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Events
SCI Research Conference
4 to 5 p.m., Room 1-110 MTRF (next to Lions Research Bldg) September 14, 2011 - May 9, 2012 | Date | THIS WEEK'S CONFERENCE | | | RESEARCH CONFERENCE WILL RESUME IN FALL 2012 |
| Date | Presenter | | Sep 14 | Jonathan Slack, SCI Faculty "Direct Reprogramming to Beta Cells" | | Sep 21 | Michelina Iacovino (Kyba Lab) "Modeling Hematopoietic Stem Cells Generation by Using the ES Cell Differentiation" | | Sep 28 | Guest: Christopher Wright, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Developmental Biology and Director, Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN "Pancreatic Cell Reprogramming - Plasticity Under Duress" | | Oct 5 | Guest: Serene Josiah, Ph.D., Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Cambridge, MA "Case Studies of Protein Therapies in Myasthenia Gravis and CNS Delivery for Lysosomal Storage Diseases" | | Oct 12 | Guest: Randy Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX "Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Hippo Signaling in Liver Organ Size Control and Tumorigenesis" | | Oct 19 | OPEN | | Oct 26 | Tara Rasmussen (Garry Lab) "ER71 Regulates Mesodermal Lineage Decisions" | | Nov 2 | Guest: Peter Santi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota "TSLIM Imaging of Whole Decellularized Inner Ears" | | Nov 9 | Guest: Peter Butler, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine and Director, Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA "Reversal of Beta Cell Loss in Diabetes, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Islet" | | Nov 16 | Guest: Dan Voytas, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geneticsl, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota "Precise Genome Engineering with Sequence-Specific Nucleases" | | Nov 23 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BREAK | | Nov 30 | Shuichi Watanabe (Asakura Lab) "Self-Renewal and Reprogramming of Muscle Satellite Cells" | | Dec 7 | Yasuhiko Kawakami, SCI Faculty "Regeneration of the Heart and Fin in Zebrafish" | | Dec 14 | Qiang Xiong (Zhang Lab) "Myocardial Repair Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Vascular Cells" | | Dec 21 | HOLIDAY BREAK | | Dec 28 | HOLIDAY BREAK | | Jan 18 | Troy Lund, SCI Faculty, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Hem/Onc/BMT "The Hematopoietic Niche - Lessons from the Zebrafish" | | Jan 25 | Luciene Borgas (Perlingeiro Lab) "A Critical Role for Endoglin in the Emergence of Blood During Embryonic Development" | | Feb 1 | Cynthia Chen (Slack Lab) "Imparting Regenerative Capacity to Xenopus Frog Limbs by Cell Transplantation" | | Feb 8 | David Knorr (T32 Training Grant Trainee) "Engineering Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Enhanced Lymphocyte Development and Function" | | Feb 15 | Lindsay Godin (Mortari Lab) "Lung Matrix Composition, Geometry, and Mechanics in Driving Stem/Progenitor Cell Behavior" | | Feb 22 | James Dutton, SCI Faculty "Experimenting Using a Conditional Oct4 Reporter System" | | Feb 29 | Guest: Stephen Duncan, Ph.D., Marcus Professor of Human and Molecular Genetics, Director of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI "Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Understand Liver Development and Disease" | | Mar 7 | Anannya Banga (Slack Lab) "In Vivo Reprogramming of SOX9 Positive Cells in the Mouse Liver to Insulin Secreting Ducts Relieves Diabetes" | | Mar 14 | NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK | | Mar 21 | Karen Echeverri, SCI Faculty "Axolotl and miRNAS: Regenerative Repair of Spinal Cord Injury" | | Mar 28 | Guest: Song Li, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Director, Master Program in Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Vascular Stem Cells in Regeneration and Disease Development" | | Apr 4 | NO SEMINAR | | Apr 11 | Guest: Dr. Martin Pera, Program Leader, Stem Cells Australia, Chair, Stem Cell Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia "A Novel Marker for Human Endodermal Progenitor Cells in Health and Disease" | | Apr 18 | OPEN | | Apr 25 | Hiroyuki Hirai (Kikyo Lab) "Novel Strategy of Making iPS Cells with the Powerful MyoD Transactivation Domain" | | May 2 | TIME CHANGE: THIS SEMINAR IS SCHEDULED FOR 3:00 - 4:00 PM Andy Grande, SCI Faculty "Treatment of Stroke with Stem Cells: Neuroprotection or Neuroregeneration" | | May 9 | Guest: Lola Reid, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina "Human Hepatic and Biliary Tree Stem Cells and their Relevance for Cell Therapies for Liver and Pancreas" |
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