The Stem Cell Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 309: “Neuronal Cell Fate and Function” Featuring Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen
Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen is Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In this episode, he talks aboutusing PSCs to model neurodevelopmental processes. He also discusses hisdirect reprogrammingwork and his lab'
Ep. 308: “Regeneration in the Cerebellum” Featuring Dr. Sumru Bayin
Dr. Sumru Bayin is a Group Leader at the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge. She talks about her work on regeneration in the neonatal mouse cerebellum and how cerebellar interneurons diff
Ep. 307: “Vascular Biology” Featuring Dr. Juan Melero-Martin
Dr. Juan Melero-Martin is an Associate Professor and the Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. His lab uses bioengineering principles to understand how vascular networks are
Ep. 306: “Vertebrate Development” Featuring Dr. Carole LaBonne
Dr. Carole LaBonne is the Erastus Otis Haven Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University. Her lab studiesthe genesis of neural crest stem cells at the level of the signaling pathways and transcription factors that comprise the neural cr
Ep. 305: “Glial Cell Fate” Featuring Dr. Paul Tesar
Dr. Paul Tesar is the Director of the Institute for Glial Sciences and the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics at Case Western Reserve University. His lab uses PSCs
Ep. 304: “Gene Regulation” Featuring Dr. Lars Velten
Dr. Lars Velten is a Group Leader at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona. He talks about his research oncell-state-specific enhancers in hematopoiesisandlineage tracing techniques to study blood aging. He also discusses combining generative
Ep. 303: “Organoid Models of Cancer” Featuring Dr. Alice Soragni
Dr. Alice Soragni is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She talks about her work on patient-derived organoids andhow they can be adapted for drug screening. She also discusses how she transitioned from structural biology
Ep. 302: “Kidney Organoids” Featuring Dr. Zhongwei Li
Dr. Zhongwei Li is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. His lab focuses on kidney organogenesis with translational applications of kidney regeneration and disease modeling.
Ep. 301: “Cell Fate Decisions in Cancer” Featuring Dr. Mark Hatley
Dr. Mark Hatley is an Associate Faculty Member and Director of the Division of Molecular Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. His research focuses on the developmental origins and geneti
Ep. 300: “Autologous Cell Therapy” Featuring Dr. Jeanne Loring
Dr. Jeanne Loring is a Co-Founder of Aspen Neuroscience and Professor Emeritus at Scripps Research. She talks aboutgenerating gametes from the functionally extinct northern white rhinoceros, Aspen's early days and itsrecent clinical trial results for P





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