10th Anniversary Symposium:  To celebrate the isolation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Scope/Topic

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

This symposium celebrates the 10th anniversary of publication of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Isolation. Talks will center around development and pluripotency, directed differentiation, and clinical applications.  Please join us to discuss the future of hEScells in basic and clinical research.

Organizers

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Barbara Knowles, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Peter Andrews, Ph.D., University of Sheffield
Martin Pera, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Speakers

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Peter Andrews, Ph.D., University of Sheffield
Nissim Benvenisty, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peter Coffey, D.Phil., University College London
Andrew Elefanty, B.S., Ph.D., FRACP, MB, Monash University
Meri Firpo, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Rudolph Jaenisch, Ph.D., Whitehead Institute
Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Barbara Knowles, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Christine Mummery, Ph.D., Leiden University Medical Center
Martin Pera, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Benjamin Reubinoff, M.D., Ph.D., Hadassah University Medical Center
Janet Rossant, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Davor Solter, M.D., Ph.D., IMB A*STAR, Singapore
Peter Zandstra, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Su Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Schedule

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

October 13th, 2008

8:15 AM Welcome
  Barbara Knowles, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory

Session I: Clinical Applications

8:30  Stemming vision loss with stem cells – seeing is believing
  Peter Coffey, D.Phil., University College London

9:00  Developments towards clinical applications after ten years of hESC research
  Benjamin Reubinoff, M.D., Ph.D., Hadassah University Medical Center

9:30  Scaled Production of High Purity Clinical Grade Motor Neurons from Human    Embryonic Stem Cells
  Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

10:00   Human embryonic stem cells as a system to study human genetic disorders
   Nissim Benvenisty, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

10:30  Break

Session II: Development and Pluripotency

11:00  Embryonic stem cells: historical perspectives
   Davor Solter, M.D., Ph.D., IMB A*STAR, Singapore

11:30  Engineering embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation
  Peter Zandstra, Ph.D., University of Toronto

12:00 PM Stem Cells and lineage development
  Janet Rossant, Ph.D., University of Toronto

12:30  Lunch

1:30  Stem cells, pluripotency and nuclear reprogramming
  Rudolph Jaenisch, Ph.D., Whitehead Institute

2:00  Population dynamics in human ES cell cultures: adaptaion and cancer
  Peter Andrews, Ph.D., University of Sheffield

2:30  Altered States of Pluripotency
  Martin Pera, Ph.D., University of Southern California

3:00  Break 

Session III: Directed Differentiation

3:30  Directed differentiation and genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells
  Andrew Elefanty, B.S., Ph.D., FRACP, MB, Monash University

4:00  Cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem cells in therapy and disease
  Christine Mummery, Ph.D., Leiden University Medical Center

4:30  Regulation of endoderm differentiation in human embryonic stem cells
  Meri Firpo, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

5:00  Approach Human Biology via Embryonic Stem Cells
  Su Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

5:30  Unique characteristics of hemato-lymphoid cell development from human ES cells
  Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Registration

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

To register for this one-day symposium, please forward your CV and complete contact information via your institutional email to Nancy Place p: 207-288-6257

The registration fee of $200.00 includes one night lodging at the Bar Harbor Regency Hotel, breaks and lunch during the symposium.  A lobster banquet has been scheduled after the symposium is over, for an additional charge.  Participants are responsible for all other expenses.  Payment forms and lodging information will be sent to accepted registrants.

Hotel/Travel

Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Travel


Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

Bus

(seasonal, late May-early September)

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 6 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

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Oct 13, 2008 - Oct 13, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Event Contact: Nancy Place p: 207-288-6257