlotta, PhD, is a revolutionary in developmental neurobiology. She studies how the brain develops, looking at the...
Obesity in Childhood May Cause Sleeping Troubles in Adulthood
People need sleep to keep alert, healthy, and productive. We often think that getting a better night’s sleep is just a matter of forcing ourselves to...
2017 Year in Review
As we enter 2018, NYSCF is taking a moment to look back on the milestones of 2017. With your support, we accelerated our research, began new...
NYSCF-Supported Research Named Among Top Technical Advances of 2017
The Scientist magazine recently named their top 6 technical advances of 2017, and their list included 3 discoveries pioneered by NYSCF Investigators. The first advancement was...
Researchers Identify Key Environment for Creating Blood Stem Cells
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, including first author and NYSCF – Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Raphael Lis, reprogrammed adult mouse endothelium, the tissue that lines blood...
NYSCF Panel Featured on Dana Foundation Blog
The Dana Foundation attended NYSCF’s recent talk, Unlocking the Diseases of the Brain with Stem Cells,” at NYSCF headquarters in Manhattan. The talk featured a panel...
NYSCF Remembers Dr. Ihor Lemischka
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) expresses deep sadness at the sudden passing of Ihor Lemischka, PhD, last week. An internationally renowned scientist and advocate...
NYSCF Innovator Creates System to Mass-Produce Bioengineered Livers
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Takanori Takebe, MD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Yokohama City University in Japan, led a study demonstrating a successful system for...
NYSCF Innovator Improves CRISPR Genome Repair
CRISPR is a revolutionary gene-editing technology that has many potential applications in medicine. Derrick Rossi, PhD, Associate Professor at Harvard University and NYSCF – Robertson Investigator...
New CRISPR Target: RNA
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize recipient Feng Zhang, PhD, Core Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and...
NYSCF and Mount Sinai Researchers Recapitulate Alzheimer’s Disease in the Laboratory
NYSCF Research Institute scientists in collaboration with researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai refined a technique to turn skin cells from patients...
Announcing The 2017 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
NYSCF welcomed six of the most talented stem cell researchers and neuroscientists from around the world into the NYSCF Investigator Program and the NYSCF Innovator Community....
Paul Tesar Named 2017 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Recipient
Dr. Paul Tesar, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and NYSCF — Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumnus, is the 2017 recipient of the NYSCF –...
Unique and Comprehensive Collection of Stem Cell Lines Available to Researchers Around the Globe
NYSCF and the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) partnered to create a unique and comprehensive collection of juvenile Batten (CLN3) disease induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells....
NYSCF Innovator’s Parkinson’s Disease Breakthroughs
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Malin Parmar, a Professor at Lund University in Sweden, published a flurry of papers this summer all describing exciting...
NYSCF Innovator Develops Robotic System to Monitor Individual Neurons
Recording electrical signals from individual neurons inside the living brain is a rich source of information about brain function and the role that neuron plays; however,...
CRISPR Gene Editing Technology Enables Novel RNA Research
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Awardee Dr. Feng Zhang and his team at the Broad Institute of Harvard...
NYSCF Innovator Uses Gene Editing Technology to Screen Deadly Brain Cancer for Weaknesses
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize Awardee Dr. Feng Zhang and his team at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT...
NYSCF Weighs in on Stem Cell Tourism Regulation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an increase in oversight and enforcement of the use of unproven stem cell therapies in the US. Hundreds of...
NYSCF Innovator Illuminates the Brain Mechanisms of Pitch Perception
The neural process of understanding spoken language is extremely complex. The brain must interpret not only the sounds creating the words spoken, but also detect additional...