Dr. Melissa Nirenberg Joins NYSCF as Chief Medical Officer
Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD is joining NYSCF this September in a newly created role of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Nirenberg comes to NYSCF from the NYU...
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Modeling the Digestive Tract using Stem Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumna Dr. Shuibing Chen at Weill Cornell Medical School successfully developed a protocol for deriving organoids representing the human digestive...
NYSCF Opens New Research Institute and Headquarters in Manhattan
NYSCF officially opened its new state-of-the-art Research Institute and headquarters in Manhattan. The expanded NYSCF Research Institute will allow scientists to conduct the most advanced stem...
Spotlight on the NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array
The NYSCF Global Stem Cell Array was a central talking point in both an exclusive interview and digital panel with The Regenerative Medicine Network. NYSCF Senior...
NYSCF Research May Lead to Improvements in Reproductive Technologies
NYSCF’s latest paper could have important implications for human reproductive technologies. The scientists showed proof of principle that genome transfer can rescue developmentally incompetent eggs, making...
Dr. Oz Exposes Bogus Stem Cell Treatments
NYSCF Chief of Staff David McKeon appeared on the Dr. Oz Show investigation “Exposing Experimental Stem Cell Treatments.” The segment highlighted the dangers of unproven stem...
A Message From NYSCF Regarding the 2016 Election Results
At some point in our lives, we or the people we love become patients. The results of the 2016 election will not change that fact. But...
NYSCF Innovator Recipient of 2016 W. Alden Spencer Award
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Winrich Freiwald, associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University, received the 2016 W....
Feng Zhang Receives 2016 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize
NYSCF announced today that Feng Zhang, PhD, is the 2016 recipient of the NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize for his pioneering advances to edit human...
Expansion Microscopy: Latest Uses and Techniques
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT Media Lab, published two papers elaborating on the uses for his groundbreaking imaging technique, expansion microscopy. Published...
NYSCF Team Uses The Power of Stem Cells To Understand Brain Cell Development
NYSCF Principal Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati and a team of NYSCF Research Institute scientists continued to unravel the mysteries of multiple sclerosis with her latest paper...
Stem Cell Treatments
NYSCF does not treat patients with stem cell therapies. Please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov for a complete listing of clinical trials being conducted worldwide, or consult your physician. Stem cell research...
NYSCF Innovators Awarded Highest Honor by U.S. Government for Early Career Scientists
Every year, the President awards a group of scientists with the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This year, two NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience...
The Wall Street Journal Profiles NYSCF CEO and Co-Founder Susan L. Solomon
The Wall Street Journal profiled Susan L. Solomon, NYSCF CEO and Co-Founder. Part of the “Weekend Confidential” series, previously headlining Robert A.M. Stern, Tom Colicchio, and...
NYSCF Innovator Deciphers How Birds Learn Songs to Elucidate How to Help Brain Injury Patients
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Michael A. Long studies how birds learn songs to understand how patients might re-learn skills following traumatic injuries. Dr. Long, New...
Stem Cells in Clinical Trials to Cure Blindness
In 2011 NYSCF awarded Dr. Pete Coffey the inaugural NYSCF–Robertson Stem Cell Prize for his pioneering work bringing stem cell therapies to patients with macular degeneration....
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Works to Understand Stem Cell Pluripotentcy
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard University, published his latest work studying the development and interaction of binding factors in mouse stem...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Explains How Neurons Differentiate Between Positive and Negative Associations
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Kay Tye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provided a mechanistic explanation characterizing how neurons in the amygdala – the part of...
Inaugural Meeting of the IWISE Working Group – February 2014
Goal: Generate a shortlist of strategies to promote women in science, medicine, and engineering NYSCF convened a group of eminent women scientists, physicians, and leaders for...
NYSCF Parkinson’s Disease Research Featured in Nautilus
An article describing NYSCF’s Parkinson’s disease research featuring Jack and Jeff Gernsheimer, a set of identical twins, only one of whom has Parkinson’s disease, was published...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Works to Understand Cell Differentiation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard University, published his latest work on the role of transcription factors in stem cell differentiation in...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Works to Understand Leukemia
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Ravindra Majeti, of Stanford University, published in Nature Medicine on his latest work studying genetic susceptibilities in acute myeloid...
Scientists Identify Key Protein For Cell Pluripotency
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Raffaella Di Micco of New York University School of Medicine was first author for a paper published in Cell Reports...
NYSCF Bone Engineer Featured in Nature Profile
Nature recently featured a profile on the education, background, and dynamic cross-discipline work of NYSCF Scientist Dr. Giuseppe Maria de Peppo. Dr. de Peppo focuses his...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Maps DNA Methylation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, Dr. Alex Meissner of Harvard University, mapped the methyl and demethylation patterns in human cells before and after fertilization. While...