CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE STEM CELL RESEARCH

22nd Annual Stem Cell Symposium

Promotional poster for UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center's 22nd Annual Stem Cell Symposium on Friday, February 6, 2026. The background shows a fluorescence microscopy image of muscle cells fusing to form proto-muscle structures, or myotubes, with vibrant magenta and green coloring. Image credit: Tamas Nagy/Thomas Rando Lab.
Date: -
Event type: In-person
Location: Covel Commons (Map)
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Registration

The Symposium is free and open to the public, but online registration is required. Please visit this link to register. 

Speakers

Aileen Anderson
Aileen J. Anderson, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
University of California, Irvine
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Shin Kaneko, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application
Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application
Kyoto University
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Linda M. Liau, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
Professor and Chair, Neurosurgery
Director, UCLA Brain Tumor Program
University of California, Los Angeles
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Megan L. McCain, Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
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Andras Nagy, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Institute of Medical Science
University of Toronto
Sergiu Pasca
Sergiu P. Pasca, M.D.
Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director, Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
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Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Surgery; Regenerative Medicine Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Deepak Srivastava

 

Deepak Srivastava, M.D.
Professor, Pediatric Developmental Cardiology; Pediatrics; Biochemistry and Biophysics
President, Gladstone Institutes
University of California, San Francisco

Organizing Committee

Gay M. Crooks, M.D.

Steven J. Jonas, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D.

S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D.

The Symposium is supported by a generous Endowment from the Margaret M. Bloomfield Family Foundation.