Upcoming Events
Brigham and Women's
Monday, Apr. 20
4:00-5:00 PM

Novartis
Wednesday, Apr. 29
8:30 AM-4:00 PM

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Wednesday, Apr. 29
4:00-5:00 PM
Announcements
HSCI presents its highly anticipated Tenth Annual HSCI Malkin Retreat. 
May 21
Space is limited.


HSCI and the UK Stem Cell Bank present a three-day, hands-on course including topics such as cryopreservation, maintenance and evaluation of PSCs, and characterization methods for reprogrammed cells. 
June 3-5
Space is limited. 


Interdisciplinary discussions to promote cross-collaborations between experts in epigenetic topics and stem cells.
Sitges, Spain
Sept. 20-22
Abstracts due Friday, May 1
People News
Guo-Cen Yuan, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, joins HSCI Principal Faculty.

Ursula Kaiser, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, joins HCSI Affiliated Faculty.

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, of Boston Children's Hospital, joins HSCI Affiliated Faculty. 
Research updates
An Inaugural Meeting
More than 75 graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from the HSCI community gathered at Harvard Medical School to learn about iPS-derived neuron disease modeling from industry leaders. 

 

Postdocs, graduate students and faculty alike convened on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Harvard Medical School to listen to Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research scientists address managing quality control of iPS-derived neurons at the Neuro Stem Club's inaugural meeting. Read the full story here.

Student Spotlight
 

Having recently turned in his thesis, Ernie Doherty, a Harvard senior concentrating in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology, took a moment to tell Matrix about his work, literary interests, and most importantly - the contents of his fridge.

 




Read about Ernie and his work in Kornelia Polyak's lab at the Dana -Farber Cancer Institute here.