News & Events

8:30am to 4:30pm      CCRC Auditorium The faculty and research teams of the CCRC,...

Hsin-Kai Liao, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies Stem Cells and Targeted Genome/Epigenome Engineering in...

Molly Ogle, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology “Biomaterial strategies for immunomodulatory regenerative engineering” Monday, February...

Andrés J. García, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology “Bioengineered Synthetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine” Friday,...

Alexander Nott, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego “Epigenetics in the brain: from development to...

Victor Corces, Ph.D., Emory University “Mechanisms of transgenerational inheritance of obesity epiphenotypes” Thursday, January 23,...

José Silva, Ph.D., University of Cambridge “Deciphering Induced Pluripotency” Monday, January 27, 202011:00 am –...

Andrew P. McMahon, Ph.D., University of Southern California “The development of function in the mouse...

Natalia Ivanova, Ph.D., Yale University “Molecular control of pluripotency in humans” Tuesday, April 30, 2019...

Heather Himburg, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles “Targeting the Bone Marrow Niche for Hematopoietic Regeneration”...

Young-sup Yoon, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine “Vascular Regeneration of Stem Cells, Direct Reprogramming,...

Eunhee Choi, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center “Spindle Checkpoint Regulators in Insulin Signaling”...

Zong Wei, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies “Chromatin dynamics, diabetes, and beyond: balancing the...

Brett Shook, Ph.D., Yale University “Discovering the recipe for success: uncovering immune-stromal cell interactions required...

Gabriele Sulli, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies “Targeting of the circadian clock: a new...

Shuibing Chen, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine “Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery” Friday,...

Ya-Wen Chen, Ph.D., Hans Snoeck lab, Columbia University Medical Center “Generation of a three-dimensional lung organoid...

Nils Lindstrom, Ph.D., McMahon Lab, University of Southern California “Patterning programs in the human kidney and...

Alessandro Prigione, M.D., Ph.D., Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin “iPSC-based drug discovery of mitochondrial...

Jorge Munera, Ph.D., Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Division of Developmental Biology, James Wells Lab “Establishment...

Pengpeng Bi, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center “Control of Muscle Development and Regeneration...

Philip Gordts, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; University of California, San Diego...

Soham Chanda, Ph.D., Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University “Decrypting the Neuroligin...

The University of Georgia Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) was created in fall 2012 with...

Modeling disease of the peripheral nervous system using human pluripotent stem cells

“Ngly1 (a Cytosolic Peptide:N-Glycanase) – A Deglycosylating Enzyme Involved in the Non-Lysosomal Catabolism of N-Glycoproteins”

“Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Mammalian Heart Regeneration”

“Tracing Adipocyte Origins and Metabolism”

“Fishing for the Regulators of Tissue Regeneration”

“Stem Cell Based Kidney Regeneration”

“Evolution of an Activity-­‐Regulated Factor in the Primate Brain”

Capturing the Ground State of Human Pluripotency

Fikri Avci awarded NIH RO1 research grant to explore molecular mechanisms of adaptive immune responses induced by carbohydrate antigens.

Hang Yin awarded a 5-year RO1 from NIAMS (NIH) to study muscle stem cell biology and brown adipocyte development.

Professor Stephen Dalton invited faculty at the 1st Croucher Summer Course.

Yang Liu from the Yin laboratory received best oral presentation award at the UGA Biochemistry...

The University of Georgia broke ground Dec. 1 on the Center for Molecular Medicine, a 43,000-square-foot facility that will continue to advance UGA's efforts in human health research.

Graduate student Paeton Wantuch (Avci Lab) awarded an NIH Glycosciences Training Program Scholarship.

Brasfield and Gorrie chosen as construction firm for the CMM building.

Fikri Avci co-recipient of NIH R21 grant with collaborators from the University of Texas, El Paso.

Board of Regents select Flad Architects to lead the CMM building design.

Fikri Avci delivered invited talks at the annual meetings of American Chemical Society, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Canadian Society for Chemistry.

National Institutes of Health (NIGMS) sponsored Program Project in stem cell biology, led by Stephen Dalton, renewed for an additional 5 years.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) recently awarded a contract for a 'Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance’, a joint initiative between researchers at Emory University and the University of Georgia.

The NIH has recently renewed funding for a highly-successful, multi-investigator Program Project based at UGA's Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM).

Dr. Fikri Avki was previously at Harvard and will continue his research in the CMM on glyco-vaccine development. Dr. Hang Yin’s arrival from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute will strengthen UGAs presence in stem cell biology and the study of human metabolic disorders.