The Stem Cell Podcast

Latest Episodes
Ep. 292: “Biomedical Ethics” Featuring Prof. Hank Greely
Professor Hank Greely is the Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and Professor, by courtesy, of Genetics at Stanford University. He is also the Director of the Stanford Center for Law a
Ep. 291: “Functional Precision Medicine” Featuring Dr. Scott Younger
Dr. Scott Younger is the Director of Disease Gene Engineering within the Genomic Medicine Center at Children's Mercy Hospital. His research focuses on producing patient-derived cellular models to deve
Ep. 290: “ISSCR 2025: Illuminating the Future” Featuring Drs. Valentina Greco, Kathryn Cheah, and Eugenia Piddini
Dr. Valentina Greco is the President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), and Professor of Genetics and Co-Chair of the Status of Women in Medicine at Yale University. Dr. Kath
Ep. 289: “Heart-Forming Organoids” Featuring Dr. Robert Zweigerdt
Dr. Robert Zweigerdt is a Principal Investigator at Hannover Medical School, where his lab focuses on cardiac differentiation and the scalable culture of PSCs. He talks about regulating the lineage-sp
Ep. 288: “Cerebellar Organoids” Featuring Dr. Giorgia Quadrato
Dr. Giorgia Quadrato is Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on brain developmental and neural organoids. She talks
Ep. 287: “Blood Development” Featuring Drs. Andrew Elefanty and Elizabeth Ng
Drs. Andrew Elefanty and Elizabeth Ng are Senior Principal Investigator and Principal Investigator, respectively, at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. In the Blood Development group, they aim
Ep. 286: “Neural Lineage Identity” Featuring Dr. Marius Wernig
Dr. Marius Wernig is a Professor of Pathology and a Co-Director of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University, where his research interests include direct rep
Ep. 285: “Funding the Future” Featuring Dr. Jonathan Thomas
Guest: Dr. Jonathan Thomas "JT" is the President and CEO of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), an organization that provides funding for stem cell research with the purpose of
Ep. 284: “Organ Chip Engineering” Featuring Dr. Milica Radisic
Dr. Milica Radisic is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. Her lab uses organ-on-a-chip engineering to mimic physiology of the heart, kidney, and vasculature for the pur
Ep. 283: “Molecular Hematopoiesis” Featuring Dr. Cynthia Dunbar
Dr. Cynthia "Cindy" Dunbar is National Institutes of Health (NIH) Distinguished Investigator and Chief of the Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of