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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 from 3:30-5:00PM in room 9-146 SCTR.
Speakers:
- Xiaojun (Lance) Lian, PhD, Associate Professor, Penn State
- Title: MAGIK: A rapid and efficient method to create lineage-specific reporters in human stem cells
- Fan Li, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wu Lab
- Title: Defining impact of genomic variants on dynamic cardiac lineage differentiation with the ancestrally diverse hiPSC village
Hosted by: Hao Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, PSOM
Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.
The IRM will host Kang I Ko, DMD, DScD, Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, as part of the 2023-2024 Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024.
Speaker: Yajie (Kevin) Liang, PhD, Assistant Professor University of Maryland Baltimore
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.