Calendar

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!

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
23
Tue
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar
Jan 23 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advances in Musculoskeletal Regeneration Seminar

Location: Seminar Room CRB Auditorium

Title:  Myostatin: A molecular Rheostat for Muscle Mass

Speaker: Se-Jin Lee, MD PhD, The Jackson Laboratory (co-sponsored with PCMD)

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

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