ESTOOLS - Advances with human embryonic stem cells - Symposium Programme
Symposium Programme
PROGRAMME
(download the provisional programme here)
(updated 25 May)
08:00 Public registration
08:30 Morning session. Chair: Prof. Austin Smith
Prof. Peter W. Andrews – ESTOOLS Co-ordinator (University of Sheffield, UK)
“Introducing ESTOOLS”
"Human ES Cells: Culture Adaptation, Evolution and Cancer"
Prof. Martin Pera – ESTOOLS Science Advisory Panel (University of S.California, USA)
"Understanding and Maintaining Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
10:30 Coffee Break
Prof. Magdalena Götz – ESTOOLS Science Advisory Panel (Director of Institute of Stem Sell Research, Munich, Germany)
“Neurogenesis from Glial Cells – Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms”
Prof. Elena Cattaneo – ESTOOLS partner (University of Milan, Italy)
"Defining New Standards in Neural Stem Cell Derivation and Applications"
12:30 Lunch
13:30 ESTOOLS Fellowships announced
14:00 Afternoon session. Chair: Prof. Peter Andrews
Prof. Oliver Brüstle – ESTOOLS partner (University of Bonn, Germany)
“From ES and Germ Cells to Functional Neurons”
Prof. Andras Nagy – ESTOOLS Science Advisory Panel (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada)
“The Truth behind Promises and Threats of Embryonic Stem Cells”
Prof. Maarten van Lohuizen – ESTOOLS partner and Work Package Leader (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
“Role of Polycomb Silencers in Controlling ES Cell and Adult Stem Cell Fate”
16:00 Tea Break
Prof. Christine Mummery – ESTOOLS Science Advisory Panel (Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology, Utrecht Netherlands)
"Cardiomyocytes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
Dr Petr Dvořák – ESTOOLS partner (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
“Getting closer to the growth factor networks in human ES cells”
Prof. Austin Smith – ESTOOLS Deputy Co-ordinator and Work Package Leader (University of Cambridge, UK)
“Gatekeepers of Pluripotency”
18.15 Poster Award, concluding remarks and farewell
18.30 ESTOOLS Poster Session (open to the public)
19:00 Informal Discussion (including opportunity for the Media to meet with Speakers and ESTOOLS Scientists)
19:30 Dinner (Lucullus Restaurant, Hotel International)
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