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Walter Low Appointed Director of Stem Cell Institute
We are pleased to announce that, after a rigorous selection process, Dr. Walter Low has assumed the Director of the Stem Cell Institute (SCI) role. His appointment is a testament to his...
Stem Cell, Faculty
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SCI faculty evaluate new micromagnetic device for precision neuromodulation
SCI faculty Walter Low (Neurosurgery) and Susan Keirstead (Integrative Biology and Physiology) collaborated with colleagues Theoden Netoff (Biomedical Engineering) and Jian-Ping Wang (Electrical and...
Stem Cell
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Former Stem Cell Institute Director, Jonathan Slack, PhD Awarded Wolpert Medal by the British Society for Developmental Biology
The Wolpert Medal "is presented to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the teaching and communication of Developmental Biology". Jonathan Slack, who was director of the...
Stem Cell
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SCI Researchers are Genetically Engineering Underexplored Gamma delta T-cells to Attack Solid Tumors
SCI faculty member Beau Webber recently received a CURE Childhood Cancer grant award to test genetically engineered gamma delta T-cells against solid tumors, like osteosarcoma, a...
Stem Cell
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SCI Faculty Mark Osborn has been Awarded Saint Baldrick Foundation Funding to Support Gene and Cell Engineering Research
Dr. Osborn will use this grant to continue his work on engineering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells that will more specifically target cancerous B-cells while minimizing damage to healthy...
Stem Cell