Congratulations to Shu-Ting (Michelle) Hung on receiving the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad (GSSA) from Taiwan!
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Lab’s research featured on DOD website
The Department of Defense (DOD), which provides funding for ALS-related research through their Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, has featured a highlight on their website about the Ichida Lab. Read more at cdmrp.army.mil/alsrp/research_highlights/19Ichida_highlight.
Postdoc Gabriel Linares wins Barber ALS Research Award
Postdoc Gabriel Linares recently won a Barber ALS Research Award at the annual California ALS Research Summit. Congratulations, Gabriel!
Lab publishes new paper in Development
The Ichida lab and collaborators have published a new paper in Development that uses genomic analyses to compare in vitro-derived and in vivo motor neurons. Read the complete paper at dev.biologists.org/content/early/2018/10/17/dev.168617.
Congratulations to Sebastian Lin
Congratulations to Sebastian Lin for successfully defending his PhD dissertation and earning a postdoc position in Kwanghun Chung’s lab at MIT!
Innovators of USC: Justin Ichida stays at the forefront of ALS research
Justin Ichida keeps his research patient-based. That’s why Ichida, an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and his startup company AcuraStem participated in the ALS Association Golden West Chapter Walk to Defeat ALS at Exposition Park in Los Angeles. The group walked alongside Team Read More…
The USC scientist who aims to beat ALS, and the patients cheering him on
Justin Ichida regularly gets emails from strangers asking an urgent question: Will your research on ALS be done in time to save my life? “I don’t really know them, but they tell me their whole story,” said Ichida, a scientist with the USC Stem Cell program. “They’ll ask, ‘How long is it going to take Read More…
Justin Ichida hosts 360 video tour of USC’s stem cell research center
In this 360 video tour of USC’s stem cell research center, Dr. Justin Ichida and Dr. Seth Ruffins welcome you to the second floor, which has four core facilities for therapeutic screening, flow cytometry, stem cell engineering and microscopy.
USC Stem Cell scientist Justin Ichida named inaugural Richard N. Merkin Scholar
In USC’s Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, half of the faculty members are assistant professors, poised at the threshold of their careers in biomedical research. One of these promising pioneers, ALS researcher Justin Ichida, has been chosen as the first of four USC Richard N. Merkin Scholars. Ichida and his fellow scholars, yet Read More…
Justin Ichida publishes research update in The Hollywood Reporter
In the article “How Nanci Ryder’s ALS Fight Sparked a Medical Breakthrough” in The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Ichida gives an update on the lab’s progress.
