The Stem Cell Podcast

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

Disease modeling Kidney

Ep. 302: “Kidney Organoids” Featuring Dr. Zhongwei Li

Dr. Zhongwei Li is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. His lab focuses on kidney organogenesis with translational applications of kidney regeneration and disease modeling. He talks…

Patricia ThomsonAugust 19, 2025

Cancer Cell Fate

Ep. 301: “Cell Fate Decisions in Cancer” Featuring Dr. Mark Hatley

Dr. Mark Hatley is an Associate Faculty Member and Director of the Division of Molecular Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. His research focuses on the developmental origins and…

Patricia ThomsonAugust 5, 2025