UC San Diego Stem Cell Program

Yeo Lab Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Principal Investigator Gene Yeo and his lab take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness about Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease. For more information, visit the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge andYeo Labwebsites.

The Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center at UC San Diego Health System exists to transform the enormous potential of stem cell science into real therapies for patients. More information is available on the UC San Diego Health Systems website.

The La Jolla Light features an article by Dr. Scott Lippman on the Sanford Consortium's unprecedented collaboration of five leading scienfic institutions to advance stem cell research; "critical to catalyze major advances in cancer research and care."

This 2010 CBS News feature explores the danger of bogus therapies using stem cells.

The Hertzberg Schechter awards committee unanimously approved Dr. Beatriz C.G. de Freitas for the prize, valued at $10,000, to support a research trip to the Weizmann Institute in Israel to engage in collaborative research and seed collaborative research for two to four weeks. Dr. Freitas is interested in modeling normal and affected early stages of human nervous system development using pluripotent stem cells, focusing on human astrocytes. (Image: [left to right] Richard Hertzberg; Sylvia M. Evans, Ph.D; Beatriz Freitas, Ph.D; Larry Goldstein, Ph.D)

The selection committee is seeking applicants who have an MD degree, are in a fellowship program at UC San Diego, have stem cell related research projects in mind, and have time available during their current fellowship to pursue them. Stipends are competitive, and recipients can perform up to 25% clinical service. Please email jbraswell "@" ucsd.edu for more info.

Larry Goldstein speaks at an event held by the California Healthcare Institute at the Salk Institute in July, 2013, covered by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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