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Nov
1
Wed
Reproduction meets Regeneration: Implications for long term health of parents and future offspring
Nov 1 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Reproduction meets Regeneration: Implications for long term health of parents and future offspring

The IRM will host our fall symposium, Reproduction meets Regeneration: Implications for long term health of parents and future offspring, on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 in the Smilow Center for Translational Research Rubenstein Auditorium and Commons.

We invite trainees to submit abstracts for posters and lightning talks!

Need directions to Smilow? Click here.

Speakers

Mitinori Saitou, MD, PhD

INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, KYOTO UNIVERSITY                  

Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Diana Laird, PhD

CZ BIOHUB INVESTIGATOR, ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD CENTER FOR REGENERATION MEDICINE AND STEM CELL RESEARCH, CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF OBGYN, , UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANSISCO    

Kathleen O’Neill, MD, MTR

DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Ariella Shikanov, PhD

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Monica A. Mainigi, MD

HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Andrew Modzelewski, PhD

SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

James Turner, PhD

ASSISTANT RESEARCH DIRECTOR, FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE

 

Download the program here!

Nov
8
Wed
Faculty Lunch: November 23
Nov 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: November 23

Featuring Dr. Ivan Maillard.

This event is for faculty only.

Nov
15
Wed
Stem Cell Club: November 23 @ SCTR
Nov 15 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: November 23 @ SCTR

Speaker: Chang Hui Pak, PhD, Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Hosted by: Guo-Li Ming, MD, PhD, Perelman Professor of Neuroscience, PSOM

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.

Dec
6
Wed
Faculty Lunch: December 23
Dec 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: December 23

IRM Faculty Lunch

 

Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

Department of Neurosurgery

 

“Utilizing human brain organoids for neural repair”

 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

 

12:00 PM | 9-100 SCTR

This event is for faculty only.

Dec
11
Mon
Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Jacob Hanna
Dec 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Jacob Hanna

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff. Join us for this IRM-sponsored installment of the Distinguished Seminar Series, which features notable researchers from institutions around the world.

 

Jacob H. Hanna, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics

Weizmann Institute of Science

 

“Synthetic Ex Utero Embryogenesis: From Naïve Stem Cells to Complete Embryo Models”

 

Monday, December 11, 2023

12:00 PM

BRB Auditorium

 

For questions about one-on-one meetings or trainee lunch with our speaker, please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).

Dec
13
Wed
Stem Cell Club: December 23 @ SCTR
Dec 13 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: December 23 @ SCTR

Speakers: Kate Miroshnikova, PhD, Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator, NIH/NIDDK

Alisya Anlas, B.S., Ph.D., Postdoc, Discher lab

Hosted by: Dennis Discher, Robert D. Bent Professor, Penn Engineering

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.

Jan
10
Wed
Faculty Lunch: January 24
Jan 10 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: January 24

Featuring Dr. Maria Basil.

This event is for faculty only.

Stem Cell Club: January 24 @ SCTR
Jan 10 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: January 24 @ SCTR

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 3:30-5:00pm in Room 9-146 SCTR

Speakers:

  • Mijo Simunovic, PhD, Assistant Professor Columbia University
    • Title: A slingshot through time: recreating the first steps of human embryonic development with stem cells
  • Eoin Whelan, PhD, Postdoctoral Feloow Brinster Lab & Sasaki Lab
    • Title: In vitro derivation of primate spermatogonia

Hosted by: Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD, School of Veterinary Medicine

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.

Jan
24
Wed
Annual IRM Retreat 2024 @ Franklin Institute
Jan 24 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Annual IRM Retreat 2024 @ Franklin Institute

About

The annual IRM retreat will be held on January 24, 2024 from 12-5 PM (with happy hour to follow) at the Franklin Institute Museum of Science in Philadelphia! We hope to see you all for this in-person­ afternoon of highlights from IRM labs, discussion about future research initiatives, and welcoming of new IRM faculty. The IRM retreat is open to any faculty, staff, postdocs, and students from Penn/CHOP interested in regenerative medicine research.

Directions

The Franklin Institute is located at 222 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Complete information about directions and ways to get there are posted on the FI website.

If you’re driving, parking is available at the FI’s garage at a cost of $20. The GPS location is 271 North 21st Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
.

Abstracts

Students and postdocs: we are looking for lightning talk and poster presenters!

Register to attend the retreat here!

 

 

 

 

 

Feb
7
Wed
Faculty Lunch: February 24
Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: February 24

Featuring Dr. Ophir Shalem.

This event is for faculty only.