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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Who We Are

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

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Core Facilities

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

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Jobs

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

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Announcements

CSCI strongly supports the use of human embryonic stem cells in research

Human embryonic stem cells are essential for our understanding of human development and disease.
CSCI Faculty Announcements

We are particularly pleased to welcome two new faculty members recruited by the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI).
Chao Lu selected to share seed funding raised from Velocity, Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer

Chao Lu selected to share seed funding raised from Velocity, Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer
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.
Trainee Symposium for Organoids & Organs-on-Chip August 11

Inviting all Graduate & Postdoctoral trainees to submit abstracts

Meet the Director of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

Dr. Passegue of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

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Events

Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI) Work in Progress Series

Thursday, September 24, 2020

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Venue

Online
Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI)Work in Progress (WIP) Series

Thursday, October 8, 2020

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Venue

Online
Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI)Work in Progress (WIP) Series

Thursday, October 22, 2020

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

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Online

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News

Severely Damaged Human Lungs Can Now Be Successfully Recovered

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Columbia Engineering

July 13, 2020

Columbia Engineering and Vanderbilt researchers demonstrate that human lungs rejected for transplant can be recovered
Therapy in Rhodopsin-Mediated Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Cell

August 25, 2020

This review provides an update on RNA therapeutics and therapeutic editing genome surgery strategies and ongoing clinical trials for RHO-adRP,
Detection of base analogs incorporated during DNA replication by nanopore sequencing

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Nucleic Acids Research

July 25, 2020

DNA synthesis is a fundamental requirement for cell proliferation and DNA repair, but no single method can identify the location, direction and speed of replication forks with high resolution.