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Fluorescence microscopy image showing a dense network of branching astrocytes in green, interspersed with red intermediate progenitor cells against a dark background.
Images of blue-tinted brain scans shown tiled over a black background.
Researcher Aparna Bhaduri smiles for a headshot
Green fluorescent tumor cells in brain organoid under microscope
Dr. Linda Liau points to a screen while sitting with a patient
Brain scan images with a hand gesturing.
Microscopy image of a cortical organoid, a stem cell-derived model that mimics the developing human brain. The circular rosettes are clusters of neural stem cells giving rise to neurons, shown in green.
Presenters and panelists from the UCLA BSCRC Women in Stem Cell Science Symposium pose side-by-side.
Aparna Bhaduri Headshot
collage of UCLA researchers Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D., Donald Kohn, M.D., Ph.D. and Roger Hollis, Ph.D.