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Meet Chao Lu, PhD, Co-Leader of the Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program

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Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC)

CSCI full member Chao Lu, PhD, has been appointed co-leader of the Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics (CGE) program at the HICCC.
Event on Haven Plaza Taps into Young Students’ Scientific Curiosity

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CUIMC

More than 1,280 students from five public elementary schools in Washington Heights filled Haven Plaza for interactive, hands-on science experiments and to seek information about careers in STEM.
Development is Stressful. Why Can’t Human Embryos Cope Better?

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CUIMC

CSCI member Dieter Egli and Columbia cancer researcher Juan Manuel Schvartzman are collaborating with support from the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué has received the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) 2024 Donald Metcalf Award

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International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH)

The 2024 Donald Metcalf Award goes to Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué for her outstanding work in the fields of normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cell biology.

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CSCI Department Administrator Monica Prabudoss Receives a 2024 Baton Award

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CUIMC

December 12, 2024

CSCI Department Administrator Monica Prabudoss Receives a 2024 Baton Award.
The surprising cause of fasting’s regenerative powers

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Nature

August 21, 2024

Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, comments on a recently published study about the potential benefits and harms of post-fast feasting.
Columbia Medical School Offers Summer STEM Opportunities for Hundreds of Students

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CUIMC

July 15, 2024

Barbara Corneo, Director of the Columbia Stem Cell Core Facility, and Professor Joanna Smeeton hosted a day of science for middle school students.
Causes and Consequences of DNA Replication Stress in Human Embryonic Development

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W.M. Keck Foundation

June 28, 2024

CSCI member Dietrich M. Egli, PhD, with Juan-Manuel Schvartzman, MD, PhD, have been awarded a W.M. Keck Foundation grant towards investigating the causes of genome instability in development.
The Gut’s Stem Cells Get a New Identity

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CUIMC

June 6, 2024

Recent publication from the labs of CSCI members Kelley Yan, MD PhD and Timothy Wang, MD.
A Fasting-Refeeding Paradigm Rejuvenates Old Stem Cells

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CUIMC

May 15, 2024

Researchers in the Passegué Lab found that a cellular recycling process known as autophagy must be activated in old blood stem cells for the cells to survive and function in aged animals.