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From left, Hsiang-Ying (Sherry) Lee, Sergei Doulatov, Leonardo Morsut, Alexander Pollen and Joan Font-Burgada (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC Stem Cell mini-symposium introduces next-generation researchers

USC Stem Cell mini-symposium introduces next-generation researchers

The next generation of scientists is turning to stem cells to advance our understanding of systems ranging from the blood to the brain, from the liver to the lungs. Six of these …

Qi-Long Ying (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Scientists Qi-Long Ying and Austin Smith win the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation

Scientists Qi-Long Ying and Austin Smith win the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation

Video by Henry Liu Researchers Qi-Long Ying from USC and Austin Smith from the University of Cambridge have won the 2016 McEwen Award for Innovation, the highest honor bestowed by the International …

Ismael Fernández-Hernández (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Ismael Fernández-Hernández receives USC-CONACYT Provost Fellowship

Ismael Fernández-Hernández receives USC-CONACYT Provost Fellowship

We can learn a lot from fly brains, according to Ismael Fernández-Hernández, a postdoctoral fellow in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Michael Bonaguidi. Fernández-Hernández is an accomplished researcher who showed that …

Andy McMahon (Photo by Phil Channing); featured image for UKRO benefit dinner to honor USC leaders

UKRO benefit dinner to honor USC leaders

University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO) will honor a stellar group of USC academic and scientific leaders at its sixth gala dinner on March 18 at The Beverly Hilton. This group of vocal …

Broad Fellow Gabriel R. Linares (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC stem cell researcher Gabriel R. Linares receives Broad Fellowship

USC stem cell researcher Gabriel R. Linares receives Broad Fellowship

For this year’s Broad Fellow, Gabriel R. Linares, science is personal. “I have to say the turning point that spiked my interest in science was when I was in high school, and …

Human mesenchymal development (Image courtesy of Evseenko Lab); featured image for Request for Proposals: Broad Clinical Research Fellows 2016–2017

Request for Proposals: Broad Clinical Research Fellows 2016–2017

A recent gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation established the Eli and Edythe Broad Clinical Research Fellows at USC. There are up to four available positions to support clinical research …

Motor neurons derived from an ALS patient (Image courtesy of the Ichida Lab); featured image for USC announces winners of the Audrey E. Streedain Regenerative Medicine Initiative Awards

USC announces winners of the Audrey E. Streedain Regenerative Medicine Initiative Awards

Two collaborative teams within USC Stem Cell are developing new approaches that could eventually help patients with heart disease, frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The teams are the winners of …

Mark Humayun (Photo by Gus Ruelas); featured image for USC’s Mark Humayun to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation

USC’s Mark Humayun to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation

President Barack Obama will bestow the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to USC University Professor Mark Humayun at a ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 22. Humayun, who holds joint appointments …

Chemotherapy kills most cancer cells, but cancer stem cell survive and seed a new tumor that resists chemotherapy.; featured image for Scientists root out the “bad seeds” of liver cancer

Scientists root out the “bad seeds” of liver cancer

Researchers have found the “bad seeds” of liver cancer and believe they could one day reprogram them to remain responsive to cancer treatment, according to a new study in the January 12 …

The joint cells are the ones that are not outlined in black. (Image by Amjad Askary and Lindsey Mork/Crump Lab); featured image for Iroquois genes make cartilage cells act “oh so immature”

Iroquois genes make cartilage cells act “oh so immature”

Arthritis, the leading cause of disability in the U.S., involves the loss of a special type of cartilage cell lining the joints. In a study appearing on the cover of the latest …

Paula Cannon (Photo by Don Milici); featured image for USC and Sangamo researchers advance genome editing of blood stem cells

USC and Sangamo researchers advance genome editing of blood stem cells

Genome editing techniques for blood stem cells just got better, thanks to a team of researchers at USC and Sangamo BioSciences. In an upcoming study in Nature Biotechnology, co-first authors Colin M. …

The gene Prkci promotes the generation of differentiated cells (red). However if Prkci activity is reduced or absent, neural stem cells (green) are promoted. (Image by In Kyoung Mah); featured image for A Prkci gene keeps stem cells in check

A Prkci gene keeps stem cells in check

When it comes to stem cells, too much of a good thing isn’t wonderful: producing too many new stem cells may lead to cancer; producing too few inhibits the repair and maintenance …

Richard N. Merkin (Photo courtesy of Richard N. Merkin); featured image for Q&A: USC Stem Cell Ambassador Richard Merkin

Q&A: USC Stem Cell Ambassador Richard Merkin

USC Stem Cell Ambassador Richard Merkin is the founder of the Heritage Provider Network, which, under his leadership, became the largest physician-owned and operated integrated delivery system in the United States. He …

Yang Chai (Photo courtesy of the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC); featured image for Ostrow awarded NIDCR grant to establish tissue regeneration center

Ostrow awarded NIDCR grant to establish tissue regeneration center

Tissue regeneration is about to become more fact than fiction, thanks to a $2 million grant that’s being divided among 10 research centers and universities, including the Ostrow School of Dentistry of …

Arthur Toga of the USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute and USC Stem Cell’s Andrew McMahon check an agenda with Raymond Stevens of the Bridge Institute at USC Dornsife. (Photo by Steve Cohn); featured image for At Keck-Dornsife retreat, scientists share research

At Keck-Dornsife retreat, scientists share research

Seeking to strengthen partnerships between two of USC’s oldest schools, scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences recently gathered to discuss …

Min Yu (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu receives the NIH’s New Innovator Award

USC Stem Cell researcher Min Yu receives the NIH’s New Innovator Award

As a winner of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, USC Stem Cell principal investigator Min Yu will strive to develop individualized medicine targeting rare and deadly breast cancer stem cells. The …

Heinz-Josef Lenz (Photo courtesy of Heinz-Josef Lenz); featured image for Heinz-Josef Lenz is first recipient of endowed chair honoring J. Terrence Lanni

Heinz-Josef Lenz is first recipient of endowed chair honoring J. Terrence Lanni

The ceremony installing the J. Terrence Lanni Chair in Cancer Research was one of heartfelt tributes for two men, a doctor and a patient, who formed a tight bond over the years …

stem cell researcher; featured image for 2016 Open call for applications: Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award

2016 Open call for applications: Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award

Applications are due: December 1, 2015 at 5 p.m. PST Award range: $57,000–$67,000, per year (up to three years) The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award program, which began in 2015, is …

Liver stem cells (Image courtesy of Qi-Long Ying); featured image for USC Research Center for Liver Diseases: Call for Letters of Intent

USC Research Center for Liver Diseases: Call for Letters of Intent

The USC Research Center for Liver Diseases plans to fund pilot projects beginning February 1, 2016. Direct costs of each award will be between $10,000-$50,000. Awards are potentially renewable for a 2nd …

Albert Kim (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Postdoctoral fellow Albert Kim receives first Hearst Fellowship

Postdoctoral fellow Albert Kim receives first Hearst Fellowship

How do you turn stem cells into nephrons, the functional unit of the kidney? Albert D. Kim, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Andy McMahon, is exploring this question with support …