The UCSC CIRM Institute for Biology of Stem Cells is administered through the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering.
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Ann Pace
Administrator, UCSC CIRM Training Program
(831) 459-3501
Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering
1156 High Street, Mail Stop CBSE/ITI
UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
phone (831) 459-1477
fax (831) 459-1809
Overview
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Embryonic carcinoma cells. Photo by Roland Nagel |
The Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC) at UC Santa Cruz encompasses research, training, and facilities. The institute was made possible by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), which in September 2005 approved funding for UCSC to establish a training program in stem cell research. The CIRM was established in early 2005 with the passage of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative. The institute is administered through the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering.
RESEARCH
Stem cell research at UCSC focuses on the basic biological systems operating in the processes of self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells.
TRAINING
The UCSC Training Program in Systems Biology of Stem Cells provides predoctoral and postdoctoral students with a solid understanding of the biology of stem cells, the skills to use stem cells in their own research, and the ability to devise and use computational approaches in their stem cell research. Applications are due November 20 for one postdoctoral position starting December 1, 2009.
UC Santa Cruz provides internships in stem cell biology as a host institution for the San Jose State University Consortium for Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning Program (SCILL).
FACILITIES
The CIRM Shared Stem Cell Facility (SSCF), the first stem cell facility on campus, supports ongoing and new research and training efforts and enables work on non-NIH approved human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines.