UCSF scientists receive $8 million in CIRM grants toward stem cell and gene therapies
By Courtney Strasenburgh on April 06, 2023
Meet the Team
By Courtney Strasenburgh on March 24, 2023
As part of our Meet the Team series, we introduce you to one of our fantastic community members. Meet Simone Kurial, a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, working with Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD to better understand and translate mechanisms of hepatocyte transdifferentiation... 
Can a Leading Laboratory Unlock the Cause of Gastrointestinal Disease?
By Alisha Green on February 08, 2023
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. 
Why Stem Cell Therapy Might Not Work for Older Patients
By Sarah C.P. Williams on February 08, 2023
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. 
Can Lab-Grown Beta Cells Revolutionize Diabetes Care?
By Sarah C. P. Williams on February 08, 2023
This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. 
How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?
By Christina Hernandez Sherwood on February 01, 2023
Animation: Farah Hamade
Nearly one in five American women experience infertility, meaning they’re unable to become pregnant after at least a year of trying to conceive, or six months if they’re age 35 or older. 
Researchers Receive High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
By Laura Kurtzman on January 31, 2023
Three UC San Francisco researchers have been named 2022 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is the world’s largest general scientific society and publishes the influential Science family of journals.
Election to AAAS is one of the highest honors in... 
Meet the Team
By Courtney Strasenburgh on December 12, 2022
Semil Choksi, PhD, a scientist in Jeremy Reiter’s Lab at the CVRI, took this image, “Cilia in space,” as part of our October microscopy contest. 
Science Diversity Leadership Awards
November 21, 2022
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, received a Science Diversity Leadership Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Her project, “Evolution of Neural Stem Cells in the Human Hippocampal Neurogenic Niche in Development and Disease,”...