Southern California Stem Cell Seminar Series: “Breaking News in Stem Cells”

This month, Madeline Lancaster, Ph.D. will present her paper as published in the July 10, 2020 issue of Science “Human CNS barrier-forming organoids with cerebrospinal fluid production.”

Speaker: Madeline Lancaster, Ph.D., Research Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge

Hosted by Evan Snyder, MD, Ph.D., Professor in Human Genetics Program; Director for Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine; Sanford Children’s Health Research Center

Dr. Lancaster studies human brain development in cerebral organoids. Human brain development exhibits a number of unique characteristics, such as dramatic size expansion, unique cell types, and distinct neural stem cell behaviors. These characteristics are difficult to examine in model organisms such as mice and are often involved in neurological diseases unique to humans, like autism and schizophrenia.

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