Why Does Female Fertility Decline So Fast? The Key Is the Ovary
By Sarah C. P. Williams on
With a new imaging technique, scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries age. The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month…
Kyle Cromer Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
Kyle Cromer, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program (HRHR), the New Innovator Award recognizes early-career…
Tomasz Nowakowski Named Finalist for Prestigious National STEM Award
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, an associate professor of neurological surgery and member of the UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, one of the highest honors for early-career scientists in the United States. The award…
Breakthrough Research Offers New Hope for Treating Neuropsychiatric Disorders
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, explores a groundbreaking method to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms caused by microdeletion syndromes by restoring gene function through upregulation of multiple genes. This innovative approach could revolutionize treatment for genetic disorders and enhance our…
Uncovering Metabolic Drivers of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
A team of UCSF researchers, including Center member Elizabeth Crouch, MD, PhD, collaborates with UCLA and the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute to develop new stem cell-based treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. Their research investigates how metabolism influences brain development and…
Rooftop Gardens Undergo Vibrant Year-Long Transformation
By Eric Brooks on
Discover our vibrant rooftop gardens atop the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building. These transformed green spaces not only offer researchers an inspiring environment but also boost biodiversity with native Californian flora, attracting pollinators like bees. Join the community in…
Groundbreaking Gene Therapy for Infants with Severe Immunodeficiency
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center researchers, Drs. Morton J. Cowan, MD, and Jennifer Puck, MD, are advancing a pioneering gene therapy trial for infants with Artemis-deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). This life-threatening condition leaves children without a functioning immune system,…
Advancing Neuropsychiatric Disease Research
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
Two UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center scientists are accelerating the discovery of mechanisms underlying psychiatric neurodevelopmental disorders. They aim to identify and validate novel mechanisms, therapeutic targets, as well as biomarkers, and involve scientists, QBI investigators, and QB3 …
Meet the Team | Crouch
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
As part of our Meet the Team series, we introduce you to one of our UCSF Broad Stem Cell community members. Meet Elizabeth "Betsy" Crouch, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist, vascular biologist, and physician in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Meet the Team | Cebrian Silla
By Courtney Strasenburgh on
As part of our Meet the Team series, we introduce you to one of our UCSF Broad Stem Cell community members. Meet Arantxa Cebrian Silla, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow working with Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD to study the mechanisms of adult neurogenesis and neuronal replacement. Arantxa’s project…