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

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Announcements

Call for applications for Assistant Professor in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

The Columbia Stem Cell Initiative will be seeking candidates for several tenure track Assistant Professor positions.
CSCI ImageStream S10 Award

CSCI announces that we have been awarded funds through the NIH S10 Biomedical Research Support Shared Instrumentation Grants program for the ImageStreamX Mk II imaging flow cytometer.
2019 CSCI Seed Fund Competition Winners

2019 CSCI Seed Fund Competition Winners
The American Society of Hematology Honors Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, with the 2019 William Dameshek Prize

The American Society of Hematology Honors Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, with the 2019 William Dameshek Prize
CSCI Members featured in CUIMC Celebrates 2019-20 Issue 1

CSCI Members featured in CUIMC Celebrates 2019-20 Issue 1

Meet the Director of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

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Events

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

Thursday, October 17, 2019

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Venue

Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 401
CSCI Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Seminar Series with Dr. Graziella Pellegrini

Thursday, October 24, 2019

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Venue

Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 401
CSCI Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Seminar Series with Dr. Luis Parada

Thursday, November 7, 2019

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Venue

Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 401

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News

Columbia Scientists Demonstrate Power of High-Speed Microscope to Illuminate Biology at the Speed of Life

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Zuckerman Institute

September 27, 2019

New SCAPE 2.0 system can serve as a critical tool to advance science and medicine
Engineering human tissues to transform biomedical engineering

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NIH

September 20, 2019

Trailblazer Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D., expertly manipulates a cell’s environment to change its behavior and function.
Distinct Imprinting Signatures and Biased Differentiation of Human Androgenetic and Parthenogenetic Embryonic Stem Cells

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Cell Stem Cell

September 5, 2019

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic mechanism that results in parent-of-origin monoallelic expression of specific genes, which precludes uniparental development and underlies various diseases.