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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.
Dr. Aaron Viny Recieves a 2024 American Society of Hematology Basic/Translational Research Junior Faculty Scholars Award

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American Society of Hematology

One of ASH’s most prestigious research award programs, the ASH Scholar Award supports early career investigators dedicated to careers in hematology research.
Why Do Some Newborns Develop Severe Infections?

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CUIMC

An immune deficiency in newborns may originate from a system that protects the fetus in utero but lingers after birth, according to a study from Amélie Collins, MD, PhD and Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD.

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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.
Building More Homes for Hematopoietic Stem Cells

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CUIMC

May 6, 2024

Stem cell niche generation is regulated in bone marrow, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases. Lab of CSCI member Lei Ding, PhD.