![Stem Cell Club: January 24 @ SCTR](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/05/Stem-Cell-Club-Grid-1-300x225.png)
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.
![Stem Cell Club: February 24 @ SCTR](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/05/Stem-Cell-Club-Grid-1-300x225.png)
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.
![2023-2024 Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professorship](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/09/Special-Seminar-Grid-300x225.png)
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.
![Stem Cell Club: March 24 @ SCTR](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/05/Stem-Cell-Club-Grid-1-300x225.png)
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.
![Stem Cell Club: April 24 @ SCTR](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/05/Stem-Cell-Club-Grid-1-300x225.png)
Speaker: Albert E. Almada, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Hosted by: Juan Alvarez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, PSOM
Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff! Come enjoy some snacks and stem cell science.
![Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2023/12/IRM-April-2024-Nadine-Chahine-231x300.jpg)
Location: Seminar Room, JMR Auditorium
Title: Inflammation in the Degeneration and Repair of the Intervertebral Disc
Speaker: Nadeen Chahine, PhD, Associate Professor in Biomechanics, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University
Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.
Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!
![Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Richard A. Young](https://irm.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/05/dss-grid-300x225.png)
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.
This week, we are hosting Dr. Richard A. Young from MIT.
For questions about one-on-one meetings or trainee lunch with our speaker, please contact Diona Cashioli (diona.cashioli@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).