Events

Tue, Aug 18 2026, 12 - 1pm

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Rady Children's Health & University of California, Irvine Distinguished Lecture Series | Mohamed Abou-el Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH

"Leveraging AI to Transform Evidence Generation in Gene and Cell Therapies," with Mohamed Abou-el Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH, Executive Director, Joint USC/CHLA Cell Therapy Program, Associate Professor, Medicine (Oncology), Pediatrics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Tue, Sep 1 2026, 7 - 8pm

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2026 Community Lecture Series: Optical Shop

What you need to know about contact lenses. Speaker: Joseph Bui, OD

Tue, Sep 15 2026, 7 - 8pm

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UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center | 2026 Community Lecture Series | Momoko Watanabe, PhD & Raymond Wang, MD

“Fine Tuning Brain Tissue Formation in a Dish to Model Neurological Disorders”

Thu, Sep 24 2026, 12 - 1pm

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Rady Children's Health & University of California, Irvine Distinguished Lecture Series | Stefano Da Sacco, PhD

"Mechanisms of Kidney Development and Stem Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies," with Stefano Da Sacco, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Urology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Tue, Oct 6 2026, 7 - 8pm

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UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center | 2026 Community Lecture Series | Aileen Anderson, PhD

“Stem Cell Awareness Day"

Tue, Oct 6 2026, 7 - 8pm

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2026 Community Lecture Series: Oculoplastics

Sags and bags. Speaker: Seanna Grob, MD

Wed, Oct 28 2026, 12 - 1pm

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Rady Children's Health & University of California, Irvine Distinguished Lecture Series | Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME

"Improving Recruitment Processes and Enhancing Generalizability of Results in Neonatal Research," with Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME, Associate Professor, Divisions of Bioethics and Palliative Care and Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine

Tue, Nov 3 2026, 7 - 8pm

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UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center | 2026 Community Lecture Series | Michael Demetriou, MD PhD & Paresh Purohit, PhD

“Harnessing Sweetness to Treat Cancer and Autoimmunity”

Tue, Dec 1 2026, 7 - 8pm

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UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center | 2026 Community Lecture Series | Brian Cummings, PhD & Jefferson Chen, MD, PhD

"Neural Stem Cell Trials for Traumatic Brain Injury – Past, Present & Future”