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USC Stem Cell Seminar: James Wells, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Speaker: James Wells, Professor, Developmental Biology; Director for Basic Research, Endocrinology; Director of the Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility/Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Talk Title: Pluripotent stem cell-derived tissues to study development and disease of the GI tract

Series: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Distinguished Speakers Series

Abstract: Research in the Wells Lab focuses on identifying the molecular mechanisms that control organogenesis and on using this information to direct the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into human organ tissues (organoids) including pancreas, stomach and intestine. Organoids are being used to model diabetes and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and are being studied for their therapeutic potential to restore function to damaged tissues.

Host: Senta Georgia

More Info: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916786

Location: Eli & Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Resch. (BCC) - First Floor Seminar Room

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Cristy Lytal/USC Stem Cell

Event Link: http://stemcell.usc.edu/events/details/?event_id=916786