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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">UNITED STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR></FONT></B>____________________</P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR></FONT></B>____________________</P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">GERON CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)<BR></FONT></I>____________________</P>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></I></TD>
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     <TD width="50%" noWrap align=center><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">incorporation or organization)</FONT></I></TD>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250<BR>Foster City, California 94404<BR></FONT></B><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)<BR></FONT></I>____________________</P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Full title of the plans</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">)</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>John A. Scarlett<BR></STRONG></FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>Geron Corporation<BR>919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250<BR>Foster City, California 94404<BR>(650) 473-7700</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Name and address of agent for service</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">) </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR></FONT></I>____________________</P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Copies to</FONT></I></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">:<BR>Chadwick L. Mills<BR>Cooley LLP<BR>101 California Street<BR>San Francisco, California 94111<BR>(415) 693-2000</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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  <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="98%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 18,300,000 shares of common stock of Geron Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), par value $0.001, (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) comprising of (i) 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2018 Incentive Plan&#8221;) and (ii) 5,800,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the &#8220;2018 Inducement Plan&#8221;).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="98%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the 2018 Incentive Plan and the 2018 Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="98%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based on (a) the average of the high ($1.26) and low ($1.20) market prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 11, 2021 and (b) the weighted average exercise price for the shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the 2018 Inducement Plan. The chart below details the calculation of the registration fee.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Geron Corporation (&#8220;Geron&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) for the purpose of registering an additional 18,300,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), comprising of (i) 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2018 Incentive Plan&#8221;) and (ii) 5,800,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the &#8220;2018 Inducement Plan&#8221;). The shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock previously reserved for issuance under the 2018 Incentive Plan and 2018 Inducement Plan were registered on the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-225190, 333-230171 and 333-239324) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677418001714/0001206774-18-001714-index.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May 24, 2018</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677419000764/0001206774-19-000764-index.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March 8, 2019</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677420001914/geron3773081-s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">June 19, 2020</A>, respectively (the &#8220;Prior Forms S-8&#8221;). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Forms S-8 relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of Prior Forms S-8 are incorporated by reference herein.</FONT></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">PART II<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face=Arial>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459021012493/gern-10k_20201231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March 11, 2021</A>;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459021026029/gern-10q_20210331.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May 10, 2021</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459021044618/gern-10q_20210630.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">August 16, 2021</A>, respectively;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421000305/geron3867381-8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February 5, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421001453/geron3909221-8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May 13, 2021</A> and </FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421001467/geron3910151-8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May 14, 2021</A></FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#8217;s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to above from the Registrant&#8217;s definitive proxy statement relating to the Registrant&#8217;s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459021014614/gern-def14a_20210511.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March 22, 2021</A>; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD vAlign=top width="99%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/0000891618-96-000872-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">June 13, 1996</A>, including any amendments or reports filed for purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.</FONT></P>
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  <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Item 8. Exhibits</FONT></B></P>
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     <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-left: 4pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677417003236/geron3313905-ex34.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">November 22, 2017</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="text-indent: -15pt; padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 95%; text-align: left; padding-left: 19pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000104746913002849/a2213377zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Form of Common Stock Certificate</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-left: 4pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000104746913002849/a2213377zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">March 15, 2013</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="text-indent: -15pt; padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 95%; text-align: left; padding-left: 19pt"><A HREF="geron3943351-ex51.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Opinion of Cooley LLP</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="text-indent: -15pt; padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 95%; text-align: left; padding-left: 19pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421001453/geron3909221-ex101.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 1%; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-left: 4pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000120677421001453/geron3909221-ex101.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">May 13, 2021</FONT></A></TD>
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     <TD STYLE="text-indent: -15pt; padding-right: 4pt; border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 95%; text-align: left; padding-left: 19pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886744/000156459021044618/gern-ex103_13.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended</FONT></A></TD>
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  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Foster City, State of California, on August 16, 2021.</FONT></P>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">STEPHEN ROSENFIELD</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><I>Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett, Olivia K. Bloom and Stephen N. Rosenfield, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="text-indent: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></P>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ JOHN&nbsp;A. SCARLETT</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">August 16, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">John A. Scarlett</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ OLIVIA&nbsp;BLOOM</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief </FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">August 16, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">Olivia K. Bloom</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">August 16, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">Dawn C. Bir</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">V. Bryan Lawlis</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">August 16, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">August 16, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">Elizabeth G. O&rsquo;Farrell </FONT></TD>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ____________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________________
  GERON CORPORATION
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  ____________________
  Delaware
  75-2287752
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification Number)
  919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250
  Foster City, California 94404
  (Addresses of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
  ____________________
  Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
  Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan
  (
  Full title of the plans
  )
  ____________________
  John A. Scarlett
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  Geron Corporation
  919 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 250
  Foster City, California 94404
  (650) 473-7700
  (
  Name and address of agent for service
  )
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  ____________________
  Copies to
  :
  Chadwick L. Mills
  Cooley LLP
  101 California Street
  San Francisco, California 94111
  (415) 693-2000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☒
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  1
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  ____________________
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Amount
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Registration
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Registered
  (1)(2)
  Per Share
  (3)
  Offering Price
  (3)
  Fee
  Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
  18,300,000
  $1.23 - $1.75
  $23,040,232
  $2,513.69
  ____________________
  (1)
  This Registration Statement registers the offer and sale of an aggregate of 18,300,000 shares of common stock of Geron Corporation (the "Company"), par value $0.001, (the "Common Stock") comprising of (i) 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2018 Incentive Plan") and (ii) 5,800,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the "2018 Inducement Plan").
