Dec 24, 2025
Congratulations to Yunpei Zhang on her recent publication in Cell Stem Cell: “Rebalancing NTRK2 isoforms promotes vascular regeneration in bronchopulmonary dysplasia”.
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Aug 7, 2025
Congratulations to Simon (Yifei) Miao on his recent publication in Cell: “Co-development of mesoderm and endoderm enables organotypic vascularization in lung and gut organoids”
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Aug 20, 2024
Congratulations Nicole Pek for receiving the prestigious Albert J. Ryan Fellowship Award! Ryan Fellowship is the highest honor the College of Medicine can bestow on graduate students while they are in their PhD program. Only six fellows are selected each year from College of Medicine. We are very proud of you!
July 23, 2024
Congratulations to Ziyi Liu on his recent publication in Nature Cardiovascular Research: “The APOE–NOTCH Axis Governs Elastogenesis During Human Cardiac Valve Remodeling”
Jan 23, 2024
Congrats Zhiyun Yu on successfully defending her thesis “Elucidating pathological alterations in coronary endothelium and valve cells in single ventricle disease“.
September 20, 2023
Congrats Nicole Pek for receiving a NHLBI LungMAP2 Pilot Award!
January 01, 2023
Congrats Nicole Pek for receiving an American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral fellowship!
Oct 21, 2022
Congratulations Simon Miao for receiving a NHLBI LungMAP2 Pilot Award!
Sep 26, 2022
Congratulations Zhiyun Yu for receiving the 2022 AHA BCVS travel award!
“Best Image” by Nicole Pek
Sep 26, 2022
Congratulations Nicole Pek for receiving the “Akeson Award for Academic Excellence” and the “Best Image” Award at the Molecular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program retreat! Well deserved!
Aug 5, 2022
Congratulations Justin Freking for receiving an Honorable Mention for his SURF poster presentation! We are very proud of you!
Ryan Fellow medal
May 20, 2022
Congratulations Zhiyun Yu for receiving the prestigious Albert J. Ryan Fellowship Award! Ryan Fellowship is the highest honor the College of Medicine can bestow on graduate students while they are in their PhD program. Only six fellows are selected each year from College of Medicine. We are very proud of you!
Feb 23, 2022
Congratulations to Victor Pastrana-Gomez for acceptance in MSTP program at Case Western!
Feb 15th, 2022
Register for the 2022 Frontiers in Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine Symposium!
Frontiers in Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine Symposium will take place on March 24-25, 2022. This international symposium, co-sponsored by The Center for Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) and RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), as well as a number of leading biotechnology companies, will focus on recent breakthroughs and acceleration of clinical translation, and will feature top academic researchers, industry scientists, as well as junior investigators who are emerging leaders in the field.
