The Stem Cell Podcast

The Stem Cell Podcast


Latest Episodes

Ep. 309: “Neuronal Cell Fate and Function” Featuring Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen
November 25, 2025

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
November 11, 2025

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
October 28, 2025

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
October 14, 2025

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
September 30, 2025

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
September 16, 2025

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
September 02, 2025

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
August 19, 2025

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
August 05, 2025

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
July 22, 2025

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