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the 2018 Incentive Plan and the 2018 Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based on (a) the average of the high ($1.26) and low ($1.20) market prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 11, 2021 and (b) the weighted average exercise price for the shares of Common Stock subject to options granted under the 2018 Inducement Plan. The chart below details the calculation of the registration fee.
  Number of
  Aggregate Offering
  Shares of
  Offering Price
  Price/Registration
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Common Stock
  Per Share
  Fee
  Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, reserved for future grant under the Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
  12,500,00
  $1.23
  $15,375,000
     / $1,677.41
  Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan
  1,021,600
  $1.75
  $1,787,800 / $195.05
  Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, reserved for future grant under the Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan
  4,778,400
  $1.23
  $5,877,432 / $641.23
  Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
  $23,040,232
  Registration Fee
  $2,513.69
  2
  EXPLANATORY NOTE AND GENERAL INSTRUCTION E INFORMATION
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Geron Corporation ("Geron" or the "Company") for the purpose of registering an additional 18,300,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), comprising of (i) 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2018 Incentive Plan") and (ii) 5,800,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's 2018 Inducement Award Plan (the "2018 Inducement Plan"). The shares of the Company's Common Stock previously reserved for issuance under the 2018 Incentive Plan and 2018 Inducement Plan were registered on the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-225190, 333-230171 and 333-239324) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
  May 24, 2018
  ,
  March 8, 2019
  and
  June 19, 2020
  , respectively (the "Prior Forms S-8"). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Forms S-8 relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of Prior Forms S-8 are incorporated by reference herein.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  ●
  the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on
  March 11, 2021
  ;
  ●
  the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on
  May 10, 2021
  and
  August 16, 2021
  , respectively;
  ●
  the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
  February 5, 2021
  ,
  May 13, 2021
  and
  May 14, 2021
  ;
  ●
  the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant's 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to above from the Registrant's definitive proxy statement relating to the Registrant's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Commission on
  March 22, 2021
  ; and
  ●
  the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
  June 13, 1996
  , including any amendments or reports filed for purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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  Item 8. Exhibits
  Incor
  poration by Referenc
  e
  Exhibit
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  Number
  Filing
  Filing Date
  File No.
  4.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.3
  8-K
  May 18, 2012
  000-20859
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.1
  8-K
  May 18, 2012
  000-20859
  4.3
  Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.1
  8-K
  June 7, 2019
  000-20859
  4.4
  Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  3.1
  8-K
  May 13, 2021
  000-20859
  4.4
  Amended and Restated Bylaws
  3.1
  8-K
  March 19, 2010
  000-20859
  4.5
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
  3.4
  8-K
  November 22, 2017
  000-20859
  4.6
  Form of Common Stock Certificate
  4.1
  10-K
  March 15, 2013
  000-20859
  5.1
  Opinion of Cooley LLP
  —
  —
  —
  —
  23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  —
  —
  —
  —
  23.2
  Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  —
  —
  —
  —
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
  —
  —
  —
  —
  99.1
  Geron Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
  10.1
  8-K
  May 13, 2021
  000-20859
  99.2
  Geron Corporation 2018 Inducement Award Plan, as amended
  10.3
  10-Q
  August 16, 2021
  000-20859
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Foster City, State of California, on August 16, 2021.
  GERON CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/
  Stephen  Rosenfield
  STEPHEN ROSENFIELD
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
  and Corporate Secretary
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT
  , that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Scarlett, Olivia K. Bloom and Stephen N. Rosenfield, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ JOHN A. SCARLETT
  President, Chief Executive Officer and
  August 16, 2021
  John A. Scarlett
  Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ OLIVIA BLOOM
  Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief
  August 16, 2021
  Olivia K. Bloom
  Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ DAWN BIR
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  Dawn C. Bir
  /s/ KARIN EASTHAM
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  Karin Eastham
  /s/ V. BRYAN LAWLIS
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  V. Bryan Lawlis
  /s/ SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  Susan M. Molineaux
  /s/ ELIZABETH G. O'FARRELL
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  Elizabeth G. O'Farrell
  /s/
  ROBERT J. SPIEGEL
  Director
  August 16, 2021
  Robert J. Spiegel
  3