Stem Cell Club

Upcoming Schedule

Stem Cell Club meetings take place each third Tuesday in the Lecture Hall III of the Veterinary Research Tower from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Recent Presentations

DATE	PRESENTERS
May 21, 2013	Brian Rudd Neonatal immunity and the layered immune hypothesis
May 21, 2013	Young Hye Song (Fischbach Lab) Adipose-derived stem cells as physicochemical regulator of tumor angiogenesis
April 16, 2013	Laura Hockaday (Butcher Lab) In-Situ photocrosslinking and 3D bioprinting of defined matrix environments to control differentiation of adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells within tissue engineered heart valves
April 16, 2013	Kim Holloway (Cohen Lab) Investigating regulatory pathways involved in mammalian meiosis and gametogenesis
March 19, 2013	Patricia Davidson (Lammerding Lab) Using patient-derived iPSCs to investigate cardiac disease caused by lamin and titin mutations
March 19, 2013	Patrick Murphy (Soloway Lab) Analysis of cell type specific epigenetic mark coordination using single molecule methods
February 19, 2013	Timothy Pierpont (Weiss Lab) Elucidation of the DNA damage response and stem cell properties of murine metastatic testicular germ cell cancer
February 19, 2013	Iris Jonkers (Lis Lab) The dynamics of RNA polymerase II in the transcription cycle
January 15, 2013	Brooke Wilson (Fortier Lab) Novel use of a microfluidics device to identify the optimal biologic to enhance endogenous stem cell recruitment and homing
January 15, 2013	Yunhai Luo (Schimenti Lab) Primordial germ cell depletion in FANCM-deficient mice involves p53-p21 signaling
December 18, 2012	Aiko Sada Nishimura (Tumbar Lab) Defining the cellular lineage hierarchy in adult skin epidermis
December 18, 2012	Holly Jensen (Yen Lab) Overcoming the differentiation block: Understanding retinoic acid-induced differentiation in a model human leukemic progenitor cell line
November 20, 2012	Andrea Flesken-Nikitin (Nikitin Lab) Identification of a novel cancer-prone stem cell niche for the ovarian surface epithelium
November 20, 2012	Qiaoming Long Role of SEL1L in liver cholesterol metabolism and tumorigenesis
October 16, 2012	Nicolas Buchon Epithelium renewal in the Drosophila gut: how intestinal stem cells behave in a microbial world
October 16, 2012	Xiling Shen Pattern formation in intestinal crypts
September 18, 2012	Lawrence Bonassar Marrow-derived stem cells for intervertebral disc tissue engineering
September 18, 2012	Scott Coonrod Linking structure to function in the mammalian oocyte cytoplasm
May 15, 2012	Vikas Ghai (Liu Lab) Investigating the role of SEM-4/SALL in proliferation versus differentiation decisions during development of C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm
May 15, 2012	Tim Cowley (Lee Lab) Elucidating the roles of mammalian HCF-1 and HCF-2 in beta-cell and embryonic stem cell function
April 17, 2012	Ute Schwab (Felippe Lab) Establishing culture conditions favorable for equine B lymphopoiesis
April 17, 2012	Iris Jonkers (Lis Lab) The role of P-TEFb in the RNA Polymerase II transcription cycle
March 20, 2012	Vimal Selvaraj Directing differentiation of embryonic stem cells to oligodendrocytes
March 20, 2012	Jonathan Flax (Soloway Lab) The role of DNA methylation in alternative splicing
February 21, 2012	Bo Ri Seo (Fischbach Lab) Obesity-associated adipose stromal cells as physicochemical modulators of breast tumorigenesis
