Calendar

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).

Oct
27
Fri
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Oct 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: Seminar Room John Morgan Auditorium

Title:Integrative bioengineering approaches to rejuvenate aging skeletal muscle

Speaker: Young Jang, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Emory School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!

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.

Nov
17
Fri
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Nov 17 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: JMR ‘62 Seminar Room

Title: Bioengineering Strategies for Augmenting Skeletal Muscle Function in Rotator Cuff Injuries

Speaker:  Woojin Han, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.

Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!

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.

Dec
15
Fri
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Dec 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: BRB 253

Title: A central role of mechanotransduction in controlling Shh expression via Yap activation in both regeneration and embryonic development

Speaker:  Dr. Yangzi Yang, Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Developmental Biology

Hosted by: Foteini Mourkioti, PhD, and Nat Dyment, PhD, of the IRM Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program.

Open to all Penn faculty, postdocs, students, and staff!