We’ve expanded our team! Labs are often spaces of transition, where people come, stay and learn for a while, and then move on to the next step in their careers. While we have seen several colleagues move to these next steps in 2022, the Neural Stem Cell Institute welcomed five new researchers. …
NSCI Year in Review – Part 5
We are giving back! Training and inspiring future scientists is an important part of what we do. This year, we had 10 summer students performing research and gave amazing presentations. Drs. Brigitte Arduini, Rebecca Chowdhury, Liz Fisher, Swapna Nandakumar, and Kate Tubbesing dissected pig eyes …
NSCI Year in Review – Part 4
We’re getting funded! Funding is what keeps our lab doors open and lets us do the cutting-edge research advancing knowledge on the biology behind neurodegenerative diseases that leads to novel treatments. This year, we received several new grants to support our work. Drs. David Butler and Anne …
NSCI Year in Review – Part 3
New Scientific Findings Published Publications are how scientists communicate their findings to the rest of the scientific community and are an important part of the scientific process. This year didn’t start off ROCK-y, when Drs. Xiuli Zhao and Liz Fisher published their paper on the regulation …
NSCI Year in Review – Part 2
NeuraCell Facility Supports Neuroscience Research Nationwide NeuraCell, our non-profit core facility, banks, grows and differentiates induced pluripotent stem cell lines (iPSCs) to study neurodegeneration, neural progenitor cells (NPCs) and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, as well as …