February 21, 2012	Ewelina Bolcun-Filas (Schimenti Lab) Quality control in germ cells
January 17, 2012	Jayhun Lee (Tumbar Lab) Epigenetic regulation of hair follicle stem cell proliferation during adult skin homeostatis
January 17, 2012	Yogindra Vedvyas (Jin Lab) Development of mAb against Ephrin-B2: Application to detection of tumor, tumor-vasculature, and cancer stem cells
December 20, 2011	Amy Lyndaker (Weiss Lab) A novel mouse model of testicular cancer: Simultaneous Pten loss and Kras activation in postnatal germ cells results in teratocarcinogenesis
December 20, 2011	Xuesen Zhang (Coonrod Lab) PAD2-catalyzed histone Arginine 26 citrullination facilitates E2-reguated gene transcription
November 15, 2011	Iris Sun (Qi Lab) ATP-P2X7 signaling is dispensable for inflammasome activation in adipose tissue in obesity
November 15, 2011	Aparna Mahadevan (Kurpios Lab) Role of left-right signaling pathway in organ specific vascularization of the midgut
October 18, 2011	Chang-il Hwang (Nikitin Lab) mir-34 deficiency increases cell proliferation but not iPS cell reprogramming efficiency
October 18, 2011	Laura Hockaday (Butcher Lab) 3D printed heterogeneous microenvironments: Gradient stiffness hydrogels for directed stem cell differentiation
May 17, 2011	Ashlee Watts (Nixon Lab) Characterization and musculoskeletal application of pluripotent ESC-like cells derived from fetal tissue
May 17, 2011	Yunhai Luo (Schimenti Lab) Genome Maintenance in germline stem cells
April 19, 2011	Adam Francisco (Long Lab) Haploid Insufficiency of Suppressor Enhancer Lin12 1 Like (SEL1L) Predisposes Mice to High Fat Diet-induced Hyperglycemia
April 19, 2011	Julia Felippe B cell differentiation from hematopoietic stem cells
March 15, 2011	Chieh-Yang Cheng (Nikitin Lab) Role of neuroendocrine cells in prostate development
March 15, 2011	Michael Kotlikoff Cardiac renewal - stem cells or dedifferentiation
February 15, 2011	Boram Kim (Coonrod Lab) Role for MATER in Organelle Redistribution During Oocyte Maturation
February 15, 2011	Ian Welsh (Kurpios Lab) A functional genomics approach to understand the transcriptional and signaling regulation of cellular behavior
January 18, 2011	Emily Chandler (Fischbach Lab) Adipose progenitor cells and their role in breast tumorigenesis
January 18, 2011	James Hagarman (Soloway Lab) Mutual antagonism between DNA methylation and H3K27 trimethylation in mouse ES cells
December 21, 2010	Iris Jonkers (Lis Lab) Genome wide distribution of RNA polymerase II after inhibition of P-TEFb
December 21, 2010	Heather Flores (Aquadro/Barbash Labs) Evolutionary analysis of the Drosophila bag of marbles gene elucidates both intraspecific function and the consequences of interspecific divergence
November 16, 2010	Xiling Shen "Assymetric Division of Colon Cancer Stem Cells
November 16, 2010	Rodica Buncaciu (Yen Lab) "AhR promotes retinoic acid-induced differentiation by decreasing Oct4 expression in human myeloblastic leukemia cells (HL-60) "
October 19, 2010	Lauren Schabel (Fortier Lab) "iPS cells from mouse, dog and horse
October 19, 2010	Amy Lyndaker (Weiss Lab) "Recurrent copy number variation and intact DNA damage signaling in 129-Dnd1Ter/Ter murine testicular teratomas "
September 21, 2010	Ling Qi "The role of myeloid progenitor cells in obesity and diabetes"
September 21, 2010	Karin Lilja (Tudorita Tumbar Lab) "Runx1 promotes tumorigenesis through a p21 mediated pathway in skin "
May 18, 2010	David Infanger (Claudia Fischbach Lab) "Engineering 3D microenvironments to study brain tumor stem cell behavior"
