ISSCR Welcomes Dr. Jack Mosher as Scientific Affairs Manager

An opinion piece by Drs. Judy Illes and Fabio Rossi, investigators with the Stem Cell Network.

CIRM Postdoctoral Scholar at the City of Hope National Medical Center and podcast enthusiast Dr. Becky Tsai aims to develop tools that contribute to improving patient diagnosis and treatment. She also aids in the personal development of Southern California’s youth. Find out how and why in this month’s Member Spotlight.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research is excited to announce the society’s 2015 award recipients, who will be formally recognized at its annual meeting, taking place June 24-27, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The ISSCR Announces Recipients of the 2015 McEwen Award for Innovation, the ISSCR-BD Biosciences Outstanding Young Investigator, and the ISSCR Public Service Awards

See just a few of the 2014 initiatives that furthered our mission to promote professional and public education and discourse in all areas of stem cell research and application.

The ISSCR remembers with sadness an important contributor to stem cell science.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research is thrilled to announce the Stem Cell Podcast as the official podcast of the ISSCR. Launched in September 2013, the podcast focuses on providing stem cell scientists with up-to-date information on recent literature and trends and features in-depth interviews with experts from the stem cell field.

As a Senior Group Leader with Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. in Madison, WI, USA, Dr. Kattman focuses on product and assay development of human iPSC-derived cells used in drug discovery, toxicity testing, basic life science research and regenerative medicine. But he’s also an adventurous collector. Find out in what tangible way he connects with the earth’s past in this month’s Member Spotlight.

Q&A with Dr. Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, North Carolina, U.S.A., and leader of the consortium of researchers that make up the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). He spoke about the organization and its mission.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is accepting media registration in advance of “Global Controls in Stem Cells,” taking place November 5-7 in Singapore.

Dr. Pereira’s University of São Paulo group at the National Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cells (LaNCE) is developing a library of hiPSC for in vitro studies of drug response and toxicity, but she doesn't remember deciding to become a scientist; it just happened. Find out which surprising hidden passion could entice her to give up academia in this month’s Member Spotlight.

With human embryonic stem cells as a starting point, the scientists are for the first time able to produce, in the kind of massive quantities needed for cell transplantation and pharmaceutical purposes, human insulin-producing beta cells equivalent in most every way to normally functioning beta cells.

How did motion sickness lead health law and policy researcher Timothy Caulfield to explore the scope, nature and drivers of marketing unproven stem cell therapies with his team at the University of Alberta? Discover the “career” he abandoned in the ‘80s and more in this month’s Member Spotlight.