The field of xenotransplantation continues to rapidly grow and impress!

Great article about last week’s Research Day – congrats to Amelia Andrews from the Goodridge Lab on her poster award and a nice shout-out to Madelyn Arzt in the Arun Sharma lab too! Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine
cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/resea…

Follow, follow the Sun / And which way the wind blows / When this day is done 🎶

Today, April 8, 2024, the last total solar #eclipse until 2045 crossed North America.

The Benefits of Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering in Low-Earth Orbit 🚀

A new review from our lab, featured on the cover of Stem Cells and Development! Free open access link below: 🔓

liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/sc…

And in the roundup:

1) Rejuvenating the immune system 🩸
Stanford Immunology Stanford Stem Cell

2) The gut-brain axis 🧠
Duke MPI Duke Pediatric Research

3) Cell fate and brain development ⭕️
Alexandre Baffet Clarisse Brunet

4) Autofluorescence and NSCs 💡
Chris Morrow Cell Stem Cell

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins conducted hundreds of experiments during her time on the @Space_station, but as a biologist, one stood out above others. Read a Q&A on this pioneering research including how she 'geeked out' over a microscope. #biotech
Details: ow.ly/stRB50R6W3h

Eclipse phases 🌞🌑🌎

Are you planning to view the solar #eclipse on April 8!?

Here’s what to expect: go.nasa.gov/49fGaYf

Big news for the local LA stem cell community. Welcome Chuck!

Outstanding Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine #Research Day keynote by David R. Liu, inventor of prime editing. In 8 short years of mind-bending productivity, this exquisitely #targeted #gene modification approach is approved for #FIH testing. Amazing!

This was such a fun interview!! Plus, what a great way to catch up with Arun Sharma and talk with Dr. Daylon James for the first time :)

You can always find out more about what’s going on in the Benham-Pyle Lab on our website:
benhampylelab.org

And in the roundup:

1) Hypoblast development 🧫
Bailey Weatherbee Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

2) Retinoic acid and the skin ✋🏽
The Fuchs lab Matthew Tierney

3) Heart development atlas 🗺️
UC San Diego Cardiology UC San Diego Health

4) Bioprinting cardiac tissues 🖨️
Cell Stem Cell

Great to catch up with Jun Wu Lab here in town for our Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Seminar Series!

Incredible talk, as usual, on in vitro modeling of human development and chimerism studies.

Need to have you back on Stem Cell Podcast soon!

Go Starship!! 🚀

'For the second year now, we have created opportunities for early career scientists, primarily trainees and postdoctoral scholars, to design their dream session at the ISSCR Annual Meeting.' Read the full message from ISSCR President clarklabucla: ow.ly/1Z1r50QRz9Z

Fantastic Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai #Cardiology #GrandRounds by Dr. Christine Seidman ➡️ #Genetics #HF #DCM #HCM Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine

A heartbreaking loss for our field. 🙏 Connie was an amazing scientist and woman. Condolences to her family.

And in the roundup:
1) Astrocytes in organoids 🧠
Salk Institute Nature Biotechnology

2) SOX17 and immune evasion 🩸
Omer Yilmaz Judith Agudo

3) Bone marrow organoids 🦴
Gene Center Munich Nature Methods

4) Patient lymphoma organoids 🧫
Ash Alizadeh, MD/PhD 🇺🇸 Jenna Kastenschmidt

We are excited to have Arun Sharma share with us this Thursday 12 pm (PT) in our Cell Therapy Seminar. Register today: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regist… and join us. See you there!