Early-career faculty or senior postdoc? Applications are NOW OPEN for our #FreemanHrabowski Scholars & #HannaGray Fellows Programs! Offering long-term support worth up to $10M over 10yrs, & welcoming a cohort of up to 50 Fellows & Scholars. Learn more: bit.ly/4ks7LP1.

Discover how leadership evolves across career stages & sectors in the latest ISSCR webinar. Hear from emerging & established leaders on building strong mentorships, developing transferable skills, & leading across international & interdisciplinary teams👉 bit.ly/4qBeIym

We’re excited to share that the 2027 Rare Disease Symposium will take place on April 6th and 7th, 2027, at the William J. Rutter Center, Fisher Banquet Hall, at UCSF! More details to come. @UcsfVentures @FondationIpsen @LaunchBio

Explore award-winning #organoid research in the upcoming ISSCR webinar: Organoid Models in Tissue Architecture and Patterning, in partnership with @BaCell3D and @stemcellreports.

Register to attend👉 bit.ly/45QtbwR

Could the immune system hold clues to preterm birth?

New research from E. Rackaityte, et al. identifies autoantibodies linked to early labor in some pregnancies, opening doors to better risk prediction and potential treatments.

ucsf.edu/news/2026/10/4…

#StemCellAwarenessDay, launched by California in 2008, makes regenerative medicine science accessible and inspiring. Explore some cartoons and activities by CIRM SPARK high school interns—and inspire tomorrow’s innovators!

Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the #ISSCR2027 Annual Meeting! Join us in San Francisco, USA, 15-18 June 2027. Explore the program, speakers, and the many opportunities the meeting offers 👉 isscr2027.org

Happy #StemCellAwarenessDay! Celebrating the scientists, discoveries, and innovations advancing stem cell research with @UCLAstemcell @USCStemCell 🔬🧬

From CIRM trainee to lab leader: Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD, is advancing research on neuropsychiatric diseases—and mentoring the next generation of regenerative medicine talent. Read Mercedes' story: bit.ly/4zk6uOc

How does a small pool of stem cells build a brain with hundreds of cell types, each in the right place? A new Nature paper from UCSF and the Allen Institute follows the forebrain's family tree to find out. Read the paper in Nature: go.nature.com/4hzn31v

A major milestone for California research — @CAgovernor Newsom has signed SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, placing $7.5 billion in research funding before California voters on the March 2028 ballot.

Reaching this point took an extraordinary effort nts, patients, and advocates from across California.

To everyone who spoke up in support of investing in California research: thank you.

Postdoc or early career faculty? Applications for our '28 #FreemanHrabowski Scholars & #HannaGray Fellows Programs open 11/3! Prep by joining us 10/22 @ 2pm ET for a live informational webinar with the HHMI Science Programs team. Register at bit.ly/3VHe2fq.

Nature research paper: Spatiotemporal clonal architecture of the newborn mouse forebrain

go.nature.com/4hmYA0D

We kicked off #SCGDB2026 with exciting awards talks from Dr. Licia Selleri and Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo, pictured with SCGDB President Dr. Matthew Harris

Thanks to Deepak Srivastava, Steven Froelich, Jenny Hamilton, Mary McMahon, Aaron Tward, Marina Bershteyn, Kanya Rajangam, Deepak A. Lamba, Seyedeh Faranak Fattahi, Aaron Wenger, Siyuan Chen, Elena Cassidy, Jesse Eaton, and Peng He for your outstanding Genotech Symposium talks!

📢 The ISSCR is now accepting nominations for the 2027 ISSCR Board of Directors and the Society's annual awards. Nominations are due 16 October. Learn more 👉isscr.org/isscr-news/get…

Many scientists have long thought that a single type of starter cell gives rise to the entire brain. But experiments now challenge that fundamental picture, providing evidence that it takes not one but two flavours of progenitor cell to make the complex organ.

go.nature.com/4dJKmnY

Spoiler alert: you have two brains. The front of your brain and the back of your brain were never the same organ. They start as two different cells, in two different places, and they have been separate lineages for something like 550 million years.

doi.org/10.1038/s41593…

How does brain tissue become data? Through a massive collaborative effort supported by the Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN), learn how scientists are creating a comprehensive map of the human brain.

Call for applications! The ISSCR invites early career investigators to apply to become an #ISSCR2027 Ambassador. Applications are due 23 October 2026. Learn more 👉isscr2027.org/ambassador