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...
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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...
Can’t Do It Alone: How the Skin Relies on the Immune System for Wound Healing
The Context: It was long thought that our body’s capacity to repair wounds relied entirely on skin cells, which are able to sense low levels of...
Why Do So Many Embryos Fail in IVF?
The Context: Early human embryos created for IVF (in which an egg is fertilized and grown outside the body before being implanted to begin a pregnancy)...
Good Memory or Bad Memory? How Your Brain Decides.
The Context: Associating memories with good and bad feelings is something we do daily without a second thought. However, scientists have been working hard to discern...
NYSCF CEO Susan Solomon Named to Mayor Adams’ Life Sciences Advisory Council
This week, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) named NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon, JD, to its Life Sciences Advisory Council, a group of...
NYSCF Community Shares Exciting Progress at International Society for Stem Cell Research Conference
Last week, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) hosted its first ever hybrid meeting in San Francisco, successfully gathering more than 2,200 in-person attendees...
Meet SCAVENGE: A Search Engine to Uncover How Genetic Variations Affect Our Cells
The Context: Variants in our genes can be important indicators of our risk for developing certain diseases, but there hasn’t been a good way to determine...
Stem Cell Science in Action: NYSCF Introduces New Drug Discovery Platform at SNF Nostos Conference
“My colleagues and I are delighted to bring the NYSCF lab to you here at SNF Nostos Health today, and to show you in real time...