May 18, 2010	Sophy Jesty (Michael Kotlikoff Lab) "The role of cardiovascular precursor cells in cardiac repair after infarction"
April 20, 2010	Le Cheng (Alexander Nikitin Lab) "The role of miR-376b/467b - cIAP1/2 pathway in mammary cancer stem cells"
April 20, 2010	Terri Iwata (Sylvia Lee Lab) "A possible role for HCF1 and HCF2 in stem cell function"
March 16, 2010	Josh Waterfall (John Lis Lab) "Tracking RNA polymerase genome-wide by sequencing nascent transcripts"
March 16, 2010	Jiajie Yu (John March Lab) "Towards an in vitro intestine: Developing 3D epithelial cell culture"
February 16, 2010	Jun Kelly Liu "Diversification of the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm by a FoxF/C forkhead protein and a Six2 homeodomain protein"
February 16, 2010	Nokyoung Park (Dan Luo Lab) "A cell free protein producing gel"
January 19, 2010	Rui Kan (Scott Coonrod Lab) "Regulation of Oocyte Microtubule and Organelle Dynamics by PADI6 and the Cytoplasmic Lattices"
January 19, 2010	Moonsoo Jin "Multi-scale Approach to Human Health: Targeting cancer, inflammation, and association between them "
December 15, 2009	Ryan Tasseff (Andrew Yen Lab) "Modeling and Analysis of the Pathways Governing RA Induced Differentiation in Uncommitted Precursor Cells"
December 15, 2009	Alexander Nikitin "State of the Stem Cell Program"
November 17, 2009	Song Eun Lee (Tudorita Tumbar Lab) "The role of Runx1 in hair follicle stem cells during tissue homeostasis"
November 17, 2009	Kenneth Kemphues "The C. elegans embryo: a model for asymmetric division"
October 20, 2009	Yin He (Ling Qi Lab) "The IRE1a/XBP1 pathway of the UPR is required for adipogenesis"
October 20, 2009	Tunde Babalola (Larrry Bonassar Lab) "Differential response of chondrocytes and MSCs to the dynamic loading"
September 15, 2009	Suzanne Hartford (John Schimenti Lab) "DNA Repair and Replication Genes and their involvement in Spermatogonial Stem Cell Maintenance"
September 15, 2009	Heather Flores (Daniel Barbash/Chip Aquadro Labs) "Testing the functional consequences of adaptive protein evolution at the drosophila germline stem cell regulatory gene bag of marbles"
May 18, 2009	Emily Chandler (Claudia Fischbach Lab) "Microenvironmental cues at the breast cancer interface alter adipocyte progenitor cell function"
May 18, 2009	Qiaoming Long "Control of Notch signaling and Pancreatic Development"
April 20, 2009	Paul Soloway "Single Molecule Chromatin Analysis - A Tool for Stem Cell Research"
April 20, 2009	Irene Min (John Lis Lab) "Genome-wide Analysis of Engaged RNA Polymerase Activity and Promoter Status in Stem Cells"
March 16, 2009	Mike Kotlikoff "Role of stem cells in repair of the adult heart"
March 16, 2009	Huseyin C. Yalcin (Jonathan Butcher Lab) "Simulated embryonic environmental conditions on stem cell differentiation towards cardiac phenotypes"
February 16, 2009	Alex Travis "Using Stem Cells to Develop Canine Transgenesis--Soliciting the Audience's Feedback on our Data and My R01 Proposal"
February 16, 2009	W. Lee Kraus "Signaling, Chromatin, and Transcription: Mechanisms in Search of a Model System"
January 19, 2009	Le Cheng (Alexander Nikitin Lab) "Genomic instability in cancer stem cells"
January 19, 2009	Miaoqing Shen (Andrew Yen Lab) "c-Cbl interacts with CD38 and promotes RA-induced differentiation and G0 arrest of human myeloblastic leukemia cells"
December 16, 2008	Kelly Liu "Mesodermal patterning and diversification in C. elegans"
