Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

Tapping the Potential of Stem Cells for Human Health

At the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI) we are building a cutting-edge, premier stem cell program that integrates expertise in regeneration and precision medicine and shapes a novel basic and translational understanding of stem cells in health and disease for biomedical research.

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News

Two CSCI Faculty Receive Prestigious New Innovator Awards from NIH

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CUIMC newsroom

October 4, 2022

Two CSCI faculty members have received prestigious “New Innovator(” awards from the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward program.
Project Medical Education Returns to CUIMC

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CUIMC newsroom

September 8, 2022

This past August, after a two-year hiatus, Project Medical Education (PME) returned to Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).
Stavroula Kousteni, PhD, has been awarded a 2022 EvansMDS Cancer Discovery Research Grant

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EvansMDS

August 22, 2022

The Cancer Discovery Research award provides recipients with funding at $200,000 per year for up to three years.

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Announcements

Announcing the 2022 CSCI Seed Fund Competition Winners

Three projects led by CSCI Full Member faculty have been selected for the 2022 CSCI Seed Fund Program.
Liu & de Nooij Labs receive a research award from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA)

This FARA award will support Liu & Joriene de Nooij Labs to study the Rescue of Friedreich’s Ataxia cells by DNA methylation editing of the FXN gene
Kelley Yan a Recipient of Columbia’s Precision Medicine Pilot Grant

Kelley Yan, PhD is one of five research teams at Columbia University who have been awarded a 2022 Precision Medicine Pilot Grant.
Amelie Collins Named 2022 Gerstner Merit Awardee

The Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholars Program awarded the Gerstner Merit Award to 2019 Scholar Amélie Collins, MD, PhD.
American Society of Hematology Selects Varun Sudunagunta to Receive the 2022 Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists (HONORS) Award

Varun Sudunagunta has been selected by the American Society of Hematology to receive the 2022 Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists Award.