Stem Cell Podcast
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Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
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Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
Tune in now! https://bit.ly/4wV6VNv
Scientists with Dr. Lingling Hu at @weillcornell.bsky.social identified tendon/ligament #StemCells and showed that their abnormal differentiation contributes to ligament thickening and lumbar spinal stenosis. 🦴
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September 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Scientists with Dr. Lingling Hu at @weillcornell.bsky.social identified tendon/ligament #StemCells and showed that their abnormal differentiation contributes to ligament thickening and lumbar spinal stenosis. 🦴
More on the study: https://bit.ly/4AalW0Q
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Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il discusses how his lab combines developmental biology, epigenetics, and single-cell technologies to understand how cells acquire distinct identities during #embryonic development. 🧬
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Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il discusses how his lab combines developmental biology, epigenetics, and single-cell technologies to understand how cells acquire distinct identities during #embryonic development. 🧬
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September 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
🎧 The next episode is live!
Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il discusses how his lab combines developmental biology, epigenetics, and single-cell technologies to understand how cells acquire distinct identities during #embryonic development. 🧬
Listen now! https://bit.ly/4xGNSaO
Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il discusses how his lab combines developmental biology, epigenetics, and single-cell technologies to understand how cells acquire distinct identities during #embryonic development. 🧬
Listen now! https://bit.ly/4xGNSaO
🤩 Hope you're excited for our next guest, Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il!
The Stelzer Lab investigates how cell fate and identity are established during #embryonic development using single-cell and epigenomic approaches. 🧫
Check out his latest work: https://bit.ly/3UsGAsB
The Stelzer Lab investigates how cell fate and identity are established during #embryonic development using single-cell and epigenomic approaches. 🧫
Check out his latest work: https://bit.ly/3UsGAsB
September 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🤩 Hope you're excited for our next guest, Dr. Yonatan Stelzer at @weizmann.ac.il!
The Stelzer Lab investigates how cell fate and identity are established during #embryonic development using single-cell and epigenomic approaches. 🧫
Check out his latest work: https://bit.ly/3UsGAsB
The Stelzer Lab investigates how cell fate and identity are established during #embryonic development using single-cell and epigenomic approaches. 🧫
Check out his latest work: https://bit.ly/3UsGAsB
Scientists with @katecavanaugh.bsky.social in the Weiner Lab at UCSF found that reproductive aging increases #embryo contractility and alters tissue mechanics, reducing successful embryo implantation.🫄
Here's the study: https://go.nature.com/4gmQ01l
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Here's the study: https://go.nature.com/4gmQ01l
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September 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Scientists with @katecavanaugh.bsky.social in the Weiner Lab at UCSF found that reproductive aging increases #embryo contractility and alters tissue mechanics, reducing successful embryo implantation.🫄
Here's the study: https://go.nature.com/4gmQ01l
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Here's the study: https://go.nature.com/4gmQ01l
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Researchers discovered that generating tetraploid iPSCs produces #cardiomyocytes with more mature molecular, metabolic, and functional properties than conventional iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. 💓
🧫 Check out the study: https://go.nature.com/4hSuYc4
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🧫 Check out the study: https://go.nature.com/4hSuYc4
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September 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Researchers discovered that generating tetraploid iPSCs produces #cardiomyocytes with more mature molecular, metabolic, and functional properties than conventional iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. 💓
🧫 Check out the study: https://go.nature.com/4hSuYc4
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🧫 Check out the study: https://go.nature.com/4hSuYc4
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Dr. Georgina Craig and scientists at @unityhealthto.bsky.social found that changes in oligodendrocytes and reduced NRF2 signaling are linked to cognitive decline during #aging, identifying a potential therapeutic target. ⏳
🧪 https://go.nature.com/4wU1qyE
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September 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Dr. Georgina Craig and scientists at @unityhealthto.bsky.social found that changes in oligodendrocytes and reduced NRF2 signaling are linked to cognitive decline during #aging, identifying a potential therapeutic target. ⏳
🧪 https://go.nature.com/4wU1qyE
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Dr. Irene Faravelli, Noelia Antón-Bolaños, and scientists in Dr. Paola Arlotta's lab at @harvard.edu found that human brain #organoids cultured for five years continue to mature and retain a molecular memory of time spent in culture. 🧠
🔬 https://go.nature.com/4zIkDWC
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September 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Dr. Irene Faravelli, Noelia Antón-Bolaños, and scientists in Dr. Paola Arlotta's lab at @harvard.edu found that human brain #organoids cultured for five years continue to mature and retain a molecular memory of time spent in culture. 🧠
🔬 https://go.nature.com/4zIkDWC
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🔬 https://go.nature.com/4zIkDWC
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🔔 The next episode has dropped!
