Junior Cafe Scientifique: Stem Cells and Bioengineering
Talk Overview:
From one cell to a human being—how does life begin? What are the hidden rules that guide this extraordinary transformation? With stem cells and bioengineering, we are now bringing the earliest stages of human development out of the shadows and into the laboratory, allowing us to explore questions that were once impossible to study.
Biography:
Dr. Yi Zheng is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, where he leads an interdisciplinary research group at the intersection of stem cell biology and bioengineering. His lab engineers human stem cell-based systems to recreate and investigate some of the earliest and least understood stages of human embryonic development.
Next TACNY Junior Café Scientifique:
December 19, 2026: Paleontology