Imagine an ever-renewing source of immune cells that can be engineered to attack cancer and infections. The winners of this year’s Eli and Edythe Broad Innovation Award at USC are already striving to turn this exciting concept into a reality. The collaborative research project brings together Qi-Long Ying and Rong Lu, two faculty members in…Continue Reading Broad Innovation Award winners work to develop cancer immunotherapy
Year: 2017
Rong Lu and Keyue Shen receive NIH R21 Trailblazer Award
Riddle me this: how do you get stem cells to thrive outside of their natural environment? According to Keyue Shen, if all else fails, you can always trick them—with artificially engineered neighbor cells. Shen, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Rong Lu, an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, recently won…Continue Reading Rong Lu and Keyue Shen receive NIH R21 Trailblazer Award
Rong Lu teaches course about how to design an experiment
For future scientists, few skills are more essential than the ability to design a good experiment. In a new spring 2018 course, SCRM 517 Historical and Contemporary Stem Cell Research, Professor Rong Lu will impart this important skill to graduate students at USC. “The course will give students an overview of what has been done…Continue Reading Rong Lu teaches course about how to design an experiment
Rong Lu and Qi-Long Ying receive award from L.K. Whittier Foundation
Rong Lu and Qi-Long Ying have received an award from L.K. Whittier Foundation for research on the expansion and characterization of human granulocyte-macrophage progenitors. To read more, visit stemcell.usc.edu/2017/07/07/whittier-foundation-backs-new-group-of-research-projects….Continue Reading Rong Lu and Qi-Long Ying receive award from L.K. Whittier Foundation
Lisa Nguyen presents at ISSCR 2017 Annual Meeting
Ask Lisa Nguyen what gets her blood racing, and her answer will be hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs. She’ll be presenting about HSCs at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting in Boston in June 2017. To read more, visit stemcell.usc.edu/2017/06/05/meet-phd-student-lisa-nguyen-presenter-at-the-isscr-2017-annual-meeting….Continue Reading Lisa Nguyen presents at ISSCR 2017 Annual Meeting
USC’s stem cell scientists secure the dollars to fight disease
The price of progress is not only the energy and talent of stem cell scientists, but also the research dollars that support their discoveries. In recent months, faculty members have secured numerous grants to support stem cell-based approaches to study and treat illnesses ranging from osteoarthritis to Alzheimer’s disease to cystic fibrosis. To read more,…Continue Reading USC’s stem cell scientists secure the dollars to fight disease