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
Tune in now! https://bit.ly/4wV6VNv
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
Tune in now! https://bit.ly/4wV6VNv
September 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🔔 The next episode has dropped!
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
Tune in now! https://bit.ly/4wV6VNv
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social discusses how his lab uses #PSCs and in vitro models of #spermatogenesis to investigate how environmental exposures affect male fertility.
Tune in now! https://bit.ly/4wV6VNv
Stay tuned for next week's guest!
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social join us to talk about his research using stem cells to study male fertility and develop new therapies. #spermatogenesis
Check out their work: https://bit.ly/4gM6QXv
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social join us to talk about his research using stem cells to study male fertility and develop new therapies. #spermatogenesis
Check out their work: https://bit.ly/4gM6QXv
August 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Stay tuned for next week's guest!
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social join us to talk about his research using stem cells to study male fertility and develop new therapies. #spermatogenesis
Check out their work: https://bit.ly/4gM6QXv
Dr. Charles Easley at @universityofga.bsky.social join us to talk about his research using stem cells to study male fertility and develop new therapies. #spermatogenesis
Check out their work: https://bit.ly/4gM6QXv
Dr. Holly Vogues' team at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne found that stem cell-derived 3D heart valve tissues recapitulate key features of valve maturation, providing a platform for studying inflammation and calcific valve disease.
🔬 https://bit.ly/4zlUlJo
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August 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Dr. Holly Vogues' team at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne found that stem cell-derived 3D heart valve tissues recapitulate key features of valve maturation, providing a platform for studying inflammation and calcific valve disease.
🔬 https://bit.ly/4zlUlJo
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Dr. Guang Li's lab with Yuanhang He at @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social developed hiPSC-derived valve #assembloids that model heart valve development and reveals how mechanical forces and fluid flow shape valve formation and disease.
🧪 https://bit.ly/45ykY0g
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August 21, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Dr. Guang Li's lab with Yuanhang He at @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social developed hiPSC-derived valve #assembloids that model heart valve development and reveals how mechanical forces and fluid flow shape valve formation and disease.
🧪 https://bit.ly/45ykY0g
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Researchers with Dr. Carmen Herranz-Ors at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social developed a collection of patient-derived tumor #organoids that maps genetic dependencies and therapeutic vulnerabilities across multiple cancer types.
🔬 https://go.nature.com/4xGZ8U5
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🔬 https://go.nature.com/4xGZ8U5
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August 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Researchers with Dr. Carmen Herranz-Ors at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social developed a collection of patient-derived tumor #organoids that maps genetic dependencies and therapeutic vulnerabilities across multiple cancer types.
🔬 https://go.nature.com/4xGZ8U5
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🔬 https://go.nature.com/4xGZ8U5
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New preprint from the lab is out! Dll4 and Jag1a aren't opposing Notch signals in blood stem cell formation — they are required sequentially to push hemogenic endothelium fate and to make HSPCs .
Great collab with @gunawanlab.bsky.social @dorotheeb.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Great collab with @gunawanlab.bsky.social @dorotheeb.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Dll4 and Jag1a signalling act sequentially and cooperatively to drive hematopoietic stem cell fate specification
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) arise from a specialized subset of arterial endothelial cells, the hemogenic endothelium (HE), during embryonic development and sustain blood production...
www.biorxiv.org
August 18, 2026 at 11:23 AM
New preprint from the lab is out! Dll4 and Jag1a aren't opposing Notch signals in blood stem cell formation — they are required sequentially to push hemogenic endothelium fate and to make HSPCs .
Great collab with @gunawanlab.bsky.social @dorotheeb.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Great collab with @gunawanlab.bsky.social @dorotheeb.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Dr. Magdalena Sutcliffe and team at @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social discovered a chemical chromatin restoration approach that reverses differentiation defects in hPSCs, restoring their ability to generate brain #organoids.
