Congrats to Cori Zuvia on winning an award at the Annual Regional Symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Heath & Disease. Her poster, “Investigating the effects of oxycodone on cognition and sleep in rats”, covered her UCLA internship project. UC Riverside UCLA UCR School of Medicine

On Monday February 24th, Dr. Thomas Kuhlman, will present “p38 MAPK Target Specificity in Regulating Human Stress Response and Neurodegenerative Disorders” at the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium Seminar Series. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside CNAS #Stemcell #Neuroscience

Kudos to our Lab Assistants, Jon Wong and Teresa Martinez! Both have recently received certificates of recognition from UCR for 5 years of dedicated service. Great work guys! #Talbot_Lab_UCR UCR Staff Assembly

On Monday March 3rd, Dr. Pooja Flora, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, will present “Decoding the Epigenetic Blueprint of Stem Cell Regulation and Longevity” at the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium Seminar Series. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai UC Riverside

Congratulations to Shabnam Etemadi on her recent receipt of a Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award (DCFA) to support the completion of her PhD. She had an excellent application and it paid off. Great job Shabbi! UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside

Congratulations to Matine Rubin! Matine, a former student researcher in our lab, is now a medical student at the A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. Your former mentors at the Talbot Lab are proud to see your accomplishments. UC Riverside A.T. Still University

#Pregnant #women advised to avoid mentholated e-cigarettes news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/… #ecigarette #ecigarettes #ecig #ecigs #vaping #pregnancy #PregnantWoman #menthol UC Riverside UC Riverside CNAS Talbot Research Group

Shabbi’s article “Menthol, a consumer product additive, adversely affects human embryonic stem cells via activation of TRPM8 and TRPA1 channels” was published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine. academic.oup.com/stcltm/article… STEM CELLS Translational Medicine UCR Science News UCR Bourns College of Engineering UC Riverside CNAS #stemcell

The Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium seminar series has returned! On April 14th Dr. Devon Ehnes, from the University of Washington, will present on “Human iPSC-derived salivary gland organoids model diabetic salivary gland dysfunction”. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside University of Washington

Kudos to Shabbi! She won the UCR Stem Cell Center's Best Stem Cell Paper Award for her manuscript "Menthol, a Consumer Product Additive, Adversely Affects Human Embryonic Cells via Activation of TRPM8 and TRPA1 Channels”. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside CNAS UCR Science News UCR Bourns College of Engineering

This Monday, April 21st, the spring Stem Cell Seminar Series will host Dr. Gerrald Lodewijk, from UC Santa Cruz. He will discuss human embryogenesis and implantation in “Engineering PSCs to generate programmable embryo models in vitro”. UC Santa Cruz UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside

Congratulations to Edgar Rolon! Edgar won the Best Poster Award at the Meeting of the Minds Symposium for his poster, “Impact of Electronic Cigarette Chemicals on Human Airway Basal Stem Cells in the Trachea and Bronchi”. Wonderful job Edgar! UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside CSUSB

Dr. Nicole van Bergen, from Murdoch Children’s Institute in Australia, will present “Generation and heterozygous repair of human iPSC lines from two individuals with TRAPPC4 deficiency” at the spring Stem Cell Seminar Series today. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

At the next Stem Cell Seminar, Paul Purdy will present “Cure CLCN6: From Despairing to Daring” on their mission to raise awareness, provide support & advocacy, fund research & development of therapeutics for this rare disease. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside cureclcn6.org

On Monday, the Stem Cell Seminar Series will host Dr. Edward Hsiao, from UCSF. His talk, "Skeletons in the Closet: Using a Rare Disease to Understand Human Bone Formation”, will be about using hiPSC to study fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. UCR Stem Cell Center & Core UC Riverside UC San Francisco

Kudos to Ann Song! She won the first-place award for her presentation of “Using a Disease-in-a-Dish Model to Study SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Human Embryonic Cells” at the Molecular Biology Graduate Student Symposium. UC Riverside UC Riverside CNAS #COVID #health #stemcells

Heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Ann Song! Dr. Song has successfully defended her PhD Dissertation “Dissecting SARS-CoV-2 Entry Pathways: A Cross-Species Journey from Mink to Human Embryonic Cells". Wonderful work Ann! #COVID UC Riverside UC Riverside CNAS UCR Science News

Congrats to Dr. Phandthong and his team! Their work on vaping and SARS-CoV-2 infection, doi.org/10.1152/ajplun…, published in the "American Journal of Physiology" won the journal's 2024 Best Impact award. American Physiological Society UCR Science News UC Riverside CNAS #TRDRP #Ecig #vape

The Talbot lab celebrated two of our students at UCR’s Graduate Division Hooding Ceremony. Congratulations to Ann and Shabbi on earning their PhDs! Their incredible dedication and hard work made this milestone possible. UC Riverside UC Riverside CNAS UCR Bourns College of Engineering #UCRGrad

The Talbot Lab members, current and past, recently celebrated the end of the academic year. Congratulations to everyone on all the publications, graduations, poster awards, and all the other special recognitions you earned this year!