Education
Cailtin Ford, Kimara Targoff lab: In situ hybridization for tcf21 depicts the development of the lateral plate mesoderm in zebrafish embryos.
The Future Lies in Stem Cell Research
CSCI is committed to the education and training of stem cell researchers at multiple levels. Several training opportunities are currently available to graduate students and postdocs at Columbia University.
Courses for Trainees
Stem Cells, Genome Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Course: BMENE6510
Course Directors
Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD
Co-Directors
Dieter Egli, PhD
Time: Mondays 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Location: In person (please see below) or on Zoom (Meeting ID: 929 8420 9009 | Passcode: Cas12)
For more information about this course, please contact the following Teaching Assistants:
Tim Lantin | Alia Alameri | Sharifa Armani Davis
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Date |
Lecturer |
Title/University |
Building/Room |
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1/27/25 |
Aaron Viny |
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
HSC 305 |
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2/3/25 |
Joseph Wu |
President of American Heart Association and the Simon H. Sterzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology |
HSC 305 |
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2/10/25 |
David Schaffer |
Berkeley Stem Cell Center, Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, Molecular and Cell Biology, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute |
HSC LL205 |
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2/17/25 |
Chia Wei Cheng |
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
HSC 305 |
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2/24/25 |
Joanna Smeeton |
H.K. Corning Assistant Professor Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine Research (in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine) (in Genetics and Development) |
HSC 305 |
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3/3/25 |
George Church |
Founding Core Faculty & Lead, Synthetic Biology, Wyss Institute at Harvard University; Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard and MIT |
HSC LL210 |
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3/10/25 |
Andrew Anzalone |
Scientific Co-founder, Prime Medicine Inc, VP&S Columbia Alumnus |
HSC LL210 |
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3/17/25 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/24/25 |
Ron McKay |
Founder, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins & President emeritus, International Society of Stem Cell Research |
HSC LL210 |
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3/31/25 |
Kiran Musunuru |
Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute's Genetic and Epigenetic Origins of Disease Program, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
KENT 413 |
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4/7/25 |
Kapil Bharti |
Associate Director of National Eye Institute, NIH Senior Investigator,Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section, NIH |
HSC LL203 |
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4/14/25 |
Emmanuelle Passegué |
Alumni Professor of Genetics and Development (in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine) at Columbia University; Director of Columbia Stem Cell Institute |
HSC 312 |
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4/21/25 |
Elaine Fuchs |
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
HSC 312 |
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4/28/25 |
Gordana Vunjak-Novaković |
University and Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering |
HSC 312 |
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5/5/25 |
TBD |
TBD |
HSC LL203 |
Empire State Institutional Training Programs in Stem Cell Research for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows
Columbia Training Program in Stem Cell Research
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD and Hans-Willen Snoeck, PhD, Program Directors
The Empire State Columbia University Stem Cell Training Program aspires to educate tomorrow’s leaders in stem cell research by integrating diverse training opportunities available across both campuses of Columbia University (Morningside and Medical Center). Columbia University is uniquely positioned to offer a well-integrated training program in basic, bioengineering and translational studies of stem cells. Our faculty is working on the forefront of stem cell research and Columbia University recruits and trains the highest caliber students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world.
The focal areas of the program are biophysical regulation of stem cells, modeling of disease and regenerative medicine. Our mentors include a core group of stem cell researchers who were selected based on their success and productivity in stem cell research and outstanding training records. Graduate trainees will be selected after the first year of their PhD program, allowing us to recruit candidates with the best academic record who have already demonstrated the commitment and talent for stem cell research. The most promising early career postdoctoral fellows will be recruited into the program after they have initiated stem cell research. At any time during the five-year grant, we will be supporting 3 predoctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows.
The program has been designed to provide rigorous theoretical and practical training in stem cell biology through didactic coursework, research in selected Columbia laboratories, attendance, and participation in two stem cell seminar series and an annual training program retreat. The interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program aims also to facilitate new creative collaborations between Columbia investigators.