2009

Dear friends and colleagues, Today marks the beginning of a new era in our quest to unlock the full capacity of stem cells to develop treatments and cures for diseases and conditions that plague humankind. Like you, we listened today to President Obama’s...

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have for the first time identified in mice a cellular mechanism that directs stem cells to their ultimate destination in the body. The finding in blood stem cells by HSCI co-director David Scadden and...

HSCI investigators at MGH will now have expedited access to mouse models made by the Genome Modification Facility (GMF). This is what Steven Niemi, DVM, Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) at MGH announced in a recent email after...

n response to President Obama’s Executive Order 13505: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells , on April 23rd the NIH released Draft Guidelines for funding of research involving human embryonic stem cell lines...

Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells – ISL1+ progenitors – that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions...

HSCI Principal Faculty member Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD, received the ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award at the ISSCR 7th Annual Meeting in Barcelona. The award, which recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator in the early part of...

Call for 2009 Nominations: Deadline August 24, 2009 With generous support from the Sternlicht Director’s Fund, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) announces the continuation of the “Sternlicht Awards for Graduate Students”. Awards will be made to...

DEADLINE: February 1, 2010 Overview: The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) is now accepting applications for three (3) post-doctoral fellows to be funded by the HSCI’s NIH Training Grant. Training Grant appointments cover the following costs: Stipend...

Program Dates Monday, June 7 – Friday, August 13, 2010 Location Cambridge and Boston, MA – Harvard University and the 11 Harvard-affiliated hospitals and research centers Program Goals The goal of the HSCI Internship Program (HIP) is to provide...