2024 Community Lecture Series

Please complete the registration form for UCI Stem Cell Research Center's Community Lecture Series. All lectures are free to the general public and will be held in-person only.


Light refreshments provided at each lecture!


Lectures will take place monthly on a Tuesday at 7:00 PM.


Location: 845 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617

4th Floor, Thorp Conference Center


PARKING: Updated 3/25/24

*Please follow signage to LOT 83. Once you park, please register your license plate through the Park by Plate link that corresponds to the lecture date you are attending.


Each Park by Plate link will be emailed separately to those who registered for the specific lecture date.


You must ensure your license plate in inputted correctly and completely to avoid being ticketed. You may park in any stall that is not marked 24-hour AR enforced. Please do not park in patient stalls or you may be cited.

Will you be bringing guests who will not be RSVP'ing themselves?*

2024 Community Lectures

*Updated 10/28/24


Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Tom Lane, Ph.D. (this is the new rescheduled date)

"COVID-19 and the Impact on Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology"


Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Katie Thompson-Peer, Ph.D. & Sydney Prange, Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Katie Thompson-Peer's lab

"Regrowing What Was Lost: Recovering After Nerve Cell Injury"


Tuesday. April 2, 2024 Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D.

"Harnessing Stem Cell-Derived Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain"


Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Asuka Eguchi, Ph.D.

"Gene Therapy for Muscle Diseases"


Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Lisa Flanagan, Ph.D. & Wengui Yu, MD, PhD

“How Do Neural Stem Cells and Blood Vessels Communicate - Via Voicemail or DM?"

AND

"Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Clinical Trials"


Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Ph.D.

"Control of Cell Division and Mitosis in Embryos: Lessons from Worms"


Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Aileen Anderson, Ph.D. & Daniela Bota, M.D., Ph.D.

“When Good Cells Go Bad - New Ways to Fight Brain Tumors”

*Scheduled to an earlier date*


Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Christopher Hughes, Ph.D.

“Tissue Engineering and Angiogenesis – Making New Blood Vessels”


Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Minji Byun, Ph.D., & Marie Strauss, Ph.D Candidate in Dr. Byun's Lab

"Growing Up and Growing Old: The Role of Epigenetics in Our Health*

You may select multiple dates in this section. Please refer to the list of lectures above.

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