
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.

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.

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).

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.

Speaker: Mijo Simunovic, PhD, Assistant Professor Columbia University
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.

Speaker: Xiaojun (Lance) Lian, PhD, Associate Professor, Penn State
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.