by David Kent | Jun 27, 2013
. Last week I was forwarded a Cell Stem Cell article to consider by another Signals blogger entitled, “Dear Student: Stem Cell Scientists’ Advice to the Next Generation.” As a stem cell biologist still in training, I was curious to read what senior established stem...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 25, 2013
. Some of the “what ifs” of stem cell researchers written on chalkboards at the 2013 ISSCR meeting. Researcher Charles Murray is working on one listed here. While giving my stem cells some much-needed attention in the lab this morning, I reflected on...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 21, 2013
. Today’s Right Turn, contributed by Erin Sugar at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, features the animated film “The journey of a white blood cell,” as imagined by the XVIVO team from Hartford, Connecticut. The movie magnifies the white cell...
by Holly Wobma | Jun 18, 2013
True synthetic blood is coming, but it won’t be packaged like this. We’ve all heard the idiom “it’s in my blood”. For me, this applies to hockey and rock climbing. And a quick survey of my class suggests that everything from Southern BBQ sauce and ice...
by Lisa Willemse | Jun 17, 2013
. Kudos to ISSCR for pulling off what I think is the best annual conference to date (or at least in the last six years, which is how long I’ve been attending). Sure, you could say that the record attendance (over 4,100) is a marker of success, but it’s much more than...
by Lisa Willemse | Jun 15, 2013
. Did the coffee lineup seem a little longer on Friday? Was it because it’s day 3 and our minds are getting tired from the great science and late nights (dancing, anyone)? Here’s a snapshot of what happened in the plenary sessions, the poster hall and elsewhere around...
by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 14, 2013
. Shortly after I started my PhD in 2009, Time magazine profiled a Harvard Stem Cell Institute researcher, Doug Melton, who dedicated his research program to understanding the development and biology of pancreatic beta cells following the diagnosis of his children...
by David Brindley | Jun 14, 2013
. The sheer scale of ISSCR 2013, which has attracted almost four thousand delegates, and the proficiency with which it is run, is a major achievement by its organizer and lead sponsor: the International Society for Stem Cell Research and the Harvard Stem Cell...
by Lisa Willemse | Jun 14, 2013
“The stem cell scientists are coming.” No, wait, it’s the British. Actually, Paul Revere said it was the “regulars” who were coming. ISSCR is in Boston, and we have some images of the conference as well as the host city to share. Enjoy!...
by Lisa Willemse | Jun 14, 2013
. Those watching the triple overtime hockey game or hitting one of the evening networking events will have found it an early morning on day 2. Fortunately, there were some fantastic talks to keep everyone awake, including a new Patient Advocate Address that was very...
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