December 16, 2008	Joanna Krzyspiak (John March Lab) "Recreating In Vivo Epithelial Behavior Using Stem Cells in a Microfluidic Platform"
November 18, 2008	Scott Coonrod "Epigenetic Regulation of Preimplantation Development and Breast Cancer"
November 18, 2008	Lisa Fortier "The Use of Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting for Enrichment of Equine Bone Marrow Derived Stromal Cells"
October 21, 2008	Ying Zhang (Tudorita Tumbar Lab) "Temporal and spatial segregation of differentiation and self-renewal for adult hair follicle stem cells"
October 21, 2008	Siu Sylvia Lee "Probing a role of the longevity gene hcf-1 in stem cell maintenance"
September 16, 2008	Jin Hyang Choi (Alexander Nikitin Lab) "Role of the local dermal progenitor cells in sarcomagenesis associated with p53 and Rb inactivation"
September 16, 2008	Weipeng Mu (John Schimenti Lab) "The essentiality of PDCD2 in mouse preimplantation development implicates its involvement in embryonic stem cell self-renewal"
May 20, 2008	Paula Cohen "Investigating the determinants of normal gametogenesis in the mouse: meiosis and beyond"
May 20, 2008	Xia Xu (Robert Weiss Lab) "A mouse model for lung cancer and possible roles for lung stem cells in tumor initiation"
April 15, 2008	Paul Soloway "Epigenetic Reprogramming in the Mouse Germline"
April 15, 2008	Emily Chandler (Claudia Fischbach Lab) "Adipocyte Precursor Cells and Their Role in Breast Cancer Malignancy"
March 18, 2008	Qiaoming Long "Sel1L, the mammalian ortholog of the C. elegans sel-1 gene, is required for growth and expansion of pancreatic stem cells"
March 18, 2008	Leighton Core (John Lis Lab) "Classification of transcription regulatory mechanisms by genome-wide analysis of transcriptionally engaged RNA polymerases"
February 19, 2008	Jonathan Butcher "Mechanical regulation of cell differentiation and tissue morphogenesis - The playground of embryonic development"
February 19, 2008	James Lee Smith II "Cytometric analysis of Raf1 localization and phosphorylation during retinoic acid induced differentiation of HL60 cells"
January 15, 2008	Andrew Yen "Decisions, Decisions: Multiplication and Division for Making Change; ie., Retinoic acid, cell proliferation and differentiation"
January 15, 2008	Catherine Radcliffe (Lisa Fortier Lab) "Defining a Molecular Marker Profile for Equine Mesenchymal Stem Cells"
December 18, 2007	Alyson Spealman (Michael Kotlikoff Lab) "Isolation, Expansion, and Differentiation of Cardiac Precursor Cells from c-kitBAC-EGFP Mice"
December 18, 2007	Rebecca Holmes (Paula Cohen Lab) "Meiosis and the Argonautes"
November 20, 2007	Yung-Hao Ching (John Schimenti Lab) "Plzf : polydactyly and male germ cell depletion"
November 20, 2007	Yeunhee Kim (Alex Travis Lab) "Stem cell-based technologies of assisted reproduction in the cat and dog"
September 18, 2007	Le Cheng (Alex Nikitin Lab) "Mammary stem cells and cancer"
September 18, 2007	Karen Osorio (Doina Tumbar Lab) "Hair follicle stem cell activation"
August 11, 2007	Lawrence Bonassar "Research overview"
	Warren Zipfel "Research overview"
	John Schimenti "Research overview"
	Alex Travis "Research overview"
July 16, 2007	Alan Nixon "Research overview"
	Andrea Quaroni "Research overview"
	Watt Webb "Research overview"
	Bob Weiss "Research overview"
June 18, 2007	Claudia Fischbach "Research overview"
	Lisa Fortier "Research overview"
	Mike Kotlikoff "Research overview"
	Alex Nikitin "Research overview"
	Doina Tumbar "Research overview"