Calendar

Mar
8
Wed
Stem Cell Club: Mar 2023
Mar 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Stem Cell Club: Mar 2023

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

Sep
6
Wed
Faculty Lunch: September 23
Sep 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: September 23

Featuring Dr. Kyu Sang Joeng.

This event is for faculty only.

Oct
4
Wed
Faculty Lunch: October 23
Oct 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Faculty Lunch: October 23

Featuring Dr. Hao Wu.

This event is for faculty only.

Oct
11
Wed
Stem Cell Club: October 23 @ SCTR
Oct 11 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stem Cell Club: October 23 @ SCTR

Speaker: Jeffrey Farrell, PhD, Stadtman Investigator, NIH/NICHD

Hosted by: Bushra Raj, 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.

Oct
23
Mon
Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Danwei Huangfu
Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Distinguished Seminar Series: Dr. Danwei Huangfu

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. Danwei Huangfu from the Sloan Kettering Institute.

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

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

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

 

Abstracts

Students and postdocs: we are looking for lightning talk and poster presenters! Lightning talks are 90 second, 1 slide “pitches” of your work to the gathered audience. If you are conducting research into an area related to our symposium theme, submit an abstract. Abstracts must include a title, authors and affiliations, and no more than 250 words describing the research.

Posters from trainees studying topics related to the symposium theme are welcome! Please submit your name, affiliations, authors, and title. You do not need to submit a full abstract unless you wish to be considered for a lightning talk.

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 @ 3:00 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

Featuring Dr. Isaac Chen.

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.

This week, we are hosting Dr. Jacob Hanna from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

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