How did vertebrates first evolve jaws?
By Cristy Lytal A zebrafish showing, from left to right, the eye, the pseudobranch, and the gills (Image by Peter Fabian/Crump Lab) Five-hundred million years ... Read More »
USC Stem Cell alumni Litao Tao and Haoze (Vincent) Yu bring their A game to new positions in academia and industry
From left, Haoze (Vincent) Yu and Litao Tao (Photo courtesy of Haoze (Vincent) Yu) By Cristy Lytal Scientists Litao Tao and Haoze (Vincent) Yu were colleagues and team ... Read More »
Newborn cells in the epileptic brain provide a potential target for treatment
Over the years, everyone loses a few brain cells. A study led by scientists from USC Stem Cell and the USC Neurorestoration Center presents evidence that adults can replenish at least some of what they’ve lost by generating new brain cells, and that this process is dramatically altered in patients with long-term epilepsy.
USC Stem Cell scientists make big progress in building mini-kidneys
"Our progress in creating new types of kidney organoids provides powerful tools for not only understanding development and disease, but also finding new treatments."
Keck School faculty honored during USC’s spring awards season
On April 12, the University honored outstanding faculty during its 40th annual Academic Honors Convocation.
USC celebrates Robert E. Maxson’s lifetime of achievement and adventure
Robert E. Maxson (Photo by Peggy Yost) (Originally posted at USC Stem Cell) By Cristy Lytal USC Emeritus Professor Robert E. Maxson has an understated explanation for why ... Read More »
What is the USC Ombuds?
From right, USC Ombuds Katherine Greenwood and Thomas Kosakowski, and Ombuds Office Coordinator Marlene Lozano (Photo courtesy of the USC Office of the Ombuds) Stress levels ... Read More »
Shanghai Cell Therapy Group launches collaboration with USC researcher to improve the ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells for clinical applications
Qi-Long Ying (Photo by Chris Shinn) Shanghai Cell Therapy Group (SHCell) recently entered into a six-year research collaborative project with Professor Qi-Long Ying from the University ... Read More »
USC scientists use brain organoids to study intellectual disability, with support from the SynGAP Research Fund
Twenty-day-old cortical organoid (Image by Tuan Nguyen/Quadrato Lab) Maybe a child misses a developmental milestone, such as rolling over, or saying that first word. Perhaps the ... Read More »