About the Stem Cell Program at Cornell University

Goals of the Stem Cell Program (SCP) are to provide the necessary opportunities and structure for coordinating activities of investigators involved in stem cell research, promoting cross-campus interactions, enhancing the existing platform for teaching and training in stem cell biology at Cornell and assisting in the recruitment of outstanding scientists with expertise in stem cell research.

To accomplish these goals, the SCP organizes a seminar series featuring distinguished guest speakers, prepares an Annual Stem Cell Research Symposium, provides seed funding for research training projects, finances travel to meetings and conferences, coordinates monthly work-in-progress reports at Stem Cell Club meetings, and supports the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) core facility.

The SCP has its roots in the Cornell Stem Cell Club and is built on such unique strengths of Cornell research community as unparalleled cross-disciplinary collaborations and strong basic and comparative biomedical sciences. The SCP incorporates over 20 laboratories across Cornell University Ithaca campus, closely interacts with the Center for Vertebrate Genomics, and is supported, in part, by the NYSTEM program of the New York State Department of Health.