The Stem Cell Podcast

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 formed…

Stem Cell PodcastOctober 28, 2025

Development Neural crest Neuroscience

Ep. 306: “Vertebrate Development” Featuring Dr. Carole LaBonne

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…

Stem Cell PodcastOctober 14, 2025

Cell Fate Multiple Sclerosis Neuroscience Regenerative Medicine

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…

Patricia ThomsonSeptember 30, 2025

Aging Blood Hematopoiesis

Ep. 304: “Gene Regulation” Featuring Dr. Lars Velten

Dr. Lars Velten is a Group Leader at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona. He talks about his research on cell-state-specific enhancers in hematopoiesis and lineage tracing techniques to study blood aging.…

Patricia ThomsonSeptember 16, 2025

Cancer Disease modeling Organoids Personalized Medicine

Ep. 303: “Organoid Models of Cancer” Featuring Dr. Alice Soragni

Dr. Alice Soragni is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She talks about her work on patient-derived organoids and how they can be adapted for drug screening.…

Patricia ThomsonSeptember 2, 2025