It’s been a busy and productive year for the IRM and its faculty members, including two dynamic and interdisciplinary symposia, an impressive roster of guest speakers, events that engage our students and trainees, and, of course, the research that our members conduct on a daily basis. Below are some of the outstanding highlights from the multiple papers published by our…

In a newly published paper in Science, IRM member Patrick Seale and others reveal a new discovery regarding the process by which mesenchymal progenitor cells create new adipocytes. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, Seale and colleagues identified a hierarchy involving progenitor cells that express a protein (DPP4) which gives rise to two distinct types of adipocytes. This finding has potential therapeutic…

In a recent study published in Cell, IRM faculty members Guo-Li Ming and Hongjun Song have discovered that a specific type of stem cell generates new neurons – a finding that could lead to a better understanding of degenerative neurological conditions and injuries, as well as to therapeutic developments in managing those conditions. Click here to read more at Penn…