📃 https://go.nature.com/4qhwOW8
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📃 https://go.nature.com/4qhwOW8
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August 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Dr. Magdalena Sutcliffe and team at @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social discovered a chemical chromatin restoration approach that reverses differentiation defects in hPSCs, restoring their ability to generate brain #organoids.
📃 https://go.nature.com/4qhwOW8
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📃 https://go.nature.com/4qhwOW8
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📢 The next episode is out!
Join us with Dr. Abdullah Khan at @ox.ac.uk as we talk about how his lab engineers complex human tissue models to study the cellular interactions that drive development, aging, and disease.
🎧 Listen now! https://bit.ly/4gjgj7p
Join us with Dr. Abdullah Khan at @ox.ac.uk as we talk about how his lab engineers complex human tissue models to study the cellular interactions that drive development, aging, and disease.
🎧 Listen now! https://bit.ly/4gjgj7p
August 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
📢 The next episode is out!
Join us with Dr. Abdullah Khan at @ox.ac.uk as we talk about how his lab engineers complex human tissue models to study the cellular interactions that drive development, aging, and disease.
🎧 Listen now! https://bit.ly/4gjgj7p
Join us with Dr. Abdullah Khan at @ox.ac.uk as we talk about how his lab engineers complex human tissue models to study the cellular interactions that drive development, aging, and disease.
🎧 Listen now! https://bit.ly/4gjgj7p
🥼 Introducing our next guest!
Dr. Abdullah Khan from @ox.ac.uk will be joining us on the podcast to talk about his research on engineering complex human tissue models to study cell interactions, aging, and disease.
🔬 His latest work: https://bit.ly/3P7lZan
Dr. Abdullah Khan from @ox.ac.uk will be joining us on the podcast to talk about his research on engineering complex human tissue models to study cell interactions, aging, and disease.
🔬 His latest work: https://bit.ly/3P7lZan
August 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🥼 Introducing our next guest!
Dr. Abdullah Khan from @ox.ac.uk will be joining us on the podcast to talk about his research on engineering complex human tissue models to study cell interactions, aging, and disease.
🔬 His latest work: https://bit.ly/3P7lZan
Dr. Abdullah Khan from @ox.ac.uk will be joining us on the podcast to talk about his research on engineering complex human tissue models to study cell interactions, aging, and disease.
🔬 His latest work: https://bit.ly/3P7lZan
Dr. Janice Reid and scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute reveal a comprehensive atlas of human #CardiacOrganoids that shows how signaling molecules regulate heart function and identifies pathways linked to heart failure. 💓
📃 https://bit.ly/4xfFCy3
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📃 https://bit.ly/4xfFCy3
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August 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Dr. Janice Reid and scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute reveal a comprehensive atlas of human #CardiacOrganoids that shows how signaling molecules regulate heart function and identifies pathways linked to heart failure. 💓
📃 https://bit.ly/4xfFCy3
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📃 https://bit.ly/4xfFCy3
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Scientists found that long-term vitamin C supplementation partially reverses age-related changes in primate bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell function. 🍊
Here's the study: https://bit.ly/455UMK8
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Here's the study: https://bit.ly/455UMK8
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August 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Scientists found that long-term vitamin C supplementation partially reverses age-related changes in primate bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell function. 🍊
Here's the study: https://bit.ly/455UMK8
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Here's the study: https://bit.ly/455UMK8
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Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and Technology found that intestinal stem cells use an #epigenetic division-counting mechanism to precisely control cell fate decisions during tissue maintenance. 🧬
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4fUTQxe
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Read more: https://go.nature.com/4fUTQxe
Listen now: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
August 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and Technology found that intestinal stem cells use an #epigenetic division-counting mechanism to precisely control cell fate decisions during tissue maintenance. 🧬
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4fUTQxe
Listen now: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4fUTQxe
Listen now: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
Researchers with Evan Appleton at Colossal Biosciences have generated the first #iPSCs from Asian elephants, providing a new platform for conservation and disease research. 🐘
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4y2YAc8
Listen to the discussion: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4y2YAc8
Listen to the discussion: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
August 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Researchers with Evan Appleton at Colossal Biosciences have generated the first #iPSCs from Asian elephants, providing a new platform for conservation and disease research. 🐘
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4y2YAc8
Listen to the discussion: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
Read more: https://go.nature.com/4y2YAc8
Listen to the discussion: https://bit.ly/3TCds1C
📢 We're honored to welcome Nobel Laureate Dr. Shinya Yamanaka!
