TODAY at 6PM in KRB 251. You can RSVP using the following link: forms.gle/1fmL71fPtUFK....

How do Latinx stay connected to culture in today's scientific journey? Join our Hispanic Heritage Month keynote + happy hour👇ft. Dr. Ángela Fernández Iglesias (register @ luma.com/1beiay4o)! @Penn_SACNAS @PennCDB inspirephl.com @awisphl.bsky.social cienciaconacento.com

𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙃𝙈𝙄 𝙂𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ᴅᴀᴛᴇ: September 21, 2026 ᴛɪᴍᴇ: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: KRB 701 All are welcome!

TMR 7/16 @noonEST: Cyborg Organoids Implanted with Flexible Electronics Reveal Principles of Human Islet Cell Electrical Maturation- Juan Alvarez PhD- University of Pennsylvania open.substack.com/pub/thesugar...

Cyborg Organoids Implanted with Flexible Electronics Reveal Principles of Human Islet Cell Electrical Maturation- Juan Alvarez PhD- University of Pennsylvania

Pregame: Ahead of the July 16 talk

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June newsletter - Check out these upcoming events!

Upcoming WORKSHOP: Crafting & Writing a Research Article June 22, 2026 and June 29, 2026 4 pm – 6 pm Zoom (link provided after registration) Sign up: forms.gle/ZDHsrxjJWung...

WORKSHOP: Crafting and Writing a Research Article

Monday, June 22nd, 2026 @ 4 pm: Storytelling – crafting a clear, concise, and impactful story. Monday, June 29th, 2026 @ 4 pm: Effective writing strategies to tell your scientific story and engage you...

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Monthly Hablemos Ciencia Research in Progress seminar of the Spring semester. Join us on Monday, April 20th, from 4-5 pm in the JMB Class of ’62 Auditorium at Penn. Presentations will be in Spanish, followed by a Spanish/Spanglish Q&A/Discussion. Food will be provided.

Lang & Raoux spotlight how our cyborg technology can warp SC‑islet protocol optimization, clarify their heterogeneity & organization, and reveal links between maturation & immunogenicity, with applications from real‑time transplant monitoring to closed‑loop systems | www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A new electronic implant system created by #FreemanHrabowski Scholar @juanalvarezdom.bsky.social & colleagues helps lab-grown pancreatic cells mature & function properly, providing a potential new pathway to replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes: bit.ly/4b16OHn.

TOMORROW! Penn Engaged Research Community Pop-Up (PERC-UP) to offer Stories of Resilience in Academia: Monday, April 6, 2:30-4p in the BRB 14 Lounge. Coffee, drinks, and snacks will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Community and Wellness Committee @upenn.edu CDB Dept. @rtaatpennmed.bsky.social

TODAY at noon: Dr. Susan Bell, Prof. Emerita @ Drexel University | 2022 Leo G. Reeder Awardee | Medical sociologist | Activist will share her pathway & influential research on medicalization & pharmaceuticalization and their impact on vulnerable populations and health disparities.

TOMORROW! Learn about Dr. Bell's career journey researching medicalizaiton & pharmaceuticalization and their impact on vulnerable populations and health disparities 👇https://Jefferson.zoom.us/j/96624268877? pwd=wXzSaoT1g9BOb3XtHabUOkPj3GEaN6.1

In ONE week! Lear about Dr. Bell's career journey researching medicalizaiton & pharmaceuticalization and their impact on vulnerable populations and health disparities 👇

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JOURNEY TALK: Dr. Susan Bell, Prof. Emerita @ Drexel University | 2022 Leo G. Reeder Awardee | Medical sociologist | Activist will share her pathway & influential research on medicalization & pharmaceuticalization and their impact on vulnerable populations and health disparities.

👇Looking forward to sharing our work in Linking Biological Rhythms to Beta Cell Maturation: How the Circadian Clock Shapes Islet Maturation this Thurs 12 noon EST @the(sugar)science! 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thesugar...

Linking Biological Rhythms to Beta Cell Maturation: How the Circadian Clock Shapes Islet

In advance of the March 12 talk with Juan Alvarez PhD

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JOURNEY TALK: Dr. Susan Bell, Prof. Emerita @ Drexel University | 2022 Leo G. Reeder Awardee | Medical sociologist | Activist will share her pathway & influential research on medicalization & pharmaceuticalization and their impact on vulnerable populations and health disparities.

March NEWSLETTER - Check out these upcoming events!

JOURNEY TALK: Dr. Ziegler-Johnson, Executive Team member of the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium @AC3network | Environment & Genetics Working Group | PA Cancer Coalition | will share her pathway & cutting-edge community-engaged research on cancer disparities teams.microsoft.com/meet/2676962...

Could “cyborg” transplants replace pancreatic tissue damaged by diabetes? | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Delighted to share our latest now published in @science.org, where we developed "cyborg" pancreatic organoids to trace and stimulate functional human islet cell maturation. We're excited for the potential as new tools for #diabetes research and therapy!

Implanted flexible electronics reveal principles of human islet cell electrical maturation

Understanding how human pancreatic α and β cell electrical activities mature is critical for building fully functional stem cell–derived (SC-) pancreatic organoids for research and therapeutics. We im...

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Workshops: Poster Presentations (2/20) & Peer Networking (2/23) || Wistar Trainee Symposium (2/27) || INSPIRE upcoming sponsored events!

This Friday @4pm: How to design an impactful and polished scientific poster WORKSHOP!

An INSPIRING talk Thu 1/22 @ noon from @drkarenknudsen.bsky.social CEO of @parkerici.bsky.social - from forging paths for women in STEM to turning all cancers into curable disease (Zoom: tinyurl.com/kya2thha)!

Join us for JOURNEY TALK #2 next Thu Jan 22, where @drkarenknudsen.bsky.social CEO of @parkerici.bsky.social | C-suite Healthcare Executive | Board Director | Strategist | Global Scientific Leader | Public Policy Expertise | Innovator | will discuss her research, personal journey, and career path!

January NEWSLETTER - Check out these upcoming events!