Michael Bonaguidi, PhDAssociate Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Gerontology, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Neurological Surgery; Assistant Director, Neurorestoration Center mbonagui@usc.edu

Dr. Bonaguidi and his team investigate brain development, adaptation and aging through the lens of individual neural stem cells. His laboratory takes an integrative approach to establishing fundamental principles of tissue plasticity with the purpose of identifying and overcoming the limits of endogenous brain repair.

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USC’s stem cell scientists secure the dollars to fight disease

Posted May 30, 2017

The price of progress is not only the energy and talent of stem cell scientists, but also the research dollars that support their discoveries. In recent months, faculty members have secured numerous …

Meet PhD student Albina Ibrayeva, presenter at the ISSCR 2017 Annual Meeting

Posted May 25, 2017

What happens to the stem cells in our brains as we age? Albina Ibrayeva, a PhD student in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Michael Bonaguidi, will address this question in a …

Ophir Klein, professor at the University of California, San Francisco, delivered the keynote address. (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Next generation of stem cell scientists detail their research from head to toe

Next generation of stem cell scientists detail their research from head to toe

Posted May 25, 2016

The Stem Cell and Developmental Biology Retreat was a total body experience — covering organ systems ranging from the brain to the skeleton, from the kidney to the heart. Held on May …

Ismael Fernández-Hernández receives USC-CONACYT Provost Fellowship

Posted February 16, 2016

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 …

From left, Wolfgang Fink and Michael Bonaguidi (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for USC Stem Cell researcher Michael Bonaguidi dissects the film Self/Less

USC Stem Cell researcher Michael Bonaguidi dissects the film Self/Less

Posted July 8, 2015

Can science make us immortal? At a recent Los Angeles screening of director Tarsem Singh’s science fiction thriller Self/Less, USC Stem Cell researcher Michael Bonaguidi and University of Arizona researcher Wolfgang Fink …

USC graduate student Du Jiang (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Tri-institutional Stem Cell Retreat brings together Broad centers from USC, UCLA and UCSF

Tri-institutional Stem Cell Retreat brings together Broad centers from USC, UCLA and UCSF

Posted May 28, 2015

Working alone, a scientist or university can only make so much progress in finding answers to basic questions or new treatments for diseases ranging from HIV to cancer to diabetes. That’s why …

USC Stem Cell Symposium creates scientific synergy

Posted January 22, 2015

Provost Michael Quick convened the inaugural USC Stem Cell Symposium with a straightforward truth about the future of regenerative medicine: “it will take a dedicated community of scholars across the disciplines to …

Michael Bonaguidi contributes brain power to stem cell research at USC

Posted January 5, 2015

Video by Alric Devotta As a child, Michael Bonaguidi dreamed of shaping cities as an architect or engineer. Now, he dreams of shaping brains as the newest principal investigator to join USC’s …

“Tin Woman” Michaela Patterson, a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Henry Sucov, studies heart regeneration — with no help from the Wizard of Oz. (Photo by Cristy Lytal); featured image for Halloween retreat showcases USC’s “scary smart” stem cell researchers

Halloween retreat showcases USC’s “scary smart” stem cell researchers

Posted November 20, 2014

It was no tricks and all treats at the seventh annual retreat for the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, held at the university’s …