Join us as we explore the story behind one of the most transformative discoveries in modern biology and discuss the future of stem cell research with the pioneer of #iPSC technology.
🎧 Listen and share! https://bit.ly/4yXJZiS
Join us as we explore the story behind one of the most transformative discoveries in modern biology and discuss the future of stem cell research with the pioneer of #iPSC technology.
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August 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
📢 We're honored to welcome Nobel Laureate Dr. Shinya Yamanaka!
Join us as we explore the story behind one of the most transformative discoveries in modern biology and discuss the future of stem cell research with the pioneer of #iPSC technology.
🎧 Listen and share! https://bit.ly/4yXJZiS
Join us as we explore the story behind one of the most transformative discoveries in modern biology and discuss the future of stem cell research with the pioneer of #iPSC technology.
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🚨 Something big is coming!
20 years after the discovery of #iPSCs, we're sitting down with the scientist behind it all.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, @nobelprize.org Laureate, joins us to discuss the discovery that changed regenerative medicine and where we're headed next.
📃 https://bit.ly/4vQnpFX
20 years after the discovery of #iPSCs, we're sitting down with the scientist behind it all.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, @nobelprize.org Laureate, joins us to discuss the discovery that changed regenerative medicine and where we're headed next.
📃 https://bit.ly/4vQnpFX
July 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
🚨 Something big is coming!
20 years after the discovery of #iPSCs, we're sitting down with the scientist behind it all.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, @nobelprize.org Laureate, joins us to discuss the discovery that changed regenerative medicine and where we're headed next.
📃 https://bit.ly/4vQnpFX
20 years after the discovery of #iPSCs, we're sitting down with the scientist behind it all.
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, @nobelprize.org Laureate, joins us to discuss the discovery that changed regenerative medicine and where we're headed next.
📃 https://bit.ly/4vQnpFX
We've got a special episode for you!
Drs. Michael May and Janet Rothberg from CCRM discuss scaling and manufacturing of PSC-dervied therapies in front of a live audience at #ISSCR2026.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4vF6NBe
Drs. Michael May and Janet Rothberg from CCRM discuss scaling and manufacturing of PSC-dervied therapies in front of a live audience at #ISSCR2026.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4vF6NBe
July 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
We've got a special episode for you!
Drs. Michael May and Janet Rothberg from CCRM discuss scaling and manufacturing of PSC-dervied therapies in front of a live audience at #ISSCR2026.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4vF6NBe
Drs. Michael May and Janet Rothberg from CCRM discuss scaling and manufacturing of PSC-dervied therapies in front of a live audience at #ISSCR2026.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4vF6NBe
Researchers led by Dr. Timothée Mouterde, Adam Hill, and Hoang-Phuong Phan have developed a wireless cantilever platform that enables high-throughput measurement of contractile forces in human cardiac organoids.
🗒️: https://go.nature.com/4f3DaTE
🎧: https://bit.ly/4f5dXIC
🗒️: https://go.nature.com/4f3DaTE
🎧: https://bit.ly/4f5dXIC
July 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Researchers led by Dr. Timothée Mouterde, Adam Hill, and Hoang-Phuong Phan have developed a wireless cantilever platform that enables high-throughput measurement of contractile forces in human cardiac organoids.
🗒️: https://go.nature.com/4f3DaTE
🎧: https://bit.ly/4f5dXIC
🗒️: https://go.nature.com/4f3DaTE
🎧: https://bit.ly/4f5dXIC
That’s a wrap on #ISSCR2026! 🎊
Thank you to everyone who joined us. From listeners to guests to organizers to the incredible stem cell community, we're so grateful for the great conversations, science, and energy all week long. 🧡
Thank you to everyone who joined us. From listeners to guests to organizers to the incredible stem cell community, we're so grateful for the great conversations, science, and energy all week long. 🧡
July 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
That’s a wrap on #ISSCR2026! 🎊
Thank you to everyone who joined us. From listeners to guests to organizers to the incredible stem cell community, we're so grateful for the great conversations, science, and energy all week long. 🧡
Thank you to everyone who joined us. From listeners to guests to organizers to the incredible stem cell community, we're so grateful for the great conversations, science, and energy all week long. 🧡