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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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Providing investigators with access to advanced equipment and resources for stem cell research.

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Announcements

Emmanuelle Passegue, PhD is featured in “STEM passion- A Journey Inspired by Women in Science”

Emmanuelle Passegue, PhD is featured in Elisabetta Citterio’s project “STEM passion- A journey Inspired by Women in Science”
Weekly seminars from leaders of Tissue Engineering around the world

Join us every Wednesday at 3pm for virtual seminars from worldwide leaders in the field of tissue engineering.
CSCI Members Help Package 1700+ Face Shields

CSCI Members helped package 1000 face shields!
3rd Annual CSCI Photo Contest Winners

3rd Annual CSCI Photo Contest Winners
Kimara Targoff awarded $50,000 grant from CHD Coalition

Kimara Targoff awarded $50,000 grant from CHD Coalition

Meet the Director of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

Dr. Passegue of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

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News

Gon4l/Udu regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and maintenance of ventricular chamber identity during zebrafish development

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Developmental Biology

June 15, 2020

Here we report two distinct roles of Gon4l/Udu in heart development: regulation of cell proliferation and maintenance of ventricular identity.
Photoactivatable Cre recombinase 3.0 for in vivo mouse applications

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Nature

May 1, 2020

Optogenetic genome engineering tools enable spatiotemporal control of gene expression and provide new insight into biological function.
Dysregulated haematopoietic stem cell behaviour in myeloid leukaemogenesis

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Nature

May 15, 2020

Here we describe how selection for specific mutations that increase HSC competitive fitness, in conjunction with additional endogenous and environmental changes, drives leukaemic transformation.

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Self-organizing structures formed over time by neurons (green) derived from human pluripotent stem cells.

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