The Stem Cell Podcast
1) Ep. 314: “ISSCR 2026: Real Discoveries, Real Collaboration, Real Potential” Featuring Drs. Fiona Doetsch & Nozomu Yachie
Guest: Drs. Fiona Doetsch and Nozomu Yachie, Co-Chairs of the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting Program Committee, join the podcast to discuss what to expect at the upcoming ISSCR 2026 meeting taking place in...Show More
2) Ep. 313: “Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms” Featuring Dr. Joseph Wu
Guest: Dr. Joseph Wu is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology and the Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. He talks about the importance of pharmacology knowledge in drug discovery. He a...Show More
3) Ep. 312: “Biomanufacturing in Space” Featuring Dr. Pinar Mesci
Guest: Dr. Pinar Mesci is the Global Head of Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology at Axiom Space, where she manages a portfolio focused on biomedical research programs including stem cells, tissue engin...Show More
4) Ep. 311: “Congenital Heart Disease” Featuring Dr. Deepak Srivastava
Guest: Dr. Deepak Srivastava is the President of the Gladstone Institutes and Director of the Roddenberry Stem Cell Center. His lab is focused on the gene networks that guide cardiac development. He t...Show More
5) Ep. 310: “Epithelial Organoids” Featuring Dr. Hans Clevers
Guest: Dr. Hans Clevers is a Professor of Molecular Genetics and Distinguished Group Leader at the University of Utrecht. In this episode, he discusses snake gut and lung organoids, transitioning from...Show More
6) Ep. 309: “Neuronal Cell Fate and Function” Featuring Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen
Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen is Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In this episode, he talks about using PSCs to model neurodevelopmental processes. He al...Show More
Ep. 309: “Neuronal Cell Fate and Function” Featuring Dr. Thomas Vierbuchen
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7) Ep. 308: “Regeneration in the Cerebellum” Featuring Dr. Sumru Bayin
Dr. Sumru Bayin is a Group Leader at the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge. She talks about her work on regeneration in the neonatal mouse cerebellum and how cerebellar interneurons diff...Show More
8) Ep. 307: “Vascular Biology” Featuring Dr. Juan Melero-Martin
Dr. Juan Melero-Martin is an Associate Professor and the Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. His lab uses bioengineering principles to understand how vascular networks are ...Show More
9) Ep. 306: “Vertebrate Development” Featuring Dr. Carole LaBonne
Guest: Dr. Carole LaBonne is the Erastus Otis Haven Professor of Molecular Biosciences at Northwestern University. Her lab studies the genesis of neural crest stem cells at the level of the signaling ...Show More
10) Ep. 305: “Glial Cell Fate” Featuring Dr. Paul Tesar
Dr. Paul Tesar is the Director of the Institute for Glial Sciences and the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics at Case Western Reserve University. His lab uses PSCs ...Show More