GSIP Seminar Series
Seminars are an integral component of the Gates Summer Internship Program. Please enjoy the seminars below, which feature GSIP mentors and other faculty investigators and clinicians, as they showcased their various career paths and discoveries.
These presentations introduce diverse topics including cancer, ophthalmology, orthopedics, as well as stem cell and regenerative medicine.
| Date | Presenter | Webinar Topic | Webinar Recording | |
| May 27th | Dennis Roop, Ph.D. - Director - Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine |  | My Long Unplanned and Improbable Journey to Colorado | Watch Dr. Roop's Webinar Recording |
| Jun. 8th | Natalia Vergara, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor - Department of Ophthalmology |  | Using Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids for Therapeutic Development | Watch Dr. Vergara's Webinar Recording |
| Jun. 10th | Jeffrey Jacot, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Bioengineering |  | Laboratory-Grown Heart Tissue to Understand and Treat Heart Defects | Watch Dr. Jacot's Webinar Recording |
| Jun. 22nd | Linda Barlow, Ph.D. - Professor - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |  | The Sense of Taste: Development, Regeneration, and Dysfunction | Watch Dr. Barlow's Webinar Recording |
| Jun. 24th | Nidia Quillinan, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Anesthesiology |  | Ischemic Brain Injury – Beyond Acute Cell Death | Watch Dr. Quillinan's Webinar Recording |
| July 1st | Santos Franco, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics |  | Control of Neural Stem Cell Fate in the Developing Brain | Watch Dr. Santos Franco's Webinar Recording |
| July 8th | Kristine Sikora, Ph.D. - Assistant Dean & Director - Graduate School |  | Pathways to Translational Research and Medicine | Watch Dr. Sikora's Webinar Recording |
| July 15th | Ronald Vagnozzi, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor - Department of Cardiology |  | Translational Cardiovascular Research and the Dream of Heart Regeneration | Watch Dr. Vagnozzi's Webinar Recording |
| Date | Presenter | Webinar Topic | Webinar Recording | |
Jun. 4th | Joseph Brzezinski, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology |
| Stem Cell & Regenerative Approaches for Treating Eye Diseases | Watch Dr. Brzezinski's Webinar Recording |
Jun. 11th | Holger Russ, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes & Department of Pediatrics |  | Generating Functional Human Cells from Stem Cells to Model and Treat Autoimmune Diabetes | Watch Dr. Russ's Webinar Recording |
Jun. 18th | Lori Walker, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cardiology |  | The Fibroblast Secretome Drives Cardiomyocyte Dedifferentiation | Watch Dr. Walker's Webinar Recording |
Jun. 25th | Jeffrey Jacot, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering |  | Cardiac Tissue Engineering | Watch Dr. Jacot's Webinar Recording |
| Jul. 9th | Stanca Birlea, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Dermatology
|  | Methods to characterize the hair follicle melanocyte and keratinocyte precursors using a human model of vitiligo repigmentation
| Watch Dr. Birlea's Webinar Recording |
Jul. 16th | Kristine Sikora, Ph.D. Director & Assistant Dean Graduate School |  | Pathways to Translational Research and Medicine | Watch Dr. Sikora's Webinar Recording |
| Jul. 23rd | Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D. Director & Associate Professor Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Program
Madison Rogers GSIP Alumna & Ph.D. Student Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Program |  | Ph.D. Training in Biomedical Research | Watch Dr. Moore and Madison Rogers' Webinar Recording |
Jul 30th | Jennifer Richer, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology |
| Androgen Receptor Supports an Anchorage- Independent, Cancer Stem Cell-like Population in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | Watch Dr. Richer's Webinar Recording |
Aug. 6th | Kristin Artinger, Ph.D. Professor Department of Craniofacial Biology |
| Neural Crest Stem Cells in Development and Disease | Watch Dr. Artinger's Webinar Recording |
Aug. 13th | Branden Salinas, Ph.D. Director Gates Biomanufacturing Facility |  | Introduction to cGMP | Watch Dr. Salinas's Webinar Recording |
Aug. 20th | Karin Payne, Ph.D. Professor Department of Orthopedics Assistant |  | Regenerative Medicine Approaches for the Treatment of Growth Plate Injuries | |
| Aug. 27th | Senior Presentation 1: Ella Annest (Mentor - Dr. Mayumi Fujita) Senior Presentation 2: Chiara Dart (Mentor - Dr. Yiqun Shellman) |
| Senior Presentation 1: NLRP1 Inflammasome in Melanoma | Watch GSIP 2020 Senior Presentation Webinars |
Aug. 27th | Dennis Roop, Ph.D. Director Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine | | Transformative Technologies in Medicine | Watch Dr. Roop's Webinar Recording |
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Applications
The 2022 application period is currently closed. We will be accepting applications for the Class of 2023 in December 2022. Applicants from all backgrounds who are enrolled in a science-related major in an undergraduate program at the time of application are encouraged to apply.
The program was delighted to host the 25 exceptional interns who participated in 2021 summer program!