2019

Biomaterial-based vaccine protects against acute myeloid leukemia in mice Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer that originates in the bone marrow has been treated with chemotherapy for over 40 years. While the treatment does often cause the cancer...

HSCI research receives support from Sarepta to advance in-vivo genome editing toward prospective therapy HSCI researchers led by Amy Wagers, Ph.D. are embarking on a major study of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The project aims to use in vivo genome...

HSCI scientists uncover link between the nervous system and stem cells that regenerate pigment By Jessica Lau When Marie Antoinette was captured during the French Revolution, her hair reportedly turned white overnight. In more recent history, John McCain...

[2/24/2020 Submission process change: Please send your application to kelley_collette@harvard.edu] The Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) invites applications for Pilot Grant funding for 2020 under the NIH-funded P01 grant...

HSCI researchers set the stage for better understanding musculoskeletal disorders and advancing treatments More than 20 years ago, the lab of developmental biologist Olivier Pourquié discovered a sort of cellular clock in chicken embryos where each “tick”...

Award amount $250,000.00 Posted date December 20, 2019 Deadline for letter of intent Friday, January 31, 2020 Deadline for full proposal (if invited) Monday, March 16, 2020 Presentation to selection committee (if invited) Wednesday, April 15, 2020...

Special HSCI Award honoring the legacy of Kin Ping Lee (mother of William, JD | Thomas, MD | Richard, MD) HSCI is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity for up to three qualified postdoctoral fellows/non-ladder faculty currently working in HSCI...

There are many more cell types than you might think. In your liver, for example, the cells in one section may be different than those in another. But researchers have only a general idea of how stem cells differentiate into broad categories (like “liver”)...

Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have been awarded grants by the American Cancer Society, the largest non-profit and non-governmental funding source of cancer research in the U.S. The awards recognize Ya-Chieh Hsu, Ph.D. and Carla Kim, Ph...